Background
Fryer, Robert Samuel was born on December 20, 1931 in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Henderson Junior and Mary Florence (Goldsborough) Fryer.
consultant State agency administrator
Fryer, Robert Samuel was born on December 20, 1931 in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Henderson Junior and Mary Florence (Goldsborough) Fryer.
Bachelor in Philosophy and History, Roberts Wesleyan College, 1956; Master of Divinity, New York Theological Seminary, 1959; Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1964; postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1967-1969.
Assistant minister, First Presbyterian Church, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1960-1962;
assistant minister, First Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1962-1963;
associate minister, First Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1963-1965;
manager, Abercrombie & Fitch Company. New York City, 1966-1967;
director committee Synod of New York, United Presbyterian Church United States of America, Syracuse, 1967-1968;
minister, First Presbyterian Church, Chittenango, New York, 1970-1973;
from director alumni relations, associate development officer to director public relations, Bloomfield (New Jersey) College, 1973-1977;
from director public and instructor relations to director public affairs, New Jersey Institute Technology, Newark, 1977-1983;
director committee, Indiana Corporation Science and Technology, Indianapolis, 1984-1991;
from manager outreach and market development to director public affairs, Indiana Business Modernization and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, since 1991. Consultant committee and information United States Agency for International Development, Washington, United Arab Republican of Egypt, Min. of Science and Technology, Science and Technology Cooperation project, Cairo, International Development and Energy Association, Washington, since 1990.
Team leader Pan American Congress of Evangelism, Caracas and Venezuela, 1956. Secretary-treasurer Ministerial Association, Hackensack, 1961-1962. Chairman Public Housing Council, Madison County, New York, 1970-1973.
Founder, chairman managing board directors Technology andSoc. Magazine, 1981-1983; participant United States Senate hearings on Food and Drug Administration Reform, 1996. Chairman State Indiana Quality Improvement Award task force, since 1996.
Leader Trailblazers Canoe Exploration, Northern Quebec Province, Canada, 1966;board directors The Frost Valley Young Men’s Christian Association Association, Montclair, New Jersey, 1965-1968, United Fund, Bloomfield, 1973-1977. Finance development consultant Englewood (New Jersey) Plaza for the Performing Arts, 1965-1967. Member United States Bicentennial Committee, Bloomfield, 1975-1977.
Member Executive Committee Newark Black Film Festival, 1979-1983. Chairman United Way, Newark, 1980-1981. Member of advisory board Indiana Sister Cities, Inc., Indianapolis, since 1989.
Member Alpha Kappa Sigma.
Married D. Carole Carriere, October 19, 1968.
