Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records
Scope and Contents note
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.
Dates
- 1975-1976
Creator
- Seattle University. Office of the President (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
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.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Colleges and Universities
- Education, Higher -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Seattle
- Seattle University--Faculty
- Seattle University--Presidents--20th century
- Seattle University. Office of the President
- Universities and colleges -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Administration
Creator
- Seattle University. Office of the President (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records
- Author
- Rick Block and Mary Linden Sepulveda
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing the finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections Repository