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Dec 2, 2011 · By 1968, Nixon was fully prepared for a comeback. But Michigan Gov. George Romney — father of Mitt Romney, of course former CEO of American Motors — was the media darling at the time with his ...
George W. Romney. 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 ...
Oct 29, 2012 · The plan, George Romney wrote in a confidential memo to aides, was to use his power as secretary of Housing and Urban Development to remake America's housing patterns, which he described as a ...
Aug 13, 2012 · In 1963, George Romney was able to forge a bond with Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King that seems virtually inconceivable across today's political divide. The year was a pivotal one for both ...
Jul 6, 1987 · Not that he had any regrets, it should be understood, but popular history has it wrong, insisted George W. Romney, the three-time Governor of Michigan whose run for the 1968 Republican ...
for equality. George Wilcken Romney accomplished so much in his 88 years that his enormous contributions to the cause of civil rights are sometimes forgotten. They must not be. George Romney was born July 8, 1907 in Mexico. US citizens, Romney’s parents brought George and his six siblings home in 1912, fleeing the ongoing Mexican revolution.
Dec 18, 2007 · Dec. 18, 2007. WASHINGTON George Romney had big ideas for his youngest child. Mitt Romney had already made millions as the founder of a giant buyout firm. But his father wanted Mitt to follow him ...
