Community Involvement
Besides his business and scientific interests, Don Fry chairs Australia’s national committee advising the Government of Australia on homelessness.
He is chair of the James Cook University Engineering Advisory Board.
Fry is a recipient of the Institution of Engineers Australia highest National award. He was the inaugural recipient of the Queensland Division Hall of Fame.
Fry has also been inducted into the Queensland University of Technology Hall of Fame for Outstanding Constructors.
He is Patron of the FNQ Independent Living Support Assoc. Inc, a longtime board member of Lifeline Cairns, and has been for 30 years member of the Cairns Salvation Army Advisory Board.
In 2006 he was appointed a special trustee for ensuring the allocation of funds under the federal government's Cyclone Larry assistance package.
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