| LC control no. | n 50048290 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Romney, George W., 1907-1995 |
| Variant(s) | Romney, George Wilcken, 1907-1995 |
| See also | Michigan. Governor (1963-1969 : Romney) |
| Located | Salt Lake City, Utah Detroit, Mich. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Birth date | 1907-07-08 |
| Death date | 1995-07-26 |
| Place of birth | Dublán, Mexico |
| Place of death | Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Automobile industry and trade Politics, Practical |
| Affiliation | American Motors Corporation American Automobile Manufacturers Association National Center for Voluntary Action Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Profession or occupation | Automobile industry executives Governors Politicians Presidential candidates |
| Found in | His Automotive council statement, 1945. NUCMC data from Sioux City Public Museum for Huff, T.B. Papers, 1907-1968 (George Romney) WWAm. Pol., 1985 (Romney, George Wilcken; b. Chihuahua, Mex., 1907; s. Gaskell Romney and Anna Amelia Pratt R.; m. Lenore LaFount, 1931; vpres. Mich. State Const. Conv., 61-62; gov. Mich., 63-69; bd. chman. and pres. Am. Motors Corp., 52-62; home: Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) LC data base, 5-18-87 (hdg.: Romney, George W., 1907-) New York Times, July 27, 1995: p. A1 (d. July 26) Wikipedia, website viewed 8 August 2013 (George W. Romney; George Wilcken Romney; b. July 8, 1907, Colonia Dublán, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico; d. July 26, 1995, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Automobile executive; politician; chairman/general managers of American Motors, 1954-1962; 43rd governor of Michigan, 1963-1969; 3rd United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969-1973; member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lattr-day Saints; family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and ended up in Salt Lake City; Romney moved to Detroit in 1939 and joined the American Automobile Manufacturers Association; campaigned for Republican party nomination in 1968 presidential election; headed the National Center for Voluntary Action, 1973-1991) |
| Associated language | eng |
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