I’m not sure what the formal relationship is (advisor? employee? consultant?), but Frutiger’s recent releases, like his reworkings of Avenir and Palatino, have come from Linotype.

http://www.linotype.com

Coincidentally (or perhaps not), another student is trying to contact Akira Kobayashi, who has a senior position at Linotype and has collaborated with Frutiger on several faces. The advice here may also prove useful:

http://typophile.com/node/38254

>or perhaps not

The other poster is geographically in the same ballpark...

http://maps.live.com/?q=Pittsford%2C%20NY&mkt=en-US&FORM=BDRE

Maybe it’s RIT harass a type designer week!

bet Chuck Bigelow isn’t on the list ;-)

Cheers, Si