Seattle University. Office of the President.

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.

From the guide to the Seattle University Office of the President: Edmund Ryan, SJ Records, 1975-1976, (Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University)

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