| 词条 | Edward Roderick Davies |
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Edward Roderick Davies (June 2, 1915 – September 8, 1992) was a self-made industrialist. Life and careerDavies was born on June 2, 1915 in Caerau, Bridgend, Wales, into a Welsh coal mining family. In 1929 he emigrated to the United States with his father David Davies who had black lung disease and had been injured in a mining accident. David worked at a Ford plant and paid for his wife, Annie Davies, and son, Edward, to come thereafter. In 1938, Edward graduated from General Motors Institute of Technology in 1938 with a degree in engineering and, after serving a stint in the U.S. Naval Engineering corps, in 1946 he co-founded a maker of heavy equipment for marine use, Jered Industries. Some sources have suggested that Jered helped to engineer the landing craft used for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, though this is unlikely as Jered was not founded until well after D-Day.[2][2][3] Davies—who had also worked with the NASA's Gemini space program[4] and served as the mayor of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan—was the father of Ann Romney, wife of former Massachusetts governor and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney.[5] He died on September 8, 1992. Due to a successful business career and wise investments, Davies had amassed an estate worth millions of dollars. At the time of his death, Davies owned large properties and a 65 foot yacht.[6] JeredJered was sold to the British engineering firm Vickers in 1980, at Davies' retirement. (The division became an independent entity again in 1997 and was acquired in 2005 by PaR Systems.[7]) Religious viewsDavies rejected religion and was an avowed atheist. He was known to call organized religion "hogwash" and "drudgery".[8] Before Davies married Lois, he insisted she give up organized religion and later his son Roderick Davies said, "Dad considered people who were religious to be weak in the knees."[9] By the time of his death, he was the only member of Ann Romney's immediate family to have not converted to Latter-day Saint Mormonism.[10] In spite of his atheism and anti-religious views, on the 19th of November, 1993 in a special family meeting, just fourteen months after he died, he was baptized and had his endowment performed for him.[10][11] On the 10th of June, 1994 Davies, in another LDS Mormon temple ceremony, was sealed for eternity to his wife Lois in the Atlanta, Georgia temple.[11] PatentsDavies' U.S. patents include:{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
References1. ^{{citation|last1 = Swidey|first1 = Neil|last2 = Paulson|first2 = Michael|date = June 24, 2007|title = The Making of Mitt Romney|at = Part 1: Privilege, tragedy, and a young leader|publisher = Boston Globe|url = http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/24/privilege_tragedy_and_a_young_leader/}} {{Romney family|state=collapsed}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Edward Roderick}}2. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/8998895/US-election-2012-Ann-Romneys-Welsh-connection.html |title=US election 2012: Ann Romney's Welsh connection |publisher=Telegraph |date= January 6, 2012|accessdate=2012-06-22 |location=London |first=Raf |last=Sanchez}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.par.com/company-info/jered.php |title=Jered LLC | Marine Equipment, Cargo Handling | PaR Systems |publisher=Par.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-21}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Williamson |first=David |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/05/30/could-welsh-miner-s-granddaughter-ann-romney-be-next-us-first-lady-91466-31076721/ |title=Could Welsh miner's granddaughter Ann Romney be next US First Lady? - Need to Read - News |publisher=WalesOnline |date=2012-06-07 |accessdate=2012-06-22}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-wales-16432627 |title=Ann Romney's Welsh ancestry explored |publisher=BBC News|date= January 5, 2012|accessdate=2012-06-22}} 6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Mitt_Romney.html?id=61lBBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=snippet&q=jim%20&f=false|title=Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics|last=Scott|first=Ronald|date=2011-11-22|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780762777150|language=en}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.par.com/company-info/jered.php |title=Jered LLC | Marine Equipment, Cargo Handling | PaR Systems |publisher=Par.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-22}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093241/Mitt-Romneys-family-baptized-Ann-Romneys-atheist-father-Mormon-church-year-AFTER-death.html | title=Mitt Romney's family baptized Ann Romney's atheist father into Mormon church a year AFTER his death | date= 28 January 2012 |access-date= 29 September 2015 |publisher=Daily Mail |last=Keneally |first =Meghan}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/24/privilege_tragedy_and_a_young_leader/?page=full | title=Privilege, tragedy, and a young leader | date= 24 June 2007 |access-date= 11 August 2017 |publisher=The Boston Globe |last1=Swidey |first1=Neil | last2=Paulson | first2=Michael}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/confirmed-romney-family-had-ann-romneys-atheist-father-posthumously-baptized-into-the-mormon-church-2012-1?IR=T | title=CONFIRMED: Romney Family Had Ann Romney's Atheist Father Posthumously Baptized Into The Mormon Church | date= 27 January 2012 |access-date= 11 August 2017 |publisher=Business Insider |last=Teicher |first =Jordan}} 11. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://gawker.com/5879888/yes-the-romneys-converted-mitts-dead-atheist-father+in+law-to-mormonism |title=Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism |date=27 January 2012 |access-date=11 August 2017 |publisher=Gawker |last=Cook |first=John |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101084124/http://gawker.com/5879888/yes-the-romneys-converted-mitts-dead-atheist-father+in+law-to-mormonism |archivedate=1 January 2014 |df= }} 13 : 1915 births|1992 deaths|Businesspeople from Michigan|Kettering University alumni|American atheists|Pratt–Romney family|20th-century American engineers|Mayors of places in Michigan|People from Bridgend County Borough|British emigrants to the United States|Welsh emigrants to the United States|20th-century American businesspeople|20th-century American politicians |
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