Roger Martin Prior

Roger was born on September 11, 1935 in Stanford Connecticut and was preceded in death by his parents, Ann Catherine and Herbert Martin Prior, grandparents, Katherine and Joseph Peterick and Alice and Edward Prior and grandson William Hunter Allen.

Roger was a graduate of the South Kent School, South Kent, Connecticut, an Episcopal preparatory school. He then attended Oklahoma University in Norman, Oklahoma and transferred to Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX where he graduated school at SMU studying economics. While at both Oklahoma University and SMU, he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Social Fraternity.

He was a charter member of Christ Church in Plano TX. In 1986 Roger was on the committee to find land on which to build the church. He is a former Vestry member and Junior Warden. He was a member of the church for 31 years and involved in Finance, Steering and Building Committees and many other groups within the church.

Roger was an avid golfer and belonged to many men’s golf associations. He served as President for two terms in the Plano Men’s Golf Association and as Treasurer of the Ridgeview Ranch Senior Golf Association. He also belonged to the Chase Oaks Senior Men’s Association and the Dirty Dozen Golf Group.

Roger enjoyed travel. He did volunteer work throughout Collin County, serving as Vice President of the Collin County Unit of the American Cancer Association and the Gunslingers Ball. He worked with the Collin County of Youth Charity and the St. Timothy Academy Golf Tournament.

He was employed by Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, later working at Preston State Bank implementing the automation of their demand deposit system. In 1964 he joined the Unisys Corporation. Until his retirement, he spent the next 32 years with this company. His first assignment with Unisys was at Amarillo Air Force Base providing training in large scale computer systems for 256 AF bases around the world.

While in Washington D.C. he became the Director of Education for Federal Systems, providing a staff of systems analysis to do worldwide training. He later worked in Memphis, TN with Univac in the commercial side of the business. Returning to Dallas in 1981, Roger completed his career as Univac’s National Manager of Communication Systems.

He is survived by Patricia Hannah Prior, his wife of 58 years; son Stuart Martin Prior and daughter-in-law Kathryn Ott Prior, daughter Catherine Prior Allen, and son David Bryant Prior and daughter-in-law Kiera Simmons Prior; six grandchildren, Davis Martin Prior, Austin Coleman Prior, Sarah Emily Allen, Matthew Jefferson Allen, Kyle Bryant Prior, and Chandler Nell Prior.

Memorial Service will be held at Christ Church in Plano, 4550 Legacy Blvd, Wednesday August 17, 2016 at 10AM

In memory of Roger Prior

Parkinson’s Disease Foundation

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In memory of Roger Prior

Parkinson’s Disease Foundation

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