Mitt Romney’s years at Cranbrook Schools

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee spent many of his formative years as a student at the elite institution in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, then 14, with his father, George, and mother, Lenore, in 1962. Mitt Romney was a student at the elite Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., from seventh grade until his graduation in 1965.

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Mitt Romney's book "Turnaround" has a prominent place on the alumni shelves in the reading room in the Cranbrook Library.

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Mitt Romney's photo from the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Governor George Romney shakes hands with Cranbrook Headmaster Robert Sandoe, pictured in the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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The Cranbrook class of 1966. Mitt Romney's classmate John Lauber is pictured in the back row, fifth from right, in the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney, second from left, pictured with classmates in the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney is pictured with classmates, in the front row, third from left, in the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney joking around, pictured in the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney pictured in an advertisement, from the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney, on the far left, breaking up a hockey fight, pictured in the1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney, front row, second from left, with classmates in a photo from the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney pictured at left in the bottom left photo, from the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Mitt Romney with "the gang," pictured in the 1965 Cranbrook yearbook.

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Students walk through the central quad at the Cranbrook Schools.

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Names of alumni are carved into pillars at Cranbrook.

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Students walk across the quad of Cranbrook.

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Mitt Romney lived on campus at Cranbrook Schools in Stevens Hall.

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The main entrance to Christ Church Cranbrook.

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Mitt Romney attended Christ Church Cranbrook while a student at Cranbrook Schools.

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The grounds of Cranbrook Schools are graced with many sculptures.

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A plaque listing graduates from Mitt Romney's graduating class in 1965.

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Pewabic tile covers the floor and staircase of the Green Hall of Cranbrook's Kingswood Hall.

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A student plays the piano, far right, in a student lounge at Cranbrook.

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The main dining hall at Cranbrook Schools.

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A window in the main dining hall at Cranbrook Schools.

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An elaborate carved door and leaded glass windows adorn Cranbrook's campus library.

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Students gather in the reading room in the Cranbrook Library.

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A student lounges in the reading room in the Cranbrook Library.

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