Dean F. Bryson

Dean F. 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 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.

Bryson was born in Portland, Oregon, in September 1910. He earned his law degree in 1934 from Northwestern College of Law in Portland and was admitted to the bar the same year.

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

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

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