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T. C. Fry (F ´50), retired, has been appointed senior consultant for Remington Rand Univac. In his new position, he will serve in a consulting capacity to all organizations of the Univac Division. Dr. Fry graduated from Findlay College in 1912 and later studied and taught at the University of Wisconsin where he received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1920. He also has lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. Prior to joining Remington Rand Univac, he had been associated with the Bell Telephone system for more than 40 years. At the time of his recent retirement, he was assistant to the president of the Bell Laboratories. In scientific circles, Dr. Fry is best known as an expert on the mathematical theory of probability and especially its application to various communication problems. He is the author of a book on this subject, “Probability and Its Engineering Uses.” He has been awarded the Presidential Certificate of Merit for his work during World War II as a member of the Fire Control Division of; the National Defense Research Committee and deputy chief of its applied mathematical panel. Dr. Fry is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He had been a vice-president of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America.