

Rabinowitz later operates on Ryan's back and cures his chronic pain in relatively short order (in a later novel, the surgeon is credited as Sam Rosen, a doctor introduced in Without Remorse). Cathy takes him directly to Doctor Stanley Rabinowitz, professor of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, to be evaluated. One night, while having dinner with his fiancée, Ryan throws out his back. They immediately fall in love and get engaged.

Also present is Muller's daughter Caroline, nicknamed Cathy, then a senior medical student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He did so well that one of Merrill Lynch's senior vice presidents, Joe Muller, came to Baltimore to have dinner with him, with the objective of inviting him to the firm's New York City headquarters. While managing clients' portfolios, he began to invest his own money, banking on a tip he had received from an uncle about the workers' takeover of the Chicago and North Western Railway, making about $6 million off his $100,000 initial investment. Ryan's story starts in Patriot Games and continues in Red Rabbit. The film version of The Hunt for Red October changed his education background to being a 1972 graduate of the US Naval Academy. He developed a fear of flying that persisted for years. His parents died in a plane crash at Chicago Midway International Airport, 19 months after his crash in Crete. He passed his stockbroker's exam and took a position with Wall Street investment firm Merrill Lynch's Baltimore office. This led to a lengthy recovery process (during which he nearly became addicted to pain medications) after which, complete with a permanent disability and wearing a back brace, he left the Marines.

Navy surgeons, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, inadequately repaired his back. However, his military career was cut short at the age of 23 when his platoon's helicopter, a CH-46 Sea Knight, crashed during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercise over the Greek island of Crete. While waiting for the Corps to assign him, he passed the Certified Public Accountant exam.Īfter officer training at Marine Corps Base Quantico, he went on to serve as a platoon commander. Marine Corps (via Officer Candidate School). Without Remorse mentioned that he had a sister, who lived in Seattle.Īfter graduating from Loyola Blakefield prep school in Towson, Maryland, Ryan attended Boston College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics (with a strong minor in history) and a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. His mother, Catherine Burke Ryan (1923–1974), was a nurse. Army's 101st Airborne Division at the Battle of the Bulge. He was born in 1950, the son of Emmet William Ryan (1922–1974), a Baltimore Police Department homicide lieutenant, and World War II veteran. Ryan had his background established in Patriot Games and Red Rabbit.

As DDI, he had political battles that led to him becoming President of the United States, serving two terms and dealing with international crises in the Pacific. He rose rapidly through the ranks in a variety of covert operations against the USSR, eventually becoming a Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. After his return to the States, he eventually accepted a position with the CIA. He returned to the academy and, while on a history research trip to London, interrupted a kidnapping attempt on the royal family. He was later recommended to the CIA, eventually spending a short period there writing a position paper, as well as developing a counter-espionage mechanism. He returned to academia, eventually accepting a position at the U.S. He met and married Caroline "Cathy" Mueller, a medical student and later an ophthalmic surgeon, with whom he had four children. Medically discharged at the rank of 2ndLt following a helicopter crash, he worked as an investment broker. He earned an NROTC commission in the Marines at Boston College. Jack Ryan was born in Baltimore in 1950 and grew up there. is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy who appears in many of his novels and their respective film adaptations. Similar John Clark, Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, Cathy Ryan, Viktor Cherevin, Jack Reacherĭr John Patrick " Jack" Ryan, Sr., KCVO (Hon.), Ph.D. Movies Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears Harrison Ford (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger)ĭeputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,Ĭertified Public Accountant and stockbroker,įamily Special Agent Dominic "Enzo" Caruso, FBI (nephew)Ĭaptain Brian "Aldo" Caruso, USMC (nephew)įirst appearance The Hunt for Red October (1990) Portrayed by Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October)
