The Real Romney (60 page)

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