Ken Ryan was a founding Senior Fellow of the Ethics Center, one of a group of distinguished Harvard faculty members supporting the idea, in 1986, of an ethics initiative at the University. He died in early January 2002 of a myocardial infarction. His contributions over the years, and especially as a devoted member of the Faculty Fellows seminar in 1997-98, are immeasurable. His intellectual support, encouragement and thoughtful criticism when needed will be greatly missed by all his colleagues at the Center and in the field of medical ethics.
- From Dennis F. Thompson's tribute to Ken Ryan

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