Frederic Pryor

Frederic LeRoy Pryor (April 23, 1933 – September 2, 2019) 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.

This article is about an economist freed during a 1962 spy swap. For the cricket player, see Frederick Pryor (cricketer).

Frederic Pryor
Born
Frederic LeRoy Pryor

(1933-04-23)April 23, 1933
Owosso, Michigan, U.S.
DiedSeptember 2, 2019(2019-09-02) (aged 86)
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationCollege professor
Known forinvolvement in Cold War "spy swap"
SpouseZora Prochazka
Academic background
Alma mater
  • Oberlin College
  • Yale University
ThesisThe Communist Foreign Trade System (1962)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsSwarthmore College
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