Background
Romney, George was born on July 8, 1907 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Son of Gaskell and Anna (Pratt) Romney.
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Romney, George was born on July 8, 1907 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Son of Gaskell and Anna (Pratt) Romney.
Student, Latter Day Saints High school and Junior College student, University Utah, 1929; student, George Washington University, 1929-1930.
Missionary, Scotland and England, 1927-1928;
tariff specialist for, United States Senator David I. Walsh, 1929-1930;
apprentice, Aluminum Company American, 1930;
salesman, Aluminum Company American, Los Angeles, 1931;
Washington representative, Aluminum Company American, also Aluminum Wares Association, 1932-1938;
Detroit manager, Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1939-1941;
general manager association, Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1942-1948;
vice president, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, 1950-1953;
executive vice president, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, 1953-1954;
director, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, 1953-1954;
president, Chairman of the Board, general manager, American Motors Corporation, 1954-1962;
vice chairman, director (on leave), American Motors Corporation, until 1962;
governor, Michigan, 1963-1969;
secretary, Housing and Urban Development, 1969-1972;
chairman, chief Executive officer, National Center Volunteer Action, 1973-1979;
chairman, Volunteer: National Center, 1979-1995. United States employer delegate to Metal Trades Industry Confs., 1946-1949. Managing director Automotive Council War Production, 1942-1945.
Chairman Citizens for Michigan, 1959-1962. Management member War Manpower Commission, Labor-Management Commission, Detroit area. Also president Washington Trade Association Executives, 1937-1938.
President Detroit Trade Association, 1941. Director American Trade Association Executives, 1944-1947. Managing director National Automobile Golden Jubilee Committee, 1946.
Past member board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews, United Fund, Cranbrook School. Past president Detroit Stake Church Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, regional representative, 1973-1980. Board directors Points of Light Foundation, National and Community Commission.
Married Lenore LaFount, July 2, 1931. Children: Lynn Romney Keenan, Jane Romney Robinson, Scott, Willard Mitt.