John Fry helped create Schuylkill Yards, upgrade Drexel’s campus, boost fund-raising, negotiate Drexel’s merger affiliation with the Academy of Natural Sciences, and merge with Salus University.
Drexel University president John Fry at ribbon-cutting for the opening of SEPTA's Drexel Station at 30th Street Monday, Apr. 8, 2024, after reconstruction work for the newly renamed station. Fry is likely to become Temple University’s next president, sources say.
Drexel University President John A. Fry is likely to become Temple University’s next president, sources say. Here’s what to know about the 64-year-old Brooklyn native who has spent 14 years at Drexel’s helm and has been a college president for more than two decades.
A native of Brooklyn, Fry and his wife, Cara, an art historian, have three children. Mia is a graduate of Penn’s law school, while Nat is an entrepreneur, and Phoebe is a Drexel graduate.
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