# Dorothy Walker Bush Dorothy Walker Bush (1901–1992) was the daughter of financier [[George Herbert Walker]] and the wife of [[Prescott Bush]] — the marriage that **merged the Walker banking fortune with the Bush industrial fortune** and created the modern [[Bush Family]]. Mother of President [[George H.W. Bush]] and grandmother of President [[George W. Bush]] and Governor [[Jeb Bush]], she carried the Walker name forward into the dynasty and was a strong influence on her son's competitive, self-effacing public style. > Stub — expand with her influence on family culture and the Walker's Point, Maine compound. ## See Also - [[Bush Family]] - [[George Herbert Walker]] - [[Prescott Bush]]