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    George W. Romney

    Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969

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  1. George W. Romney was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, on July 8, 1907, and served as governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. He was also a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1968. President Richard M. Nixon appointed Romney secretary of housing and urban development in 1969, and Romney remained in that post until 1973.

  2. George Wilcken Romney was born on July 8, 1907 in Colonia Dublán, a Mormon colony in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Gaskell Romney and Anna Amelia nee Pratt. Born as the fourth of his parents’ seven children, George had three elder brothers, namely, Gaskell Maurice Romney, Douglas Pratt Romney and Miles Pratt Romney.

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  4. Charitable CEO who helped establish American Motor Company. George Romney brought a sense of integrity and devotion to the automotive industry. He was born in 1907 in a Mormon colony in Mexico, but his family was forced to flee to the United States when the Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910.

  5. Jul 26, 1995 · About. GEORGE W. ROMNEY, the forty-third governor of Michigan, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico on July 8, 1907. His education was attained at the University of Utah, and at the George Washington University, however he did not graduate.

  6. Family members. Miles Romney (1806–1877) was born in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (now in Cumbria ), on July 13, 1806. He was the son of George Romney, Jr. (whose father, George Romney, Sr. was first cousin to the English portrait painter also named George Romney [18] [20]) and Sarah King.

  7. In Mitt Romney: Early life and business career. His father, George Romney, was a successful business executive who managed American Motors from near bankruptcy to record profits and who later served as governor of Michigan (1963–69) and as secretary of housing and urban development (1969–72) in the cabinet of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ...

  8. Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1907. Place of Birth: Colonia Dublán, Mexico. Date of Death: 26-Jul-1995. Profession: businessperson, politician, missionary, lobbyist. Nationality: United States. Zodiac Sign: Cancer