MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 25 -- University of South Alabama issued the following news release:

Education transformed the lives of Barbara and Leonard Bush. Now, they're paying that legacy forward.

The two met while attending a Florida community college and fell in love. They got married and both began working in healthcare. At critical career moments, they were forced to ask themselves: Now what?

Each time, the answer was the same: Education. Each time, a college or university went the extra mile to help them earn a degree while they continued working to support themselves. Each time, the degree led to transformative career leaps.

Now retired, the Bushes want to pay forward the help they received.

"We won't ever know these students," Barbara ...