Malibu resident, Steve S. Ryan, Ph.D., received the Irwin Award for Best Marketing Campaign for his book, “Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure.” “A-Fib” is short for atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm problem that Ryan described as “very frightening, but it’s easily cured.”
Ryan used to teach at Pepperdine University and later spent time working on the soap opera “Days of our Lives” as part of the technical crew. He recently won First Place Gold Medal in the Long Jump in the Self-Transcendence Masters Game (70-75 age range) at the age of 72.