Bush continues serving the public good in his capacity as former president.He and former First Lady Barbara Bush just marked their 72nd wedding anniversary on Jan. 6. The Bushes hold the record for longest-married presidential couple.Back in 2014, Bush surprised many by performing a parachute jump for his 90th birthday.Before serving as president, Bush was a former U.S. Navy pilot and lieutenant during World War II.During a bombing raid against the Japanese on Chichijima, Bush's Grumman TBM Avenger aircraft took a fiery hit. With his engine ablaze, Bush bailed out of the aircraft and was left floating on the water for several hours until he could be rescued.After graduating from Yale, Bush moved his wife Barbara and children to west Texas, where the family ventured into the oilbusiness.In 1959, the Bush family moved along with Zapata Offshore Company to Houston, where he continued to serve as president.Bush, who served as chairman of the Harris County Republican Party, was sworn into the U.S. Congress in 1967, and after two terms, was named U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Richard Nixon.He also served as chairman of the Republican National Committee, chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to China under President Gerald R. Ford, and then director of the CIA.In 1980, Bush joined then California Gov. Ronald Reagan on the Republican ticket for president and vice president, and became the nation's 43rd vice president in January 1981.Bush was elected president in his own right in 1988, defeating former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.He only served a single