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Full Name Larry Charles Inman Born April 10, 1954 (age 62) ( 1954-04-10 ) Alma mater Northwestern Michigan College
Northern Michigan University Residence Whitewater Township, Michigan, United States Education Northern Michigan University (1976), Northwestern Michigan College (1974) | ||
Larry Charles Inman (born April 10, 1954) is an American politician in the Republican Party currently representing the 104th District—which includes Grand Traverse County—in the Michigan House of Representatives after being elected in November 2014.
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Personal life
Inman earned as associate of science degree from Northwestern Michigan College in 1974 and a bachelor of science from Northern Michigan University in 1976.
He is a collector, historian, and educator on Amelia Earhart. Inman has been involved with efforts to create a traveling museum exhibit on her life and disappearance, and also efforts to locate Earhart's plane. He was previously interested in the RMS Titanic but shifted his interest to Earhart after the Titanic was located in 1985. According to Inman, as of July 2015, he has spent US$1.5 million on Earhart collectibles.
Inman has volunteered for Junior Achievement and the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA. He also spent time as a volunteer probation officer for Michigan's 86th District Court and served on Northwestern Michigan College's Curriculum Advisory Committee.
Professional life
Inman had a brief internship in the Michigan Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. In 1979, he began working for the Huntington National Bank (then Empire National Bank of Traverse City) as a loan adjustor. He retired in 2007 as vice president, commercial loan officer - sales executive senior.
Public office
Inman was elected to the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners in 1992 and served for 22 years. As a commissioner, he was elected to serve on the Michigan Association of Counties Board of Directors from 1998 to 2004, and served as president from 2002 to 2003. He also served on the National Association of Counties Board of Directors from 2002 to 2004, and the association's Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Board from 2005 to 2014, including as chair from 2005 to 2006 and 2009 to 2011.
He served on the Northwest Regional Airport Commission of Cherry Capital Airport from 2007 to 2014, serving as chair of the board in 2008 and 2011. Inman was appointed to serve on the State of Michigan Community Corrections Board in Lansing from 1994 to 2014, serving as chair from 1999 to 2014. He served on the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments Board of Directors from 1998 to 2014, serving as chair from 2003 to 2014. Inman served on the Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2009 to 2010.
Michigan House of Representatives
In November 2014, Inman was elected to a two-year term, beginning January 2015, representing the 104th District in the Michigan House of Representatives.
In the House, Inman chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and is vice chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Natural Resources. He also serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Colleges.
Awards and recognition
Inman received the Northwestern Michigan College Outstanding Alumni Award in 2005 and the Northern Michigan University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2008.