1. John Edgar Bryson was born on July 24,1943 and is an American businessman, lawyer, and politician.
15 Facts About John Bryson
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John Bryson served as United States Secretary of Commerce from 2011 to 2012, the 37th person to hold the post since its establishment in 1913.
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John Bryson co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council with fellow Yale alumni in 1970.
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John Bryson took a leave of absence in June 2012 for medical tests due to seizures that were related to successive hit and run vehicular accidents.
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John Bryson graduated from Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon, in 1961.
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In 1970, with other recent Yale Law graduates, John Bryson helped found and served as legal counsel for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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From 1976 to 1979, John Bryson served as chairman of the California State Water Resources Control Board, and from 1979 to 1982, he served as president of the California Public Utilities Commission.
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John Bryson joined Edison International in 1984, and served as director from 1990 until his retirement on July 31,2008.
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John Bryson serves or has served on a number of educational, environmental and other nonprofit boards, including chairman of the California Business Roundtable, a trustee of Stanford University, a trustee of California Institute of Technology, co-chairman of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and chairman of the Public Policy Institute of California.
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On May 31,2011, President Barack Obama nominated John Bryson to succeed Gary Locke as the United States Secretary of Commerce.
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John Bryson was sworn in on October 21,2011, becoming the 37th Secretary of the Department of Commerce.
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On June 9,2012, John Bryson was involved in a pair of car crashes in San Gabriel, California and Rosemead, California, which were investigated as possible felony hit and run.
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John Bryson is said to have been found unconscious at the site of the second crash.
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On June 21,2012, John Bryson announced his resignation from the post of Secretary of Commerce.
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John Bryson joined the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars as a Distinguished Senior Public Policy Scholar in October 2012.