Dean F. Bryson

Dean Frederick Bryson
Dean Frederick Bryson
77th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
	In office; 1970–1979
Appointed by	Tom McCall
Preceded by	Gordon Sloan
Succeeded by	Edwin J. Peterson
Member of the Oregon Senate
	In office; 1953–1955
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
	In office; 1943–1945
Personal details
Born	September 27, 1910[1]; Portland, Oregon
Died	April 15, 1995 (aged 84); Fresno, California[1]
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Bryson

Dean Frederick Bryson (September 27, 1910 – April 15, 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 was president of the state bar association.

Early life

Bryson was born in Portland, Oregon.[2] He earned his law degree in 1934 from Northwestern College of Law in Portland[2] and was admitted to the bar the same year.[2]

He was later a member of the State Marine Board and National Labor Relations Board.[2] In 1959, Bryson began serving on the Oregon State Bar Association’s Board of Governors, continuing through 1961.[3] That year, he was also the organization’s president.[3]

Politics

Bryson was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican and served from 1943 to 1945.[2] From 1953 to 1955 he served in the Oregon State Senate.[2] In 1961, Governor Mark Hatfield appointed him to the Multnomah County Circuit Court.[2] There he served for nine years and was elected as the presiding judge of the court in 1968.[2] 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.[2]

On October 23, 1970, Bryson was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Oregon Governor Tom McCall to replace Gordon Sloan who had resigned.[4][5] Earlier in the year, Bryson defeated Sloan in his re-election bid.[6] 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.[5]

Later life and family

Bryson was married to Marjorie Bryson for 56 years.[2] The couple had three daughters named Joy, Gayl and Lynne.[2]

References

California Death Index
Former justice Bryson dies at 84. The Oregonian, April 19, 1995.
Past Presidents. Oregon State Bar. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
Oregon State Archives: Governor's Records Guides. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
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.

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[cdi-1] California Death Index

[obit-2] Former justice Bryson dies at 84. The Oregonian, April 19, 1995.

[OSB-3] Past Presidents. Oregon State Bar. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.

[gov-4] Oregon State Archives: Governor's Records Guides. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.

[OSC-5] Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.

[6] 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.