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Oct 20, 2003

Former President Bush Visits DePaul’s MBA Program In Hong Kong

Former U.S. President George Bush visited DePaul University’s MBA program at the International Bank of Asia (IBA) in Hong Kong Oct. 8, where he talked to DePaul and IBA officials and students about business issues.

Bush, who served as the 41st President of the United States, Vice President of the United States and as the chief U.S. representative to the People’s Republic of China during his career in public service, received an honorary degree from DePaul at the Hong Kong MBA program’s 2001 graduation ceremony.

DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and the IBA have offered an MBA program in Hong Kong since 1997. The business school also has MBA programs in Bahrain and the Czech Republic.

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The Rev. John P. Minogue, C.M., president of DePaul University; George Bush, former President of the United States; and DePaul Trustee Mike M. Murad, vice chairman and chief executive of the International Bank of Asia, share a laugh during Bush’s visit to DePaul’s Hong Kong MBA program Oct. 8

Former U.S. President George Bush spoke to students and officials of DePaul’s MBA program in Hong Kong Oct. 8

Former U.S. President George Bush posed for a formal photograph with students and administrators of DePaul’s MBA program in Hong Kong during an Oct. 8 visit