Dean F. Bryson
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| Dean F. Bryson | |
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77th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
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| In office 1970 – 1979 |
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| Appointed by | Tom McCall |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Sloan |
| Succeeded by | Edwin J. Peterson |
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| Died | April 15, 1995 Salem, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Marjorie Bryson |
Dean F. Bryson (c. 1911-1995) was an American attorney in the state of Oregon, United States. He was the 77th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Previously he was a circuit court judge for Multnomah County, Oregon, a legislator in the Oregon House of Representatives, served in the Oregon Senate, and president of the state bar association.
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[edit] Early life
Dean Bryson was born in Portland, Oregon circa 1911.[1] He earned his law degree in 1934 from Northwestern College of Law in Portland.[1] That same year he was admitted to the bar.[1]
He was later a member of the State Marine Board and National Labor Relations Board.[1] In 1959, Bryson began serving on the Oregon State Bar Association’s Board of Governors, continuing through 1961.[2] That year he also served as the organization’s president.[2]
[edit] Politics
Bryson was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican and served from 1943 to 1945.[1] From 1953 to 1955 he served in the Oregon State Senate.[1] In 1961, Governor Mark Hatfield appointed him to the Multnomah County Circuit Court.[1] There he served for nine years and was elected as the presiding judge of the court in 1968.[1] As a judge on that court, he made news for issuing a restraining order to protect a Navy recruiter working at Portland State University from 36 students in 1970 during the Vietnam War.[1]
On October 23, 1970, Bryson was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Oregon Governor Tom McCall to replace Gordon Sloan who had resigned.[3][4] Earlier in the year Bryson defeated Sloan in his re-election bid.[5] Bryson won re-election to a second six-year term in 1976, however he resigned before the end of that term on April 1, 1979.[4]
[edit] Later life and family
Bryson was married to Marjorie Bryson for 56 years.[1] The couple would have three daughters named Joy, Gayl, and Lynne.[1] Dean Bryson died in Salem, Oregon on April 15, 1995.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Former justice Bryson dies at 84. The Oregonian, April 19, 1995.
- ^ a b Past Presidents. Oregon State Bar. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ Oregon Blue Book: Governors of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ a b Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ The 1970 Elections in the West, The 1970 Election in Oregon, L. Harmon Zeigler; Barbara Leigh Smith, The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 2. (Jun., 1971), pp. 325-338.
