Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Speech of Kathleen Ryan.
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Discrete Item
Repository
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1984 (Creation)
- Creator
- Ryan, Kathleen
Physical description area
Physical description
0.01 m of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Kathleen (Whitton) Ryan, a businesswoman based in Ottawa, was born in Renfrew, Ontario. She graduated from Queen's University with an honours degree in Economics in 1926. She married fellow Queen's graduate Frank Ryan (BA '27), who became a prominent radio broadcaster after working at Queen's radio station CFRC. He was also the owner and founder of CFRA radio station in Ottawa.
She took over his business interests after his death in 1964 and rapidly developed a reputation as one of the city's most astute business leaders. In 1976, she established the Kathleen Ryan Foundation at Queen's to provide for the preservation of buildings in the Medical Quadrangle.
The fund helped to renovate the New Medical Building into a home for the Queen's University Archives, which was renamed Kathleen Ryan Hall in her honour in 1982. She also gave a significant grant to CFRC Radio in 1977 to help it establish a stereo signal.
Kathleen Ryan served as a University Councillor for many years. Her sister, Charlotte Whitton, was also a Queen's alumna and became Canada's first female mayor when elected in Ottawa in 1950.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Speech at Montreal Medal Presentation, May, 1984.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Kathleen Ryan.
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
2999 (Ryan, Kathleen)
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Open