Post-NFL Career
Soon after his retirement from the Redskins, Ryan remained in the nation's capital when he was named Director of Information Services for the U.S. House of Representatives. While there, he helped advance the computer age in politics by playing an integral role in establishing the body's first electronic voting system. Ryan resigned that post to become athletic director at Yale University on March 7, 1977. He served in that position for ten years before resigning to become the school's Associate vice President for Institutional Planning. Ryan was a member of the Rice Board of Governors from 1972 to 1976, and he was recognized as a distinguished alumnus in 1987. Now retired, he lives in Grafton, Vermont.
Another Browns quarterback received a "professional doctorate"; Dr. Dave Mays, DDS, played for the team in 1976 and 1977.
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