Tim Ryan family donates $1 million to Olympic College Poulsbo campus; sonography lab to bear family name
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Olympic College announced a $1,000,000 gift from the Tim Ryan family to equip new allied-health programs at the Poulsbo campus. College interim president Joan Hampton told the Poulsbo City Council the gift will buy cutting-edge training equipment and that the sonography lab will be named the Tim Ryan Family Diagnostic Medical Sonography Lab.
POULSBO, Wash. — Olympic College has received a $1,000,000 donation from the Tim Ryan family to support a newly expanding allied-health suite at the college’s Poulsbo campus, Interim President Joan Hampton told the Poulsbo City Council on Aug. 20.
“As you know, this fall, we are standing up programs on the Poulsbo campus for radiology technology, sonography technology, surgical tech and a few other programs,” Hampton said at the meeting. “This million dollars is directed towards technology, cutting edge student equipment… This includes robotics, swinging arms, and things that do all kinds of wonderful things.”
Hampton said the college will name the sonography lab the Tim Ryan Family Diagnostic Medical Sonography Lab and that the gift will be used for hospital beds, training tables, simulators and other equipment across the healthcare suite. The college is also planning a paramedic/EMT program in September 2026, according to Hampton.
Mayor Rebecca Erickson said city staff prepared a thank-you letter that councilmembers will sign before the city sends it to the Ryan family. The transcript indicates council members and staff praised the family’s prior philanthropy to regional education and training programs.
Why it matters: Council members noted the donation will supply hands-on training equipment for programs that aim to place graduates into local health-care jobs. Hampton said the programs are “high demand, living wage programs” that can help students remain and work in Kitsap County.
Proper names and affiliations mentioned in the meeting included Olympic College, the Tim Ryan family/Tim Ryan Construction, Virginia Mason CHI Franciscan (major donor to the broader healthcare suite) and the newly named lab.
No formal council action was required for the announcement; council members offered thanks and planned to send a city thank-you letter.
Ending Council members invited Hampton and the audience to celebrate the gift and asked staff to forward formal letters of thanks to the donors.