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Fry, Robert Elmer was born on January 7, 1942 in Warwick, New York, United States. Son of Elmer C. and Susan E. (Forest) Fry.
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Robert Elmer Fry, American Anthropology educator. American Philosophical Society grantee, 1971-1974, Wenner-Gren Foundation grantee, 1986, Lilly Faculty Open Fellowship, 1990-1991. Chairman board directors Momence (Illinois) Cultural Center, l985-89. Member American Anthropological Association, Society for American Archaeology, Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland.
Education
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, l964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arizona, l969.
Career
Assistant professor anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, l969-75;
associate professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, l975-. Archaeologist New World Archaeol. Foundation, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, 1964, Tikal Sustaining Area Project, 1966-1968, Uaymil Survey Project, 1972-1974.
Consultant Maya Raised Field Agriculture Project, 1979-1981, Purdue Archaeol. Survey, 1987-1991.
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Membership
Chairman board directors Momence (Illinois) Cultural Center, l985-89. Member American Anthropological Association, Society for American Archaeology, Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland.
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Married Christine L. Schmiedel, September 2, 1967.
