Bush Presidential Library Update

News, News Releases, Opinions, and Other Resources

News Releases and Statements

• United Methodist Church jurisdiction approves SMU land lease to George W. Bush Foundation
  (07/17/07)
• Bush Library Foundation Announces Architect for George W. Bush Presidential Library
  (08/28/07)
• Response of the Board of Trustees and the University President to the Resolutions of the Faculty Senate
  (03/05/07)
• Methodist bishops support library negotiations
  (02/05/07)
• SMU News Release
  (12/21/2006)
• Site Selection Committee News Release
  (12/21/07)

News Highlights

• Opponents keep up fight against Bush library at SMU
  (The Dallas Morning News, 07/19/08)
• Bush library opponents keep hope alive with appeal
  (The Associated Press, 07/18/08)
• Methodist group OKs Bush center at SMU despite opposition
  (The Associated Press, 07/18/08)
• Plan to block Bush policy institute at SMU fails at Methodist conference
  (The Dallas Morning News, 07/18/08)
• Texas: Approval for Bush Library
  (The New York Times, 07/18/08)
• Bush Library Project Clears an Important Methodist Hurdle
  (The New York Sun, 07/18/08)
• Stanford think tank debate could be headed to SMU
  (The Dallas Morning News, 11/14/07)
• Bush names SMU Presidential Library planner
  (The Dallas Morning News, 11/10/07)
• Bush Library design firm chosen
  (The Dallas Morning News, 08/29/07)
• Commentary on architect Robert A. M. Stern
  (The Dallas Morning News, 08/29/07)
• Architect chosen for Bush Presidential Library
  (The New York Times, 08/29/07)
• Presidential Libraries: Are they valuable archives or wasteful monuments
  (PDF, Congressional Quarterly Researcher, 03/16/07)
• UMC leaders OK library plan
  (The Dallas Morning News
  (03/15/07)
• PBS' News Hour discusses presidential libraries
  (02/19/07)
• Vocal SMU professor standing back in library fight
  (The Dallas Morning News,
  (02/17/07)
• Bush says SMU 'good fit' for his library
  (The Dallas Morning News, 02/13/07)
• SMU faculty won't vote on Bush institute
  (The Dallas Morning News, 02/07/07)
• KERA's Think presents a discussion on the library
  (02/02/07)
• ABC News looks at both sides of the story
  (01/23/07)
• SMU chief addresses faculty's Bush library concerns
  (The Dallas Morning News, 01/17/07)
• Bush library in SMU's reach
  (The Dallas Morning News, 12/22/06)
• SMU has inside track on presidential library
  (The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12/22/06)
• News conference on December 2006 announcement
  (12/21/06)

Commentaries

• The Great Bush Library Debate
  (D Magazine, 02/19/07)
• Charles N. Crutchfield: An Occasional Word
  (2/12/07)
• Daily Data discussion on the library
  (02/21/07)
• The Biggest Man on Campus
  (The New York Times, 01/20/07)
• A Place for Debate: Bush library fits squarely into SMU's mission
  (The Dallas Morning News, 01/19/07)
• Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on the importance of presidential libraries.
  (01/16/07)
• A Big Boost for Dallas
  (The Dallas Morning News, 12/23/06)

Other Resources

• SMU Facts
• Presidential Libraries

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