| Dean Frederick Bryson | |
| Office1: | 77th Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court |
| Termstart1: | 1970 |
| Termend1: | 1979 |
| Appointer1: | Tom McCall |
| Predecessor1: | Gordon Sloan |
| Successor1: | Edwin J. Peterson |
| Office2: | Member of the Oregon Senate |
| Termstart2: | 1953 |
| Termend2: | 1955 |
| Office3: | Member of the Oregon House of Representatives |
| Termstart3: | 1943 |
| Termend3: | 1945 |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1910[1] |
| Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon |
| Death Place: | Fresno, California |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | 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 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.[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]
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]
Bryson was married to Marjorie Bryson for 56 years.[2] The couple had three daughters named Joy, Gayl and Lynne.[2]