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The Reverend
Edmund Ryan
SJ
The Reverend Edmund Ryan SJ
19th President of Seattle University
	In office; June 6, 1975 – March 8, 1976
Preceded by	Louis B. Gaffney
Succeeded by	William J. Sullivan
Personal details
Died	January 26, 2001; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Loyola University Chicago; West Baden College; Woodstock College; Catholic University of America;
Orders
Ordination	1959

Edmund G. Ryan SJ (d. January 26, 2001) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Seattle University for less than a year in 1975 and 1976. He was also a senior administrator at Saint Peter's College, Georgetown University, Canisius College, and Le Moyne College.

Early life

Edmund Ryan was ordained a priest of the Jesuit order in 1959. He completed his undergraduate studies at Loyola University Chicago, and received degrees in theology from West Baden College in Indiana and Woodstock College in Maryland. He completed his master's and doctorate at the Catholic University of America.^[1]

Academic administrator

Ryan served as the dean and executive vice president of Saint Peter's College in New Jersey, and then as provost and executive vice president of Georgetown University.^[1] Ryan did not get along with the president of Georgetown, Robert J. Henle, who accused Ryan of trying to undermine him. Relations between the two deteriorated significantly and Ryan refused to meet in his office with Henle, who he believed to be bugging the office. In April 1974, Henle fired Ryan.^[2] Two months later, Ryan was admitted to the psychiatric ward of Saint Vincent's Hospital in New York City for treatment of a nervous breakdown.^[3]

Ryan became the president of Seattle University on June 6, 1975. He was the first president of the university who was not from the Oregon province of the Society of Jesus.^[4] His administration saw significant student protest and financial difficulty,^[5] and his term lasted only 133 days before he resigned for medical and personal reasons on March 8, 1976.^[4] William J. Sullivan, whom Ryan had recruited to the university in 1975 as the provost for academic development, became the acting president on February 27 and officially succeeded Ryan as president on May 3.^[5]

After leaving Seattle University, Ryan became the director of planning and research at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and in 1978, became the executive vice president for academic affairs. He oversaw the renovation of several campus buildings and the expansion of the Bouwhuis Library. During this time, he was also a member of the boards of directors of several high schools in Buffalo. He left Canisius in 1992 and spent a year on sabbatical in California. Ryan then became the special assistant for mission and planning to the president of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.^[1]

Ryan died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on January 26, 2001.^[1]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rev. Edmund G. Ryan, Canisius Official, Dies". The Buffalo News. January 29, 2001. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ Curran 2010, pp. 158–159
^ Curran 2010, p. 162
^ ^a ^b "Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records". Seattle University Library. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Crowley, Walt (May 4, 2001). "Seattle University installs Fr. William J. Sullivan, SJ, as its 20th president on May 3, 1976". HistoryLink. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

Sources

Curran, Robert Emmett (2010). A History of Georgetown University: The Rise to Prominence, 1964–1989. Vol. 3. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1589016903.