ASU remembers

   

Morley Evans Fox

Central Arizona Project - 1964 to 1990

   

  

Photo of backlit cactus

  

March 1, 2011

Morley Evans Fox, 91, passed away on March 1, 2011. He was the Washington representative of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) from 1964 to his retirement in 1990. He continued as a consultant for CAP and was active in the celebration when the first water from the Colorado River reached Phoenix in 1993. He edited two newsletters dealing with water issues: Watergram and Reclamation News. In 2004, he donated his papers relating to CAP to the Arizona Collection at ASU. Inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Mr. Fox's father, Frederick P. Fox, founded a summer ranch for boys 25 miles south of Flagstaff in 1927. This ranch, "Foxboro," had its summer range up on the ridge, and its winter range in the Big Park area of Sedona. Starting in 1935, Mr. Fox's brother, Kel Fox, ran the ranch as the "2 Cattle Co." Mr. Fox entered the University of Arizona in the fall of 1938 and then was drafted in Aug. 1941. After the war, he returned and graduated with the class of 1947. He was also an honorary member of the Princeton University Class of 1943. He attended Officers Candidate School at Fort Monroe, VA. He served in Alaska as a public relations officer in Cold Bay, Adak, and Anchorage. Upon discharge in 1946, he joined the Army Reserve. He served in the Korean War from 1951 to 1952 stationed at Fort Lewis, WA. In 1952 he went to work for the Arizona Cattlegrowers Association as editor of their magazine. In 1954 he joined the Arizona division of the National Brewer's Foundation, becoming the state director in 1959. He was predeceased by four siblings. He is survived by nieces and nephews, great-nephews and nieces, and great-great nieces and nephews.