Leo Ryan Folsom Prison as an inmate. During his time in Congress, Ryan traveled to Newfoundland to investigate the practice of seal hunting. He was also famous for vocal criticism of the lack of Congressional oversight of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and authored the Hughes–Ryan Amendment, passed in 1974. Ryan was shot and killed at an airstrip in Guyana in November 1978 while his party was attempting to escape a dangerous situation. He had traveled to Guyana to investigate claims that people were being held against their will at the Peoples Temple Jonestown settlement. Ryan was killed the same day of
Dan Ryan Jr. Dan Ryan Jr. Daniel B. "Dan" Ryan Jr. (1894– April 8, 1961) was a Chicago insurance broker and served as President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1954 to his death. Ryan was a Democrat. The Dan Ryan Expressway was named in his memory. Ryan attended De La Salle Institute and Kent College of Law. When his father, Dan Ryan Sr., died in 1923, Ryan was elected to fill out his term on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. With the exception of 1926–1930, he sat on the board until his death and served as the board president