What is George Romney?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=George Romney |birthname=George Wilcken Romney |image=George W. Romney official portrait.jpg |imagesize=220px |alt=Headshot of a greying man in a suit who is directly facing the camera |office = 3rd [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] |president = [[Richard Nixon]] |term_start = January 22, 1969 |term_end = January 20, 1973 |predecessor = [[Robert Coldwell Wood]] |successor = [[James Thomas Lynn]] |order1 = 43rd [[Governor of Michigan]] |lieutenant1 = William Milliken |term_start1 = January 1, 1963 |term_end1 = January 22, 1969 |predecessor1 = [[John Swainson]] |successor1 = [[William Milliken]] |birth_date={{birth date|1907|7|8|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Colonia Dublán]], [[Galeana, Chihuahua|Galeana]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1995|7|26|1907|7|8}} |death_place=[[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]] |resting_place=Fairview Cemetery [[Brighton, Michigan]] |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse=[[Lenore Romney]] (1931-1995) |profession=Automobile industrialist <br /> Politician |children=Lynn Keenan, Jane Romney, [[G. Scott Romney]], [[Mitt Romney]] }} '''George Wilcken Romney''' (July 8, 1907 &ndash; July 26, 1995) was an [[United States|American]] [[businessman]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[politician]]. He was chairman and president of [[American Motors|American Motors Corporation]] from 1954 to 1962. He served the [[List of Governors of Michigan|43rd]] [[Governor of Michigan]] from 1963 to 1969. He was also the [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] from 1969 to 1973. He is the father of former [[Governor of Massachusetts]], 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and current United States Senator [[Mitt Romney]]. He was also the husband of former Michigan U.S. Senate candidate [[Lenore Romney]]. In 1968, he ran for president, but lost to [[Richard Nixon]]. ==Biography== Romney was born to American paren