Drexel University president John A. Fry has a new role with an international flavor: honorary consul of South Africa.
It’s a volunteer position and he’ll remain Drexel’s leader, but with a new focus on strengthening the city’s and university’s commercial, economic, cultural, and scientific relationships with South Africa. He was appointed by the president of South Africa, and the appointment was approved by the U.S. State Department of Foreign Missions.
“It made sense civically, and it made sense educationally for Drexel,” said Fry, 62, who has led the West Philadelphia university for 12 years. “So I agreed to do it.”One reason John Fry is staying at Drexel is the acquisition of the city’s history museum: ‘I want to see that through’ Fry said he has been to Africa three times, visiting more than a half dozen countries, in his capacity as Drexel’s president. Nigeria, he said, is one of Drexel’s top countries for recruiting undergraduates, he said, and the university has done scientific research in Equatorial Guinea and partnered with World Vision to bring fresh water to remote African villages.
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