Charles E. Frye *64

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Charles Frye, retired longtime professor of political science at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, died Jan. 4, 2013, at home in Windsor, Colo. He was 79.

Frye graduated from the University of Colorado with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1957 and 1960, respectively. He earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1964, and thereafter began teaching at Bryn Mawr.

After Frye retired from Bryn Mawr, he returned to Windsor, Colo., where he was born. He served as president of the Windsor Historical Society.

He is survived by Ingeborg, his wife of 50 years; two children; and six grandchildren.

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