John W. Ryan
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John William Ryan (born August 12, 1929) is an American academic administrator who most notably served as the President of Indiana University for sixteen years.
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[edit] Early life and career
Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois and earned a B.A. from the University of Utah in 1951 and master's and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University in 1958 and 1959, respectively.[1] While in graduate school, Ryan served in two professional roles: First, as a research analyst in the Kentucky Department of Revenue, then in establishing the graduate public administration program at Thammasat University. After graduating, he taught political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1962, he became executive assistant to the president of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst before moving to Arizona State University at Tempe to assume the vice presidency for academic affairs. He returned East to serve as the first chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1965.
[edit] Indiana University
In July 1968, Ryan returned to Indiana University to become vice president for regional campuses and became its fourteenth president on January 26, 1971. His 16 years of service to the university saw the establishment of two new IU campuses in New Albany (Indiana University Southeast) and in Richmond (Indiana University East), the formation of various cultural centers on the Bloomington campus, and the School of Journalism becoming a system-wide entity. Ryan retired in 1987 and was immediately appointed President Emeritus of Indiana University. He remains an active figure within the university, both as a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and as a member of several boards and committees.
In the 1979 movie classic Breaking Away he played the part as himself where the students are being lectured on their behavior at the dining hall where they fought the Cutters (a reference to stonecutters who worked in the limestone quarries in southern Indiana).
[edit] The State University of New York
After retiring from Indiana University, Ryan took on temporary administrative roles, acting as interim president at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and at Florida Atlantic University, and advising the Papua New Guinea Commission for Higher Education.
In 1996, Ryan stepped in to fill the Chancellorship of the State University of New York after his predecessor abruptly resigned.[2]. He was asked to assume the full Chancellorship in 1997 [3] and stepped down at the end of 1999.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ John W. Ryan Educator Irish 1998 Recipient. Ellis Island Medals of Honor. NECO. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ “SUNY Board Chooses an Interim Chancellor”, The New York Times, 1996-07-02, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EFD81339F931A35754C0A960958260>. Retrieved on 4 May 2008
- ^ “SUNY Seems Likely to Pick Interim Chief As Chancellor”, The New York Times, 1997-04-10, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEED9123CF933A25757C0A961958260>. Retrieved on 4 May 2008
- ^ “SUNY's Chancellor Plans to Step Down”, The New York Times, 1999-01-14, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405E4DA1331F937A25752C0A96F958260>. Retrieved on 4 May 2008
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Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston 1965 – 1968 |
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| Preceded by Joseph Sutton |
President of Indiana University January 26, 1971 – August 31, 1987 |
Succeeded by Thomas Ehrlich |
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Interim President of Florida Atlantic University 1989 |
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Interim President of the University of Maryland at Baltimore 1994 |
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| Preceded by Thomas A. Bartlett |
Chancellor of the State University of New York July 1, 1996 – April 20, 1997 (Interim) April 21, 1997 – December 31, 1999 |
Succeeded by Robert L. King |
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