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Robert W. Fry was appointed to the ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of Missouri Board of Curators by Governor Mike Parson in April 2023.

Fry graduated from the ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry in the top 1% of his class. Fry served as a captain in the US Army at Fort Hood, TX, from 1973-1975. After serving in the Army, he attended the ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of North Carolina where he received his Master of Science (MS) degree in Orthodontics.

In 1977, Fry began his private practice in the Kansas City area. Fry formerly held the position of Adjunct Clinical Professor of Orthodontics at the ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of Southern California (USC), New York ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ (NYU) and the ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of the Pacific School of Dentistry (UOP). He served as the President of the Kansas Dental Association in 1987. In 2002, he received the Martin L. (Bud) Schulman Award for highest achievement in the Orthodontic Profession.

Fry resides in Greenwood, MO with Mary, his wife, and has been married since 1970. Mary has a PhD. in counseling and is a Professor Emeritus at MidAmerica Nazarene ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ. Their son, Dr. Jeremy Fry, joined Fry Orthodontics in the spring of 2006. Their daughter, Whitney, has a doctorate in International Public Health.