Houston is the most populous city in Texas and in the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City,Los Angeles,and Chicago,and the sixth-most populous city in North America. With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022,Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico;it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area,which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.
Roderick Raynor Paige served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige,who grew up in Mississippi,moved from college football coach and classroom teacher to college dean and school superintendent to be the first African American to serve as the U.S. education chief.
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton.
Texas Southern University is a public historically black university in Houston,Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the United States with nearly 8,000 students enrolled and over 100 academic programs. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
George Prescott Bush is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Bush unsuccessfully campaigned for the party's nomination in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election.
Antonio Oscar "Tony" Garza Jr. is an American lawyer and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. In recognition of his work,Mexico bestowed on him the Águila Azteca,the highest award granted to foreigners,in 2009. Prior to his appointment as ambassador,Garza had served as Secretary of State of Texas from January 1995 to November 1997 and was also chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Roger Francisco Noriega is an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs in the George W. Bush administration He is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
William Stamps Farish III is an American businessman and a former US ambassador to the UK from 2001 until 2004.
Edward Charles Prado is an American diplomat who is a former United States ambassador to Argentina from 2018 to 2021. He is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Eduardo Aguirre Reyes,Jr. is a Cuban-born American diplomat,with Atlantic Partners,an international consulting firm based in Houston.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center,which opened on April 25,2013,is a complex that includes former United States President George W. Bush's presidential library and museum,the George W. Bush Policy Institute,and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation. It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in University Park,Texas,near Dallas. It will be the future resting place of George W. Bush,the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009),and his wife Laura Bush.
Gray Hampton Miller is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Jorge C. Rangel is a Texas lawyer and a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Malcolm Richard Wilkey was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and United States Ambassador to Uruguay.
Martin J. Silverstein is an American attorney and diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005.
The Bush School of Government and Public Service is an undergraduate and graduate college of Texas A&M University founded in 1997 under former US President George H. W. Bush's philosophy that "public service is a noble calling." Since then,the Bush School has continued to reflect that notion in curriculum,research,and student experience and has become a leading international affairs,political science,and public affairs institution.
Charles Aaron Ray is an American former diplomat who acted as the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe between 2009 and 2012. He is a former Foreign Service Officer and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who held the position of U.S. Ambassador twice,and retired with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He is also a retired U.S. Army officer who was decorated twice for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War,and later served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs.
Jeanne Linden Phillips is an American businesswoman and diplomat. She served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2001 to 2003,under President George W. Bush.
Carol Eggert Dinkins is an American attorney. Under President Ronald Reagan,Dinkins served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Land and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice,and later the 20th United States Deputy Attorney General. Under President George W. Bush,Dinkins chaired the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Andrew Stephen Oldham is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former General Counsel to Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
