Warren Finch | D.A. “Andy” Anderson Award

Warren and his wife Mary have lived in College Station since 1993, where they raised their three children, now all grown. Warren originally hails from Mobile, Alabama. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Alabama and an MA in History from Auburn University. In January of 1993, Warren joined the staff of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, the first person on staff in College Station.
 

Upon arrival, Warren helped oversee the remodel of a former College Station bowling alley into an archival facility for storage of George H.W. Bush’s presidential and vice-presidential papers, audio-visual materials and artifacts while a permanent building was under construction on the campus of Texas A&M University. He served at the Library and Museum as an archivist, supervisory archivist, and deputy director prior to being appointed director on December 27, 2004. In December 2022, he retired after eighteen years as director and thirty-three years with the National Archives. He is proud of his work at the Library and Museum, the staff he worked with, and the Library’s first-class exhibits, public, education, visitor and archival programs.
 

Warren and Mary are strong champions of the arts and the arts’ ability to expand the mind, inspire the imagination, and bring joy and meaning to life. All three of the Finch children, Anne, Kathleen and Joseph, participated in local theater (Anne was one heck of a Miss Hannigan!) took music lessons, and Kathleen and Joseph participated in high school band. As a member of College Station High School’s drama program, Kathleen made it to UIL state finals in theater two years in a row and Joseph used his theater skills as a lightsaber wielding tuba player to win
Mr. CSHS. Warren himself tried theater a couple of times, before deciding his talents are best served behind the scenes.
 

Warren works as a docent once a week in the Bush Museum and is a volunteer advisor with the George and Barbara Bush Foundation and has served on the boards of the Brazos Valley Symphony, the University Art Galleries, the African American Museum of the Brazos Valley and the Natural History Museum. He is a past president and current board member of the Arts Center of the Brazos Valley.

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