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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 .
Sep 11, 2019 · Frederic Pryor, student released in 1962 ‘Bridge of Spies’ prisoner exchange, dies at 86. By Matt Schudel. September 11, 2019 at 7:33 p.m. EDT. Frederick Pryor, second from left, with his...
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Sep 13, 2019 · Mr. Pryor, who returned home and spent 32 years as an economics professor at Swarthmore College, died Monday, Sept. 2, at White Horse Village, Newtown Square, of complications from several strokes. The former Swarthmore resident was 86.
Nov 29, 2019 · Frederic Pryor, who has died aged 86, was an expert on comparative economies and the author of 13 books who, as a 28-year-old graduate student became caught up in a famous 1962 Cold War...
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The Attorney General seeks to swap Abel for an American graduate student named Frederic Pryor, who had been arrested in East Germany; in the process, the GDR hopes to gain official recognition by the United States. The CIA wants Donovan to disregard Pryor but he insists that both Pryor and Powers be swapped for Abel.
Nov 29, 2017 · To their opponents’ rage the US was actually insisting on a two-for-one: they also wanted an American student named Frederic Pryor wrongfully imprisoned in East Berlin, a deal which would make...
