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The Real Romney

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by Kranish, Michael


  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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