| Dean F. Bryson | |
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| 77th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
| In office 1970–1979 |
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| Appointed by | Tom McCall |
| Preceded by | Gordon Sloan |
| Succeeded by | Edwin J. Peterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1910 Portland, Oregon |
| Died | April 15, 1995 Salem, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Bryson |
Dean F. Bryson (1910 – 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.
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Bryson was born in Portland, Oregon, in September 1910.[1] He earned his law degree in 1934 from Northwestern College of Law in Portland[1] and was admitted to the bar the same year.[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 was also the organization’s president.[2]
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]
Bryson was married to Marjorie Bryson for 56 years.[1] The couple had three daughters named Joy, Gayl and Lynne.[1] Bryson died in Salem, Oregon, on April 15, 1995, at the age of 84.[1]