Mrs. Shirley Taylor Frye was born and raised in Fremont, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Science from North Carolina A&T State University with high honors in education and later received a Master of Science with honors in psychology and special education from Syracuse University.
Mrs. Frye started her professional career in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a public school teacher. She taught briefly at Bennett College and later worked there as a special assistant to the president and director of planned giving. She worked at N.C. A&T in three different capacities including assistant vice chancellor for Development and University Relations and recently as a special assignment as executive assistant to the chancellor. One of the most exciting jobs was vice president of community relations for local television station WFMY-TV.
Mrs. Frye has been involved in more than 100 former and present associations. She has served on boards not only in the Greensboro area but at the state and national levels. She's been a member of Providence Baptist Church for over 50 years and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., The Links Inc., 100 Black Women, and Women Administrators in Higher Education. She's also a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mrs. Frye is the recipient of more than 25 honors and awards, including including the 1985 Governor’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award, 2003 WFMY-TV Community Champion Award, 2005 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Bennett College, 2006 American Judicature Society (AJS) National Justice Award, 2006 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from UNC-Greensboro and the 2008 Greensboro Partnership Distinguished Citizen Award.
She is married to the former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief; they have two sons and three granddaughters.
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