Background
Fryling, George Richard was born on March 24, 1901 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Percy and Emma Elisabeth (Spratt) Fryling.
director manufacturing executive
Fryling, George Richard was born on March 24, 1901 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Percy and Emma Elisabeth (Spratt) Fryling.
Student, Mercersburg Academy, 1917-1918; student, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1918-1923; Doctor of Laws, Gannon College, 1957.
Salesman, Speer Carbon Company, St. Marys, Pennsylvania, 1923-1926;
vice president, general manager, Elk Graphite Milling Company, St. Marys, 1926-1932;
president, Erie Technological Products, Inc. (formerly known as Erie Resistor Corporation), Pennsylvania, 1928-1962;
Chairman of the Board, treasurer, Erie Technological Products, Inc. (formerly known as Erie Resistor Corporation), 1962-1964;
Chairman of the Board, president, Erie Technological Products, Inc.
(formerly known as Erie Resistor Corporation), 1964-1972;
chairman, chief Executive officer, Erie Technological Products, Inc., 1966-1972;
Chairman of the Board, Erie Technological Products, Inc., from 1972. Chairman Fryling Manufacturing, Inc., Electron Research, Inc., Technology Materials Division, Erie Technological Products Canada, Ltd., Erie Technological Products, Ltd., London, all until 1972. Chairman of the Board, president Fryling and Company, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1972.
Chairman of the Board Preferred Finance Services, Inc., Erie, from 1973. Director Security Peoples Trust Company, Keithley Instruments, Inc., Cleveland. Vice president Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Casualty & Fire Insurance Company.
Member Pennsylvania Planning Board, 1948-1955. Board managers Hamot Hospital, Erie. Member board Gannon College, from 1960.
Member Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association (director), National Association of Manufacturers (director), Manufacturers Association Erie (director, past president), Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce (director, president 1957-1959), Theta Chi. Clubs: Erie (Erie) (director, past president), Kahkwa Country (Erie).
Married Florence K. McCauley, September 22, 1927. Children: Florence Elisabeth, George Percy II, Richard McCauley, Mary Patricia.
