Richard Fry:
CLASS OF 1961
Grand Valley High SchoolClass of 1961
Orwell, OH
Ohio University - CommunicationsClass of 1966
Athens, OH
Richard's Story
1. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio - Radio-Television Broadcasting Degree 1961-1966
2. US Air Force Captain - Motion Picture Producer and VIP Public Relations Officer - 1966-1970 (Dayton & Cincinnati)
3. H&R Block Tax Consultant - Cincinnati - 1970
4. University of Cincinnati - 1971 - Studied various subjects & worked on a Masters of Education degree.
5. Publishers Representative and training consultant for Kasum Communications - Nationwide but working out of Cincinnati - 1972-1975
6. News Director and Evening Announcer - WWEZ & WCKY - Cincinnati - 1976 - 1984. Went by the air name of "Bill Lear".
7. Joined the Federal Government as a communications specialist - worked with the Army, Air Force, and US Department of State. Worked domestically plus India, El Salvador, Slovenia, The Philippines, Pakistan & Tanzania. Over three years of technical training courses.
8. Retired - US ...Expand for more
Government, July 2005
9. Senior Field Engineer - Raytheon Corporation; Occasional full and part-time work since July 2007 serving in Washington, DC & Pakistan.
10. System Support Engineer - Coastal Communications, Inc. - Full & part-time work from June 2009 to March 2011 at the American Embassy, Bagdad, Iraq.
Have had a fascinating career ... getting to know people in the entertainment world as well briefing everyone from the President to Heads of Federal Agencies.
Now single. Have adopted, guardian, & sponsored children in India, Tanzania, the Philippines, United Kingdom, and Ghana. Adopted son in India is now a married surgeon (as is his wife).
As of 2014, I will be spending much time in Tanzania, living with my two grown kids there. I'm also working on a start-up inner-country deluxe bus transportation company with the the profits eventually benefiting a charity..
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