Frank Pryor | |
Office1: | Secretary of the Department of Secondary Industry |
Term Start1: | 9 January 1973 |
Term End1: | 12 June 1974 |
Birth Name: | Frank Commons Pryor |
Birth Date: | November 1919 |
Birth Place: | Nyngan, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
Occupation: | Public servant |
Nationality: | Australian |
Spouse: | Joan Adelaide Steer |
Alma Mater: | University of Sydney |
Frank Commons Pryor (1919-1985) was a senior Australia public servant.
Pryor graduated with first class honours in Philosophy from the University of Sydney, having been a member of the Philosophy Club there in 1939. Within a year of graduation, Pryor began his Australian Public Service career in the Department of the Treasury.
In November 1971, Pryor resigned from the Treasury after John Stone was appointed a Deputy Secretary in the Department.[1] In December 1971 Pryor returned to the Australian Public Service as director of the Office of Secondary Industry within the Department of Trade and Industry.[1]
In July 1972 the Australian Government approved the creation of 25 new positions in the Office of Secondary Industry, giving Pryor the opportunity to set up the nucleus for a full-scale Department of Secondary Industry.[2]
In April 1973 the then Minister for Secondary Industry, Jim Cairns, proposed to Cabinet that Pryor be appointed to the board of the Australian Industry Development Corporation.[3]
Pryor retired from the public service in 1984.
Pryor died in Canberra in November 1985.[4]
Frank Pryor was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in January 1970 while First Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.