Leo J. Ryan

A Representative from California. Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr. , May 5, 1925. Attended schools in Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. A. B. , Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr. , 1949. M. S. , same university, 1951. Served in the United States Navy in ComSubPac, Pacific Theater, 1943-1946. Teacher and school administrator. City councilman, 1956-1962. Served as mayor, South San Francisco, Calif. , 1962. Member, California State assembly, 1962-1972. Delegate to California State Democratic conventions, 1956-1972. Delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1964-1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1973, until his death November 18, 1978, in an ambush at the airstrip of Port Kaituma, Guyana. Interment in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.