Pat Ryan (executive)

Pat Ryan (executive)

Patrick G. Ryan is the founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation.cite news|url=http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=24652|title=COO, CFO being recruited for Olympic bid|accessdate=2007-04-21|date=2007-04-19|author=Merrion, Paul|work=ChicagoBusiness|publisher=Crain Communications, Inc.] He is the Chairman and CEO of the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid committee. He is also a leading benefactor of the Art Institute of Chicago Building's Modern wing addition. [cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/modern_wing/news.html|accessdate=2007-06-26|date=2007|title=Latest News|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago]

In 2004, Ryan hosted President George W. Bush during a political fundraising dinner at his home in Winnetka, Illinois. Later that year, he hosted another fundraiser with President Bush's wife and daughters as special guests. [ [http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2005/01/bush_just_leave.html Hoffmania!: Bush Just Leaves a Trail of Destruction] ]

Ryan is Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Northwestern University, where both major athletic facilities, the Welsh-Ryan Arena and Ryan Field, are named after him. In 1990, he bought 10% of the Chicago Bears. [cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sports/NFL/chicago_bears/|accessdate=2007-09-01|date=2007|publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc.|title=CHICAGO BEARS|work=bizjournals.com]

Ryan is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

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