Frederic Pryor

Frederic Pryor
Born
Frederic LeRoy Pryor

(1933-04-23)April 23, 1933
DiedSeptember 2, 2019(2019-09-02) (aged 86)
OccupationCollege professor
Known forinvolvement in Cold War "spy swap"
SpouseZora Prochazka
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Communist Foreign Trade System (1962)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsSwarthmore College

Frederic LeRoy Pryor (April 23, 1933 – September 2, 2019)[1][2] was an American economist. While studying in Berlin during the partition of the city in 1961, he was imprisoned in East Germany for six months, then released in a Cold War "spy swap" that also involved downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. He spent the bulk of his career as a member of the Swarthmore College faculty, as a professor of economics.

  1. ^ Valerie Smith (September 10, 2019). "In Honor of Professor Emeritus of Economics Frederic L. Pryor". Swarthmore College.
  2. ^ Richard Sandomir, Frederic Pryor, Player in 'Bridge of Spies' Case, Dies at 86, New York Times (September 11, 2019).