Business Colleagues
J. Willard Marriott maintained extensive business connections with his Mormon heritage. A prominent associate was George W. Romney, father of Willard Mitt Romney, the GOP candidate for president of the United States in 2012. The family friendship is trans-generational as evidenced by Bill Marriott donating $1 million personally to Restore Our Future, a Romney PAC. Mitt Romney's first name is Willard, after John Willard Marriott.
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