Acting SUNY head cites `trust'.(Capital Region)

Byline: KENNETH AARON Staff Writer

ALBANY - While John Ryan makes his way through his first weeks as the State University of New York's acting chancellor - meeting almost every campus president, memorizing the system's vast map of 64 campuses and pitching the university's virtues to lawmakers - he's come up with one early observation:

"I'd like to see more trust at all levels," said Ryan, a retired vice admiral in the Navy who was president of SUNY Maritime College until last month. He also served as interim president at the University at Albany until February.

Lack of trust helped derail a tuition guarantee that would have ensured incoming students …