The State University of New York
After retiring from Indiana University, Ryan took on temporary administrative roles, acting as interim president at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and at Florida Atlantic University, and advising the Papua New Guinea Commission for Higher Education.
In 1996, Ryan stepped in to fill the Chancellorship of the State University of New York after his predecessor abruptly resigned. He was asked to assume the full Chancellorship in 1997 and stepped down at the end of 1999.
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