Southern Methodist University to be Chosen as Site for Bush Presidential Library

According to the Drudge Report, Southern Methodist University in Dallas will be the site for the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

Here’s information received via email to SMU students and staff recently from R. Gerald Turner, the President of SMU Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas:

December 21, 2006
TO: SMU Students, Faculty and Staff
FROM: R. Gerald Turner, President

It is my pleasure to inform you that Don Evans, Chairman of the George W. Bush Presidential Library Search Committee, notified us that SMU has been selected by the Committee for the next phase of planning discussions. These discussions will begin after the first of the year.

We do not know how long these discussions will take. However, any significant announcement concerning the process will come from Chairman Evans. Today at 2:30 pm SMU is hosting a press availability to which Trustees and the campus community are invited. The press availability will be held in the Hughes-Trigg Ballroom.

We are obviously delighted to have reached this final stage of the selection process.