13 Facts About Ronald Machtley

Ronald Keith Machtley was born on July 13,1948 and is an American politician and former president of Bryant University.

From 1996 to 2020, Ronald Machtley served as president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and was awarded faculty membership in Omicron Delta Kappa there in 2005.

Ronald Machtley was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and attended public schools.

Ronald Machtley received a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978 and was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in the same year.

Ronald Machtley ran for Congress as a Republican in the 1st District and defeated 28-year incumbent Democrat Fernand St Germain in a considerable upset.

Ronald Machtley was reelected two more times and was very popular even as Rhode Island was trending more and more Democratic.

Ronald Machtley was a moderate Republican in the mold of John Chafee.

Ronald Machtley gave up his seat to run for Governor of Rhode Island in 1994.

Ronald Machtley was named president of Bryant in 1996 and shepherded it through its transition to university status in 2004.

In February 2019 Ron and Katie Ronald Machtley made a gift of $1 million to push the Expanding the World of Opportunity campaign over the $100 million mark.

Shortly thereafter, the Providence Business News reported that Ronald Machtley was paid $6.2M in 2017 as part of a retention package.

In May 2019 Ronald Machtley announced that he would be retiring as President of Bryant University in May 2020.

Ronald Machtley, an avid golfer, is a member of Newport Country Club, and is a Rhode Island Commodore.