George W. Romney AKA George Wilcken Romney Born: 8-Jul-1907 Birthplace: Chihuahua, Mexico Died: 26-Jul-1995 Location of death: Bloomfield Hills, MI Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Fairview Cemetery, Brighton, MI
Gender: Male Religion: Mormon Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician, Business Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States Executive summary: Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing Retired from American Motors to enter politics. A Republican, Romney defeated Democrat John D. Swainson for the Governorship of Michigan. He resigned to try for the 1968 presidential nomination of the Republican Party, but a remark he made about having been "brainwashed" into supporting the Vietnam War made him unelectable to that high office. He died during the fitness craze of the 1990's, from a heart attack while exercising on a treadmill. Father: Gaskell Romney Mother: Anna Amelia Pratt Romney Wife: Lenore LaFount (m. 2-Jul-1931) Son: Mitt Romney (Governor of Massachusetts, b. 12-Mar-1947) Daughter: Lynn Keenan Daughter: Jane Romney Son: G. Scott Romney
University: University of Utah (no degree) University: George Washington University (no degree)
American Motors President (1954-62)
Member of the Board of American Motors (as Chairman, 1954-62)
Governor of Michigan (1963-69) US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1969-73) Religious Mission: Mormon England & Scotland (1926-28) Appendectomy Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI (Feb-1957) Traveled to the USSR Dec-1967 Heart Attack Risk Factors: Appendicitis
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