Romney, Isabella (daughter of Miles P.), 38
Romney, Jane (sister):
as actor, 198
childhood of, 14
family reflections of, 19, 183, 202
memories of, 12, 18, 25, 76
Romney, Joshua (son), 101, 104, 106, 245, 252
Romney, Junius (great-uncle), 47
Romney, Lenore (mother), 7, 11–14
death of, 202
early years of, 12–13, 18
and family, 11–12, 14, 18
and George’s death, 197–98
as Hollywood actress, 12–13, 18
influence on Mitt, 19, 88, 231
marriage of George and, 13, 18–19, 87, 91, 108, 197
and Mitt’s campaigns, 173, 176
personal traits of, 18, 27
political campaign of, 94, 169, 183–84
Romney, Margo Lynn (sister), 14
Romney, Matthew (son), 96, 101, 104, 106
Romney, Mike (cousin), 50
Romney, Miles Archibald (great-great-grandfather), 32–33, 41, 49
Romney, Miles Park (great-grandfather), 33, 35
Annie as fourth wife of, 41, 43, 44
Caroline as second wife of, 39–41
Catharine as third wife of, 40–41, 43, 44, 45
death of, 47
Emily as fifth wife of, 46
and family traits, 39
Hannah as first wife of, 37–42, 44, 45, 46–47, 50
in Mexico, 44–47, 48, 49, 50
moving his family, 39, 41–45
proselytizing for Mormonism, 37
in Salt Lake City, 35
Romney, Miles Park (cont.)
“weakness for wine,” 40, 43
Young’s orders to, 36–37, 38, 39
Romney, Milton “Mitt” (cousin), 15
Romney, Mitt, see Romney, [Willard] Mitt
Romney, [George] Scott (brother), 14, 19, 27, 58, 157, 198
Romney, Taggart (son), 112, 113
birth of, 89
career of, 106
childhood of, 96, 101, 103–4, 106, 109
and his father’s campaigns, 171–72, 195, 230
and his mother’s health, 202, 203
on Mormon mission in France, 111
teenage rebelliousness of, 106–7
Romney, Thomas (son of Miles P.), 43
Romney, [Willard] Mitt:
and Ann: courtship, 28–30, 54, 57–58, 63, 86, 87–88
and Ann’s health, 202–3
auto accident in France, 80–83, 84, 86
at Bain, see Bain & Company; Bain Capital
and BCG, 97–98, 131
birth of, 14
and BYU, 88–90, 205
and capitalism as creative destruction, 144–45, 152, 162–64
charitable actions of, 100–101, 120–21, 189–90
childhood of, 4, 15, 17
debates with Ted Kennedy, 190–93, 271
detachment of, 7, 109–10, 133–34, 157–58, 247, 272, 315
and draft deferment, 61–62, 252
early years of, 4–6
and the economy, 3, 6–7, 8, 145, 181, 290, 325–27
family background of, 4
as family man, 101–2, 104–5, 106–9, 112–13, 129, 132, 157–58
father’s influence on, 3, 4, 17–18, 19, 24–25, 58, 87, 130, 165, 169, 198, 222, 231, 287, 291–92
gubernatorial race (2002), 224–37, 293
in Harvard Business/Law joint degree program, 91–93, 96–97
health problems of, 122
and his father’s death, 198
leadership skills of, 61, 83, 84–86, 90, 111–12, 114–18, 119, 123–29, 132, 212, 216–19, 224, 236, 244, 247, 262, 282, 293, 330
marriage of Ann and, 19, 89, 107–8
as Massachusetts governor, 5, 26, 49, 236–52, 256–60, 261–62, 263, 279–80, 293
as missionary in France, 63–69, 77–78, 79–86, 87
and Mormon faith, 17, 31, 36, 50–51, 86, 96, 111–12, 114–29, 185, 186–88, 210, 235, 252–53, 281
mother’s influence on, 19, 88, 231
No Apology, 145, 328
official portrait of, 261–62
personal traits of, 6, 7, 18, 19, 111–13, 118–19, 131, 133–34, 141, 142, 158, 217, 226, 263, 330, 331
and political strategies, 5, 6–8, 76, 137–38, 145, 153, 156, 164–65, 170–71, 175, 176, 177, 180, 224, 226, 235, 236, 251–53
presidential campaigns, see presidential campaign (2008); presidential campaign (2012)
privacy sought by, 85, 109–10, 133–34, 169
and public duty, 198–99, 206
public image of, 169, 179–80, 181, 184–86, 207, 212–13, 216, 217, 251–52, 253, 259–60, 261–62, 267, 275, 276–77, 278–79, 329–30
as public speaker, 188, 220, 267, 303, 329–30
and Republican Party, 170
and responsibilities of board members, 155, 179–80
risk aversion of, 132–33, 137, 141
schooling of, 19–21
and search for Melissa, 158–59
Senate campaign (1994), 140, 167–95, 270, 327
shifting political views of, 5, 26, 76, 170, 175, 181, 183, 184–86, 192, 224, 227–31, 234, 254–59, 275, 284, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295–96, 299, 306, 312
at Stanford, 51, 52–64
teen years of, 19–21, 23–25, 27
Turnaround, 143, 159, 196, 287
and Vietnam War, 76, 89
wealth of, 110–11, 146, 149, 155, 160, 161–62, 164, 188, 199, 206, 227, 282, 293, 331
and Winter Olympics (2002), 204–6, 207–23, 235, 330
Romney for President Exploratory Committee, 280
Roosevelt, Susan, 91
Rove, Karl, 287
Saatchi & Saatchi, 156
Sachs, Stacey B., 271
St. George, Utah, Romney family’s move to, 39–41
Salarnier, André, 82
Salt Lake City:
dictates for Mormons from, 116
Endowment House in, 37
Mormon rituals in, 37, 89, 205
Mormons in, 35, 36, 47
Winter Olympics (2002) in, 204–6, 207–9, 213, 214
Salt Lake Impact 2002 and Beyond, 214
Salt Lake Organizing Committee, 204, 208–9, 212, 214, 216
Saltonstall, Bill, 231
Saltsman, Chip, 308
Sam, David, 215
Sasso, John, 270
Schriefer, Russ, 295, 296
Schumpeter, Joseph, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, 144–45
Schwarm, Richard, 290, 308
SCM Office Supplies, 177–78
Seamus (dog), 109
SEAT, 161
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 147, 148
Semprini, Wayne, 311
September 11 attacks, 219–21, 284
Serkin, Howard C., 91, 96
Shaheen, Bill and Jeanne, 2
Shattuck-Owen, Zianibeth, 214, 220
Shaw, Terry, 219
Shrum, Robert, 177, 178, 182
Sievers, Helen Claire, 112, 120, 122–23
Smith, Joseph, 30, 33–34, 36, 46, 200
Smith, Ken, 189–90
Smith, Lonnie M., 98
Smith, William Kennedy, 168
Specialty Retailers Inc., 147
Sperling, Scott, 160
Stage Stores, 148
Stakes, John, 201–2
Stanford University:
antiwar protests in, 55–57, 58–61, 63, 76, 77
Axe Committee in, 53–54
Mitt as student in, 51, 52–64
Republican Club in, 59
Stanford Committee for a Free University, 59–60
Staples, 135, 139–41, 213, 263
Stemberg, Thomas, 139, 140, 156, 263–64, 274
stem cell research, 253–55
Sterling, Wallace, 60
Stern, Donald, 154
Stevens, Greg, 172
Stevens, Stuart, 295, 296, 304,
327
Stewart, Janice, 92
Stirling, Don, 252, 253
Strachan, Harry, 136, 153
Studds, Gerry, 171
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 58
Sununu, Michael, 173, 175
Sutton, Bob, 9
Swainson, John, 23
Swift, Jane, 225–26, 227
Tafel, Richard, 182
Taylor, Lillian, 217–18
Tea Party movement, 325, 329
Thomas, Clarence, 168
Thomas H. Lee Company, 160
Thompson, Tommy G., 271
Tillery, Donna, 221
Tisei, Richard R., 259
Tompkins, Warren, 297
Travaglini, Michael, 235
Travaglini, Robert, 247–48, 251, 254, 271–74
TRW, 159–60
Tsongas, Paul, 170
Tupper, Gene, 60
Udall, Bishop David, 43
Union Leader [N.H.], 307
United Paperworkers International Union, 178
United States:
antipolygamy laws in, 37, 40, 42–43, 46
draft resisters in, 70
Mormon relief fund in, 48
Selective Service (draft), 59–60, 61–62
shifting social currents in, 114–16
social unrest (1960s), 4, 69–70, 77, 90
in Vietnam, see Vietnam War
University of California—Berkeley, 56
University of Massachusetts, 245
U.S. Olympic Committee, 204, 209
Utah:
Army vs. Mormons in, 35
draft deferments in, 61, 62
Mitt Romney’s ties to, 205, 228
Mormon hierarchy in, 205
polygamy made illegal in, 37
Romney family in St. George, 39–41
Sports Advisory Council, 215
and Winter Olympics (2002), 204–6, 207–9, 212, 214
Utah League of Cities and Towns, 217
Utahns for Responsible Public Spending, 218
Vallee, James, 246–47
Van Faasen, William C., 269, 270
venture capital investments, 136–37, 141
Vermont, civil unions in, 230
Vietnam War:
antiwar protests, 53–54, 55–57, 58–61, 63, 70, 76, 77, 93
and the draft, 59–60, 61–62, 70
and France, 65
George Romney’s views on, 6, 57, 59, 73–76
Mitt Romney’s views on, 76, 89
official statements about, 57
student deferments during, 60, 61–62
“Vietnamization” in, 76
Waldheim, Kurt, 91
Wall Street (movie), 144
Wall Street Journal, The, 160
Walsh, David, 12
Weinroth, Seth, 171, 172, 173–74
Welch, Thomas K., 208, 214–16
Weld, William F., 170, 181, 182–83, 240, 241, 258
Wheeler, Max, 214, 215
White, Robert, 134, 137, 149, 179, 227, 251, 310
Whitney, Richard, 261, 262
Wiedis, Richard, 216
Wilcox, Reed, 155
Williams, Gordon, 114
Winslow, Daniel B., 248
Winter Olympics (2002), see Olympic Games
Wisecup, Trent, 251
Wolpow, Marc, 147, 163
women:
and abortion, 114, 115, 126–27, 183–84, 185, 224, 228–30, 234
and adoption, 124–25
and endowments, 127–28
Exponent II, 122–23, 126, 127, 185
and gender equality, 114–15, 116, 122–28, 186
political campaigns aimed toward, 181, 192, 234
and single parenthood, 115, 124–25
Wood, David L., 80, 82
Woodruff, Wilford, 46
Woodstock Festival, 70
Woolson, Eric, 299
Wright, David, 103
Wright, John, 102–3, 104, 105, 111, 198, 203
Wright, Laraine, 103–4
Yellow Pages of Italy, 159, 160–61
Young, Brigham, 36–37, 38, 39, 40, 209, 303
Zon, Leonard, 254
Zwick, Spencer, 219
Photo Section
ABOVE LEFT: Miles Park Romney, Mitt’s great-grandfather, was born in the Mormon base of Nauvoo, Illinois, moved to Utah, and then followed the church’s instruction to undertake multiple moves and establish a polygamous colony in Mexico. ABOVE RIGHT: Hannah Hood Hill Romney, Mitt’s great-grandmother, was the first of five wives taken by Miles. She kept the polygamous family together as Miles fled U.S. marshals and went to Mexico, where she eventually joined him.
(Special Collections Dept., J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)
Gaskell Romney, Mitt’s grandfather, fled a revolution in Mexico and moved the family, including five-year-old George Romney, Mitt’s father, to the United States.
(Special Collections Dept., J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)
Mitt Romney (right) idolized his father, George, who served as governor of Michigan and unsuccessfully sought the presidency.
(Courtesy of Romney family)
Mitt hopped behind the wheel of his dad’s Rambler. His father, as chairman of American Motors Corporation, championed smaller cars.
(Courtesy of Romney family)
As a nineteen-year-old student at Stanford University in May 1966, Romney picketed antiwar protesters who were holding a sit-in at the office of the university president.
(George Romney Collection, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
Romney was nearly killed in June 1968 when the car he was driving through France as a Mormon missionary (at left) was hit head-on by an oncoming vehicle. Leola Anderson, the wife of the French mission president, died from her injuries. The fateful accident quickly eroded Romney’s sense of youthful invulnerability.
(Courtesy of Richard B. Anderson)
High school sweethearts Mitt Romney and Ann Davies were married in a two-part ceremony in March 1969, the first at her parents’ home and the second in the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City. Ann’s parents, because they were not Mormon, were forbidden to witness the temple ceremony.
(Courtesy of Romney family)
Armed with degrees from an elite graduate program at Harvard University, Romney helped build his private equity firm, Bain Capital, into a powerhouse.
(Boston Globe/David L.Ryan)
The Romneys arrived in the Boston area in 1971 with a one-year-old son, Taggart. Over the next decade, Mitt and Ann had four more boys. From left, with their parents: Tagg, Ben, Matt, Craig, and Josh. Mitt said that being a part of that household “was so much fun, because of the jokes, the laughter, bathroom humor, the physical, you know, fisticuffs, wrestling, games.”
(Courtesy of Romney family)
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