Frederic Pryor

Frederic L. Pryor is an American Professor Emeritus of Economics at Swarthmore College. He is best known for his role in a Cold War spy swap.

In August, 1961, Pryor was arrested and held without charge by the East German Police. He was taking graduate courses in East European studies at Free University of West Berlin 1959-1961.

On February 10, 1962, Pryor along with American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was freed in a spy swap for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher (aka Rudolf Abel) at the Glienicke Bridge between West Berlin and Potsdam, East Germany. [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,829027,00.html# "Abel for Powers"] . - "TIME". - February 16, 1962. - Retrieved: 2008-07-03]

Central Intelligence Agency pilot Powers had been shot down in his U-2 spy plane on May 1, 1960. Soviet spy Fisher had been arrested in 1957 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the famous Hollow Nickel Case, and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Academic history

*B.A. Chemistry, 1955, Oberlin College
*M.A., Economics, 1957, Yale University
*Ph.D., Economics, 1962, Yale University with courses at Free University of West Berlin, 1959-1961

Career

From his Resume:
*Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, 1962-1964
*Research Staff Economist, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 1964-1966
*Visiting Associate Professor of Economics (part time), Lincoln University, 1967
*Swarthmore College: Assistant and Associate Professor, 1967-1972
*Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, International Development Research Center, Indiana University, 1969
*Swarthmore College: Professor of Economics, 1972-1998
*Visiting Fellow, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1973
*Visiting Professor, Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva, 1977-1978; 1982
*Swarthmore College: Acting Chair, 1980-1981; 1983-1984; 1988-1989
*Visiting Professor, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, 1981
*Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1989-1990
*Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994
*Swarthmore College: Senior Research Scholar, 1998 - present
*Visiting Scholar, Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Wirtschaftssystemen, Jena, 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.oberlin.edu/economic/alumni.htm Alumni] - Oberlin
* [http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Economics/fpryor1/ Pryor] - Swarthmore
* [http://www.swarthmore.edu/x1087.xml 1087] - Swarthmore
* [http://www.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/archive/98/june98/collection.html Photo of Frederic L. Pryor]