Prescott S. Bush Jr., 87, died on Wednesday in Hingham, Mass. Bush was the brother of former President George H.W. Bush and the uncle of former president George W. Bush. Bush was born in Portland, Maine, and was the eldest son of Prescott, Sr. (d. 1972) and Dorothy Walker Bush (d. 1992). Bush grew up in Greenwich, Conn. He later returned to live in Greenwich and moved to Massachusetts about three years before his death.
He attended Phillips Academy Andover and Yale University. After graduating Yale in 1944, Bush lived in Brazil, where he helped Pan American Airways build and operate airfields. He returned to the U.S. in 1949 to take a job with Pan Am in New York City and later went to work for the Wall Street insurance brokerage firm Johnson & Higgins, where he became a partner.
He was also active in Connecticut politics as an advisor, campaign manager and fundraiser to Republican candidates and in 1982 was briefly a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat his father, Prescott Bush, Sr. held for two terms. Bush also served as chairman of the United States-China Chamber of Commerce.
Bush was survived by his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth, his son James Bush and daughter Kelsey Bush-Nadeau, and six grandchildren.
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After retirement, he founded the United States-China Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization that encourages U.S.-China trade and investment.
Bush leaves his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth, his son James Bush and daughter Kelsey Bush-Nadeau, and six grandchildren.
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Son of Prescott Sheldon Bush Sr. and Dorothy Walker. He married Elizabeth Louise Kauffman.
Per New York Daily Times Dtd 24 June 2010.