WSERG005.05.xml Guide to the Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records 1975-1976 Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records Rick Block and Mary Linden Sepulveda Funding for preparing the finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University 2011
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Finding aid encoded by: Jeff Winter 2011 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS: Describing Archives: A Content Standard Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections
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RG 005.05 Seattle University. Office of the President. Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records 1975-1976 1 linear foot 1 box Edmund Ryan, SJ, assumed office as Seattle University's 19th President on June 6, 1975, but served only 133 days after inauguration. The collection is not comprehensive. Collection materials are in English

Edmund Ryan, SJ, assumed office as Seattle University's 19th President in 1975, but served only 133 days after inauguration. His resignation for medical and personal reasons was announced by the Board of Trustees on March 8, 1976. Fr. Ryan, originally from New York, was the first Seattle University President selected from outside the northwest Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus. William J. Sullivan, SJ who was serving as Provost for educational programming under President Ryan was immediately named acting President by the Board of Trustees.

The collection contains some newsclippings and media stories chronicling the brief tenure of Seattle University's 19th President, Edmund Ryan SJ. The collection is not comprehensive.

The collection is open for research.

Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records, Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University.

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