Education
University of Iowa.
University of Iowa.
Ris was a star swimmer at Crane Technical High in Chicago. Ris was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1966. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Mission Viejo, California.
He then attended the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Iowa Beta chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and swam for the Iowa Hawkeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Big Ten Conference competition from 1947 to 1949.