President Bush said in a letter to SMU President R. Gerald Turner: "I look forward to the day when both the general public and scholars come and explore the important and challenging issues our ...

President Bush's future presidential library and public policy institute will be housed at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, officials announced yesterday, launching a project that could ...

DALLAS — George W. Bush's presidential library will be built on the Southern Methodist University campus here pending the outcome of further talks between the school and the president's site ...

Southern Methodist University will be home to George W. Bush's presidential library, officials formally announced Friday, ending more than a year of negotiations marked by resistance from some ...

After years of negotiations and consideration, SMU in Dallas was chosen as the site for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, which will include a library, museum and institute.

2005 - SMU’s endowment is valued at $1.013 billion, a 102% increase since Turner became president.. 2008 - On Feb. 22, after a seven-year pursuit, SMU announces George W. Bush’s presidential ...

Presidential libraries often include museums that exalt their honorees with selective versions of history. The ... Should SMU accept his presidential library? By David Greenberg. Jan 31, ...

SMU welcomed the Bush Center — composed of the George W. Bush Presidential Museum, the George W. Bush Institute, and the George W. Bush Presidential Library operated by the National Archives and ...

Former President George W. Bush is fending off efforts to pull him into a long-running legal battle that raises questions about whether SMU owns all the land where the Bush presidential library is ...

Debate over the proposed George W. Bush presidential library at Southern Methodist University intensified this month, when a group of faculty members sent a letter to the university’s president ...

University President R. Gerald Turner is among a group of professors and school officials that strongly supports the library. These backers argue that it would yield invaluable insights for future ...

Archivists and historians are urging Southern Methodist University to reject the Bush presidential library unless the White House reverses an executive order that gives former presidents and their ...