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Dorothy Bush Koch at the 2006 Texas Book Festival
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Born |
Dorothy Walker Bush August 18, 1959 Harris County, Texas, U.S. |
Residence | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
Alma mater | Boston College (Bachelor of Arts) |
Spouse(s) | William LeBlond (1982–1990, divorced, 2 children) Robert P. Koch (m. 1992, two children) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush |
Relatives | See Bush family |
Dorothy Walker Bush Koch, often called "Doro", (born August 18, 1959) is an American author and philanthropist. She is the daughter of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and the youngest sibling of George W. Bush, the 43rd President.
Dorothy Walker Bush was born on August 18, 1959, in Harris County, Texas. Her father, George H. W. Bush, served as the 41st President of the United States and her mother, Barbara Bush, was the First Lady. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Walker Bush. Her brother, George W. Bush, served as the 43rd President of the United States. Her other four siblings are Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, and Pauline Robinson Bush, who died of leukemia in 1953. Since she was a child, she has spent summers and holidays at the Bush compound, a sprawling estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.
She was educated at Miss Porter's School, a private all-girl college-preparatory school in Farmington, Connecticut.
In 1975, during a visit to Beijing, she became the first person publicly baptized in the People's Republic of China since its government began discouraging foreign religious practices in 1949.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Boston College in 1982.