• Edward Ryan died June 1 in UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh at the age of 88.
• Ryan was a carpenter by trade who built what would become NVR Inc., the housing industry’s fourth-largest home builder.
• Ryan started out building homes in his spare time after being discharged as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps after World War II and got an offer on a house he was building for himself and his wife.

Ryan Homes remains one of three brands—along with NVHomes and Fox Ridge Homes—under which the Reston, Va.-based corporation builds in 27 metro markets in 16 states.