Kelvin Morgan Fox ’35

Kel Fox, rancher, conservationist, governmental-affairs activist, and writer, died May 11, 1998, of heart failure. He was 85. He and his wife, Patty, lived in Munds Park, Ariz.

Kel prepared at Asheville School and graduated with honors in history. He was in the Press Club, founded the Princeton Calendar, played freshman hockey, and joined Charter.

After graduation Kel operated the Fox summer camp for boys, near Flagstaff. He then was a reader in the State Senate and executive secretary to the governor. During WWII, he worked in the OWI in Washington and San Francisco. He was a member of the Coast Guard Reserve. After the war Kel returned to the ranch; he then was elected twice to the Arizona House of Representatives and to two terms in the State Senate.

Following his legislative service, he resumed life on the ranch. The governor appointed him chairman of the State Water Commission. He was on the State Land Dept.'s board of appeals and was a consultant to that agency. Kel was active in the state cattlegrowers' association and the soil conservation service. He received an honorary doctor of science degree from the U. of Arizona.

In addition to Patty, he is survived by sons Geoffrey and Grady, four grandchildren, and his brother Morley h'40. The late Fred Fox '39 was Kel's brother. We send sincere sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1935