Ryan, William F. (William Fitts), 1922-1972
- Authoritative Name:
- Ryan, William F. (William Fitts), 1922-1972
- Biography:
- "Representative from New York; born in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., June 28, 1922; attended the Albion schools; graduated from Princeton University in 1947 and from Columbia Law School in 1949; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in New York City in 1949; assistant district attorney, New York County, 1950-1957 and 1957-1961; served in the United States Army in the Thirty-second Infantry Division as an artillery officer with the rank of first lieutenant from 1943 to 1946, in the South Pacific; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death in New York City, September 17, 1972; interment in St. Thomas Church Cemetery, Croom, Md."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Associated Subjects:
- Ryan, William F. (William Fitts), 1922-1972
Ryan, William F. (William Fitts), 1922-1972--Interviews - Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of scenes typical of the Albany Movement including the bus boycott, Albany Movement president Dr. William G. Anderson speaking with attorney C. B. King, and an interview with U.S. representative William F. Ryan of New York in Albany, Georgia, 1962
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1962-00-00
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporters interviewing congressman William F. Ryan from New York during his fact-finding visit to Albany, Georgia, 1962 August
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1962-08
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection