Missy ryan biography

  • Missy Ryan is an American journalist.
  • Missy Ryan writes about national security and defense for The Washington Post.
  • Melissa C. Schwen Ryan is an American rower.

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    Missy Ryan writes about diplomacy, national security and the State Department for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2014 to write about the Pentagon and military issues. She has reported from Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Chile. Honors and Awards: New York Press Club award for political reporting, 2012. Professional Affiliations: Council on Foreign Relations. Languages spoken in addition to English: Spanish, Arabic

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    Missy Ryan

    Courage in Journalism
    • Maria Jimena Duzan, Florica Ichim, Caryle Murphy, Lilianne Pierre-Paul (1990)
    • Lyubov Kovalevskaya (1991)
    • Catherine Gicheru, Kemal Kurspahic, Gordana Knezevic (1992)
    • Donna Ferrato, Mirsada Sakic-Hatibovic, Arijana Saracevic, Cecilia Valenzuela (1993)
    • Christiane Amanpour, Razia Bhatti, Marie-Yolande Saint-Fleur (1994)
    • Chris Anyanwu, Horria Saihi, Gao Yu (1995)
    • Ayse Onal, Saida Ramadan, Lucy Sichone (1996)
    • Bina Bektiati, Corinne Dufka, Maribel Gutierrez Moreno (1997)
    • Elizabeth Neuffer, Blanca Rosales Valencia, Anna Zarkova (1998)
    • Sharifa Akhlas, Kim Bolan, Aferdita Kelmendi (1999)
    • Marie Colvin, Agnès Nindorera, Zamira Sydykova (2000)
    • Amal Abbas of Sudan, ineth Bedoya Lima, Carmen Gurruchaga (2001)
    • Kathy Gannon, Sandra Nyaira, Anna Politkovskaya (2002)
    • Anne Garrels, Tatyana Goryachova, Marielos Monzon (2003)
    • Gwen Lister, Mabel Rehnfeldt, Salima Tlemcani (2004)
    • Sumi Khan, Anja Niedringhaus, Shahla Sherkat (2005)
    • Jill Carroll, May Ch

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      Missy Schwen-Ryan

      American roddare and Olympic medalist

      Birth nameMelissa C. Schwen
      BornJuly 17, 1972 (1972-07-17) (age 52)
      Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.

      Melissa C. Schwen Ryan (born July 17, 1972, in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American roddare. After her first medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she donated a kidney to her sick brother in need of a transplant.[1] She became the first Olympian to medal and have donated a kidney.[citation needed] On March 20, 2010, she was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame.[2] Schwen-Ryan, her husband, Tim, and their three children Keith, Bach, and Hugh moved from their home in Dallas, Texas, to Jackson, Wyoming, and then Santa Barbara, California. They are currently living in the Bay Area.

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