Frederic Pryor
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This article is about an economist freed during a 1962 spy swap. For the cricket player, see Frederick Pryor (cricketer).
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.
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Born | Frederic LeRoy Pryor (1933-04-23)April 23, 1933 Owosso, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | September 2, 2019(2019-09-02) (aged 86) |
Occupation | College professor |
Known for | involvement in Cold War "spy swap" |
Spouse | Zora Prochazka |
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Thesis | The Communist Foreign Trade System (1962) |
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Discipline | Economics |
Institutions | Swarthmore College |
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