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George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973.
The family in 2021. The Romney family is prominent in U.S. politics. [1] Its family members include George W. Romney (1907–1995), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (1963–1969), and his son, Mitt Romney (born 1947), who was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), the 2012 Republican U.S. Presidential nominee, and later a U.S. Senator for Utah (2019–2025).
Willard Mitt Romney [7] was born on March 12, 1947, at Harper University Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, [8] one of four children born to automobile executive George W. Romney and actress and homemaker Lenore Romney (née LaFount). [9]
The "rigidly conservative" Romney resigned from running AMC in February 1962, to be elected governor of Michigan. [5] On February 12, 1962, the AMC board of directors selected the 56-year-old Abernethy to replace Romney. [6] This was the first time the company had separated the position of president from the chairperson of the board.
George W. Romney's leadership focused the company on the compact car, a fuel-efficient vehicle 20 years before there was a real need for them. [18] This gave Romney a high profile in the media. Two core strategic factors came into play: (1) the use of shared components in American Motors products and (2) a refusal to participate in the Big ...
The Hungarian-born hedge-fund billionaire gave more than $175 million to Democrats during the 2022 midterms, ... George W. Romney, the late businessman and former Michigan governor.
More than 200 Republican staffers who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, Sen. Mitt Romney, or the late Sen. John McCain also endorsed Harris in a letter Monday obtained ...
George S. Romney (1874–1935), president of the college now known as Brigham Young University-Idaho G. Ott Romney (1892–1973), American football player, coach and college athletics administrator George W. Romney (1907–1995), businessman, Governor of Michigan, U.S. presidential candidate, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, Mitt ...