Allen Blasco, writing in the NCGR Memberletter, Spring, 1998:

"Cancerian Juliann C. Ryan was a past president and founding member of the Aquarian Organization of Astrologers. A professional member of the American Federation of Astrologers, she served on the faculty of the 1982 AFA Convention in Chicago, She was also a certified Astro*Carto*Grapher and author of several astrological publications. Juliann was a long-time member of the NCGR and gave the keynote lecture at that organization's 1995 conference in her home town, Kansas City, MO.

"For many of us fortunate enough to know her, Juliann Ryan could be called the "mother of all astrologers". Over the years, she has been the single greatest source of astrological encouragement and inspiration I've ever had the pleasure to share an ephemeris with. No matter how obscure the author or subject matter might be, Juliann will go to her study and come back with a cassette tape of a conference she attended, maybe 20 years ago, and probably a first edition of the author's work to boot.

"Born and reared in Lansing, MI (where she attend grade school with Malcolm X), Juliann's interests in history, politics, and current events were nurtured by nightly conversations at the family dinner table. That same tradition was carried on in weekly meetings at her home, where friends and acquaintances of all religious, political, and astrological persuasions met and exchanged views.

"Juliann was my friend, teacher, and "astrological mother." For those of us who knew and respected her, professionally and personally, she will be sorely missed."

BIRTH AND DEATH DATA: As given in the NCGR Memberletter, from Allen Blasco: She was born on June 27, 1925, at 8:41 am, EST, in Lansing, MI. She died at her home in Kansas City at 6:02 am, on Feb 6, 1998, after a long illness.

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