Between the Lines; Pat Ryan goes for the gold.(Pat Ryan of Aon Corp. is to head a committee)(Harleysville Insurance Company of New Jersey)(corporate logos)

Business Insurance, May, 2006 by Wojcik, Joanne

Byline: Compiled by Joanne Wojcik One of Chicago's favorite sons, Aon Corp. Executive Chairman Pat Ryan, has been tapped by Mayor Richard Daley to head a committee that will study the feasibility of bringing the Olympic Games to Chicago in 2016. Mr. Ryan's interest in athletics is well documented.

He holds a minority interest in the Chicago Bears and Northwestern University named its football and basketball arenas after Mr. Ryan, who is an alumnus of the Evanston, Ill.-based member of the Big Ten Conference. A spokesman for Aon said Mr. Ryan declined to comment about his appointment. Battles over apples Corporations today are becoming increasingly protective when it comes to their logos, whether it involves a piece of common fruit or the insipid...

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