G. Scott Romney
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 George Scott Romney
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| Born | June 7, 1941 United States |
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| Occupation | Attorney |
| Children | Kevin Romney, George M. Romney, Ronna McDaniel, Mark H. Romney, Christina Romney, Madison Romney, Griffin Romney |
George Scott Romney is an American Republican politician and lawyer in the state of Michigan. He sits on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. A member of the Pratt-Romney family—a well-known political family in Michigan—he is the son of former Michigan Governor George W. Romney and brother of the former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney.
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[edit] Biography
Romney received his BA in economics from Michigan State in 1966 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1969. In 1976, he joined the law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP in Detroit. He previously practiced law in New York, and served as president of the Lakeway Corporation in Austin, Texas. He serves as a member of the board of directors of the Compuware Corporation.
He is active in Hospice of Michigan, Convergence Transportation Electronics Association, The Children's Center of Wayne County, the National Conference for Community and Justice, Detroit Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, and New Detroit.
He was formerly married to Ronna Romney, the Republican U. S. Senate Candidate in Michigan in 1996. He has seven children: Kevin, George, Ronna, Mark, Christina, Madison, and Griffin. He also has four grandchildren: Abigail, Nash, Isabella and Adelyn. Romney is currently married to Ellen Rogers.
[edit] Political career
In 1998, Romney announced his candidacy for the office of Michigan Attorney General. The office had been held for 37 years by the Democrat Frank Kelley, but Kelley announced his retirement that year, due to health reasons. Governor John Engler had previously been backing U.S. Attorney John Smietanka while the race was considered a lock for Kelley.
However, upon Kelley bowing out of the race, Engler supported Romney for the Republican nomination, ensuing a power struggle at the Michigan Republican Party convention with influential Michigan Republican and Smietanka supporter Chuck Yob. Romney lost his bid for the nomination, and Smietanka lost in the general election to the Democratic Party candidate, attorney Jennifer Granholm. The Republican Party in Michigan remains fractured today due to this convention battle.
Governor Engler subsequently appointed Romney to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees in August 2000. Romney ran for and won a full eight-year term in November 2000, which will expire in January 2009.
[edit] Religious service
Scott Romney has served as a missionary and bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[edit] References
- Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Michigan State University Board of Trustees
- Hemingway, Mark. "McCain-Romney Michigan Showdown," The Weekly Standard.
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