Leo J. Ryan Award

Infobox award
name = Leo J. Ryan Award
current_awards =


imagesize = 100px
caption = Congressman Leo J. Ryan
description = "In recognition of his extraordinary courage, tenacity, and perseverance in the battle against tyranny over the mind of man."
presenter = Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation
country = USA
location =
year = 1981
year2 = 2001
website =

The Leo J. Ryan Award was established by the Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation in honor of Congressman Leo J. Ryan; the first and only United States Congressman to be killed in the line of duty. [cite press release | title = Congressman Tom Lantos' Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy at Jonestown and the Death of Congressman Leo Ryan | publisher = Tom Lantos | date = 2003-11-17 | url = http://lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/Newsroom/Press+Releases/2003/11-17-03+Congressman+Tom+Lantos+Remarks+on+the+25th+Anniversary+of+the+Tragedy+at+Jonestown+and+the.htm | accessdate = 2006-09-08 ] He was assassinated in Guyana, while investigating Jonestown and The Peoples Temple. Ryan was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. [ [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=40789 Statement on Signing the Bill Authorizing a Congressional Gold Medal Honoring the Late Representative Leo J. Ryan] , President Ronald Reagan, November 18, 1983.] [The Washington Post, November 30, 1984 v107 pC4 col 5 (10 col in), "Leo Ryan honored. (with Medal of Honor)" Jacqueline Trescott. ] [The New York Times, November 27, 1984 v134 pA25(L) col 2 (4 col in) "Reagan to give medal for slain congressman."(Leo J. Ryan)] The Foundation was originally titled "Cult Info", and changed its name in honor of the congressman in 1999. It is based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [ [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/c154.html Cult Info] , Apologetics research.] [ [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/l00.html#leoryanf Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation] , Apologetics research. retrieved 2006-12-30.] The first award was given in 1981.

Award recipients

;Description

Prior to the establishment of the Foundation, Margaret Singer was given the "Leo J. Ryan Memorial Award" in 1978, [ [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_profile/singer_margaret.htm Bio, 1999 Conference: Cults, Psychological Manipulation & Society] , Minneapolis, MN, May 14-19, 1999.] for research on cults, from Citizens Freedom Foundation. [ [http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/reform/letter.shtml The Barden Letter] , R. Christopher Barden, Ph.D., J.D., LP, to The Honorable Henry Hyde, Chairman, Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives, January 5, 1995.]

;RecipientsRecipients of the award include:
*1981 - Howard L. Lasher, member, New York State Assembly [http://www.xenutv.com/panels/cultinfo-2001.htm 2001 Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation Conference] , October 26-28, 2001, theme: "Cults and Terrorism: Abuse of the Vulnerable."]
*1982 - Rabbi Maurice Davis [ [http://www.whyaretheydead.net/misc/Factnet/CO0194.TXT In Memoriam] , Rabbi Maurice Davis, collected obituaries]
*1983 - Rev. Kent Burtner, O.P. [ [http://www.takingfive.com/house_of_cards.htm Opus Dei -A House of Cards?] , Ruth Bertel]
*1984 - Ronald Enroth, Ph.D. [ [http://griess.st1.at/enroth.htm Bio Sheet, Ronald M. Enroth] , June 1, 1996.]
*1985 - John Gordon Clark, M.D. [ [http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general118.html Psychiatrist was authority on danger of cults] , Dr. John Clark, 73, Globe Staff, October 10, 1999, Tom Long.]
*1986 - Gabe Cazares, former mayor, Clearwater, Florida [http://www.antisectes.net/ryan.htm Voir détails et lauréats du Prix Ryan] , French site listing Leo J. Ryan award recipients]
*1987 - Robert Lifton, M.D.
*1988 - Sandy Andron, Ed.D. [http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_conferences/2006Denver/2006_conference_handbook.htm ICSA Annual International Conference] , Conference Handbook, ICSA Annual International Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 22-24, 2006.]
*1989 - Bill Wasmuth
*1990 - Louis Jolyon West, M.D.
*1991 - Robert W. Lobsinger, Publisher, "Newkirk Herald Journal" [ [http://www.tradersbend.com/bio/rwlbio.html Robert W. Lobsinger] , Lobsinger Consulting & Engineering, Bio.]
*1992 - Richard Behar, journalist, author [ [http://www.lermanet.com/scientologyscandals/behar.htm Leo J. Ryan award winner Richard Behar] , 1992 speech]
*1993 - Maynard Bernstein
*1994 - Patricia Ryan, daughter of Congressman Ryan
*1995 - Michael Langone, Ph.D.
*1996 - Cynthia Kisser, head of the Old Cult Awareness Network [ [http://holysmoke.org/minton/mintonom.htm Stacy Brooks, email] , The Leo J. Ryan Educational Foundation conference, 29 October 2001.]
*1997, 1998 - No award given out.
*1999 - Bill Goldberg & Lorna Goldberg [ [http://www.blgoldberg.com/ Bill Goldberg] , "Along with Lorna, Bill is the recipient of the Hall of Fame Award from the Authentic Cult Awareness Network and the Leo J. Ryan Award from the Leo J. Ryan Foundation."]
*2000 - Flo Conway & Jim Siegelman [ [http://conwayandsiegelman.stillpointpress.net/ Profile, publisher] , Flo Conway & Jim Siegelman, Stillpoint Press, Authors of "Snapping, Holy Terror", and the new Dark Hero of the Information Age]
*2001 - Bob Minton

ee also

*John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies

References

External links

;Leo J. Ryan award
* [http://www.xenutv.com/panels/cultinfo-2001-award.htm The Leo J. Ryan Award, Presentation, 2001] , awarded to Bob Minton, introduced by Priscilla Coates
* [http://www.lermanet.com/house/destructive.htm "Leo J. Ryan Foundation", has information about his anti-scientology speeches and letters]
* [http://www.xenutv.com/trust/leoryan99.htm 1999 Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation Conference] , February 12-14, 1999
* [http://www.xenutv.com/panels/leoryan.htm 2000 Leo J. Ryan Foundation Conference] , March 17-19, 2000
* [http://www.xenutv.com/panels/cultinfo-2001.htm 2001 Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation Conference] , October 26-28, 2001, theme: "Cults and Terrorism: Abuse of the Vulnerable."
* [http://www.lermanet.com/scientologyscandals/behar.htm Leo J. Ryan award winner Richard Behar] , 1992 speech
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/sources/media/ok301191.htm Newkirk Publisher Wins Cult Awareness Award] , "The Oklahoman", November 30, 1991
* [http://www.antisectes.net/ryan.htm Voir détails et lauréats du Prix Ryan] , French site listing Leo J. Ryan award recipients;Congressman Ryan
* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown2.html#back Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee report on Ryan's assassination, 15 May 1979]
* [http://lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/Newsroom/Press+Releases/2003/11-17-03+Congressman+Tom+Lantos+Remarks+on+the+25th+Anniversary+of+the+Tragedy+at+Jonestown+and+the.htm Press release from Rep. Tom Lantos, California 12th Congressional District, on the 25th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre and Ryan's assassination]
* [http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/LeoJRyan.htm Site containing the text of the act issuing the Congressional Gold Medal and an FBI report summary as well as an article on both Jones and his involvement and the investigation]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000558 Biography] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress"
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=3580&PIgrid=3580&PIcrid=7990&PIpi=81897&pt=Leo+Ryan& A photograph of Ryan's grave]