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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American academic administrator (1929–2011)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">John Ryan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">5th Chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York" title="State University of New York">State University of New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1996–1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Bartlett" title="Thomas A. Bartlett">Thomas A. Bartlett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._King" title="Robert L. King">Robert L. King</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Interim President of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_at_Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Maryland at Baltimore">University of Maryland at Baltimore</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1994–1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Errol L. Reese</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">David J. Ramsay</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Interim President of <a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_University" title="Florida Atlantic University">Florida Atlantic University</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1989–1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Helen Popovich</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_J._Catanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony J. Catanese">Anthony J. Catanese</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">14th President of <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1971–1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sutton_(college_president)" title="Joseph Sutton (college president)">Joseph Sutton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ehrlich" title="Thomas Ehrlich">Thomas Ehrlich</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st Chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston" title="University of Massachusetts Boston">University of Massachusetts Boston</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1965–1968</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Francis L. Broderick</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1929-08-12</span>)</span>August 12, 1929<br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 6, 2011<span style="display:none">(2011-08-06)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Indiana" title="Bloomington, Indiana">Bloomington, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> (B.A.)<br /><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> (M.A)<br /><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> (Ph.D.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Academic Administrator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iu.edu/ryan/">www<wbr />.iu<wbr />.edu<wbr />/ryan<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic background</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/301873621/"><i>Bangkok government and administration: Appearance and reality</i></a> (1959)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral advisor</th><td class="infobox-data">Edwin B. McPheron</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic work</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discipline</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">Political science</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University </a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston" title="University of Massachusetts Boston">University of Massachusetts Boston</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John William Ryan</b> (August 12, 1929 – August 6, 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American academic administrator who most notably served as the President of <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> for sixteen years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_W._Ryan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston#1964–1974:_Park_Square_campus" title="University of Massachusetts Boston">University of Massachusetts Boston § 1964–1974: Park Square campus</a></div> <p>Ryan was born in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> and earned a B.A. from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> in 1951, where he was a 1950 initiate of <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Sigma" title="Kappa Sigma">Kappa Sigma</a> fraternity. He earned master's and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University in 1958 and 1959, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-thesis-ryan-1959_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thesis-ryan-1959-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Thammasat_University" title="Thammasat University">Thammasat University</a>. After graduating, he taught political science at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a>. In 1962, he became executive assistant to the president of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a> at Tempe to assume the vice presidency for academic affairs. He returned East to serve as the first chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston" title="University of Massachusetts Boston">University of Massachusetts Boston</a> from 1965 to 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indiana_University">Indiana University</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_W._Ryan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Indiana University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/New_Albany,_Indiana" title="New Albany, Indiana">New Albany</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Southeast" title="Indiana University Southeast">Indiana University Southeast</a>) and in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Indiana" title="Richmond, Indiana">Richmond</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_East" title="Indiana University East">Indiana University East</a>), the formation of various cultural centers on the Bloomington campus, and the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_(Bloomington)#School_of_Journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University (Bloomington)">School of Journalism</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_(Bloomington)#School_of_Continuing_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University (Bloomington)">School of Continuing Studies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_(Bloomington)#School_of_Optometry" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University (Bloomington)">School of Optometry</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_(Bloomington)#School_of_Public_and_Environmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University (Bloomington)">School of Public and Environmental Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ryan served as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Presidents_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Presidents Commission">NCAA Presidents Commission</a> in the mid-1980s during the battle for control of college sports.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ryan retired in 1987 and was immediately appointed president emeritus of Indiana University. He remained an active figure within the university, both as a professor in the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_(Bloomington)#School_of_Public_and_Environmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University (Bloomington)">School of Public and Environmental Affairs</a> and as a member of several boards and committees.<sup id="cite_ref-08Factbook_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-08Factbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In one of his first official acts, Ryan hired legendary men's basketball coach <a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Bob Knight</a> on behalf of the IU Board of Trustees in 1971. </p><p>In the 1979 film <i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Away" title="Breaking Away">Breaking Away</a></i>, he played himself as president of the university, lecturing students on their behavior at the dining hall where they fought the Cutters (a reference to <a href="/wiki/Stonemasonry" title="Stonemasonry">stonecutters</a> who worked in the limestone quarries in southern Indiana). </p><p>On September 4, 2009, John Ryan was awarded the University Medal, IU's highest nonacademic award. According to an IU press release, "The University Medal honors individuals for singular or noteworthy contributions, including service to the university and achievement in arts, letters, science and law. It is the only medal that requires approval by the IU Board of Trustees. The presentation was a particularly special occasion, because it was Ryan who, as president, created the University Medal in 1982, bestowing it first on Thomas T. Solley, director of the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Art_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University Art Museum">IU Art Museum</a>. Ryan is only the tenth person to receive the medal."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_State_University_of_New_York">The State University of New York</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_W._Ryan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The State University of New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retiring from Indiana University, Ryan took on temporary administrative roles, acting as interim president at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_at_Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Maryland at Baltimore">University of Maryland at Baltimore</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_University" title="Florida Atlantic University">Florida Atlantic University</a>, and advising the <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> Commission for Higher Education. </p><p>In 1996, Ryan stepped in to fill the Chancellorship of the <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York" title="State University of New York">State University of New York</a> after his predecessor abruptly resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was asked to assume the full Chancellorship in 1997 <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and stepped down at the end of 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Broderick</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sutton_(college_president)" title="Joseph Sutton (college president)">Joseph Sutton</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> President of <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> </b><br />January 26, 1971 – August 31, 1987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ehrlich" title="Thomas Ehrlich">Thomas Ehrlich</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Helen Popovich</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Interim President of <a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_University" title="Florida Atlantic University">Florida Atlantic University</a> </b><br />1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_J._Catanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony J. Catanese">Anthony J. Catanese</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Errol L. Reese</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Interim President of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_at_Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Maryland at Baltimore">University of Maryland at Baltimore</a> </b><br />1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">David J. Ramsay</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Bartlett" title="Thomas A. Bartlett">Thomas A. 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