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Harold Arundel Lafount (January 5, 1880 – October 21, 1952) was an American businessman who served on the Federal Radio Commission from 1927 to 1934. He was the father of Lenore Romney; the father-in-law of businessman and politician George W. Romney; and the maternal grandfather of businessman and politician Mitt Romney .
When Harold Arundel Lafount was born on 5 January 1880, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, his father, Robert Arthur La Fount, was 23 and his mother, Emily Ethel Hewitt, was 19. He married Alma Luella Robison on 28 October 1903, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Alma Luella Robison, Gladys Marion Macdonald
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Harold Arundel Lafount was an American businessman who served on the Federal Radio Commission from 1927 to 1934. He was the father of Lenore Romney; the father-in-law of businessman and politician George W. Romney; and the maternal grandfather of businessman and politician Mitt Romney.
Harold A. Lafount, one of the first five FRC commissioners, was given responsibility for Region Five – the West Coast – and would shoulder the responsibility of rectifying the problem. His scrutiny of marginal stations such as KFWI would make life difficult for a lot of smaller radio operators.
Harold Arundel LaFount served as Secretary of the Navy. He served in this capacity in the cabinet of President Warren G. Harding 1921-1923, and after Harding's death, was retained in this cabinet position by President Calvin Coolidge from 1923-1929.
HAROLD A. LAFOUNT. Share full article. June 15, 1943. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 15, 1943, Section obituries, Page 21 Buy Reprints.
