Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
no edit summary
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=George Wilcken Romney
|image=George Romney of MI
|office=3rd[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
|president=[[Richard M. Nixon]]
|term_star=January 22, 1969
|term_end=January 20, 1973
|predecessor=Robert Coldwell Wood
|successor=James Thomas Lynn
|office2=43rd [[Governor]] of [[Michigan]]
|term_start2=January 1, 1963
|term_end2=January 22, 1969
|predecessor2=John Swainson
|successor2=][William Milliken]]
|birth_date=July 8, 1907
|birth_place=Colonia Dublán, [[Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]]
|death_date=July 26, 1995 (aged 88)}
|death_place=Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|party=Unaffiliated before 1959<br>[[Republican Party|Republican]] (1959–1995)
|spouse=Lenore LaFount Romney (married 1931)
|children=Four, including Scott Romney and [[Mitt Romney]]
|religion=[[Mormon]]
|alma_mater=Attended three colleges for brief periods but did not graduate
}}
'''George Wilcken Romney''' (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was a successful U.S. businessman, having chaired the American Motors Corporation. He was the 43rd Governor of [[Michigan]] from 1963-1969 and served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President [[Richard Nixon]] from 1969–1973. Romney was a candidate for the [[Republican]] nomination for President in 1968.
'''George Wilcken Romney''' (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was a successful U.S. businessman, having chaired the American Motors Corporation. He was the 43rd Governor of [[Michigan]] from 1963-1969 and served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President [[Richard Nixon]] from 1969–1973. Romney was a candidate for the [[Republican]] nomination for President in 1968.