Mitt Romney Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===After election=== When his father died in 1995, Mitt donated his inheritance to BYU's [[Marriott School of Management#Organization and research|George W. Romney Institute of Public Management]].<ref name="lamb20060319">{{cite interview|title=Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts)|date=March 19, 2006|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?191449-1/qa-mitt-romney|last=Romney|first=Mitt|interviewer=[[Brian Lamb]]|work=[[Q&A (U.S. talk show)|Q&A]]|publisher=[[C-SPAN]]|access-date=February 7, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113083841/https://www.c-span.org/video/?191449-1/qa-mitt-romney|url-status=live}}</ref> He also became vice-chair of the board of the [[Points of Light Foundation]],<ref name="dn082001">{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2001/8/20/19602551/public-service-for-romney|title=Public service for Romney|author=Roche, Lisa Riley|author2=Bernick Jr., Bob|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|location=Salt Lake City|date=August 20, 2001|access-date=February 7, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207130859/https://www.deseret.com/2001/8/20/19602551/public-service-for-romney|url-status=live}}</ref> which had embraced his father's [[National Volunteer Center]]. Romney felt restless as the decade neared a close; making more money held little attraction for him.<ref name="bgseries4" /><ref name="nyt-olympics-edge">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/us/politics/19romney.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029161106/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/us/politics/19romney.html |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=In Olympics Success, Romney Found New Edge|author=Johnson, Kirk|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 19, 2007}}</ref> Although no longer in a local leadership position in his church, he still taught [[Sunday School (LDS Church)|Sunday School]].<ref name="wapo-belmont" /> During the long and controversial approval and construction process for the $30-million [[Boston Massachusetts Temple|Mormon temple in Belmont]], he feared that, as a political figure who had opposed Kennedy, he would become a focal point for opposition to the structure.<ref name="nyt-bishop" /> He thus kept to a limited, behind-the-scenes role in attempts to ease tensions between the church and local residents.<ref name="wapo-belmont" /><ref name="nyt-bishop" /><ref name="wbur-belmont" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page