K-State’s prestigious Landon Lecture series will continue this year with former Mexican President Vicente Fox, who will speak at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in McCain Auditorium. 
    Fox’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be the 152nd Landon Lecture here at K-State.
    “He’s been the president of one of our most important trading partners, and the U.S. is very closely bound up with what happens there in Mexico,” said Charles Reagan, Landon Lecture chairman.
    Reagan has helped bring several prominent speakers to K-State  through the Landon Lecture series, including U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, along with several ambassadors, leaders and notable figures from all over the world.
    “We’ve had quite a few Central American presidents, and Fox is the second Mexican president to present a Landon Lecture at K-State,” he said.
    Prior to his presidency, Fox served as the governor of Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico, from 1995 to 1999. During his term as president from 2000-2006, he focused on fighting drug trafficking as well as easing immigration policies with the United States. 
    “He’s going to make an important speech, and I think the students have an invested interest in our country and in Mexico,” said Reagan.

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