Larry Fox

Elected Position

Larry D. Fox was elected to the Manhattan City Commission in November 2025 for a 4-year term beginning January 2026.

 Biography

Larry grew up on the family farm outside Larned, KS.  He graduated from Larned High School in 1972 and from Kansas State University in May 1976 with a BS in Finance (and in 1985 with an MBA).   He chose to remain in Manhattan after graduation and make this area his home.  He started his 47-year career in residential and commercial real estate by working as a loan officer and real estate appraiser for Home Federal Savings and Loan for 9 years.  He then spent the next 14 years working as a licensed fee appraiser for both residential and commercial real estate.  For four of those years he worked as a commercial loan officer for Union National Bank, which became Commerce Bank.  For the last six of those years he owned his own real estate appraisal business, Fox Appraisal, Inc.

In 1999 he began his career with the Kansas State University Foundation when he was hired as KSUF’s Real Estate Manager.  He was responsible for managing gifts of real estate to KSUF from KSU donors as well as management, acquisition and disposition of the foundation’s real estate holdings.  He also acquired many properties for the benefit of the university through gifts or purchase; he acted as a liaison between the foundation and the university on several donor-funded campus construction projects; and he was on the real estate team that developed 270,000 sf of office space in the north campus area during his tenure.  He retired from KSUF in October 2023 as Sr. Director of Real Estate after 24 years of service.

Larry has been married to his wife Marilyn, a retired Anthony Middle School 8^th grade science teacher, for 47 years. They have one daughter that lives in Manhattan with her husband and two boys and one son that lives in Austin, TX, with his wife and two girls.  Marilyn and Larry were also actively involved in the residential rental property business in Manhattan for 45 years.

Community Activities & Service

1. Former member of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (served on various committees in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s)
2. Graduate of Chamber of Commerce Leadership Manhattan class of 1985
3. Member of Manhattan Optimist Club since 1981 (President in 1995; currently service on the board of directors)
4. Member of 1^st United Methodist Church of Manhattan since 1985 (on and off Trustees several times over the years; currently serves as a Trustee)
5. Served on house corporation of Sigma Chi Fraternity for 35 years (30 as Treasurer)
6. Former member & treasurer of Boy Scout Troup 74 and the MHS Booster Club
7. Served on board of directors for Meadowlark Hills for 9 years (2 as President)
8. Current member of the Sunset Zoological Park & Wildlife Conservation Trust Foundation board of Trustees (since 2006; was President for 2 years and Treasurer for the last 10 years, but stepped down at the end of 2024)
9. Food Pantry volunteer (1^st United Methodist Church)
10. Friendship Meal delivery volunteer
11. Treasurer of the Grandview Hills Neighborhood Association