John Bryson (politician, 1943)

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John Bryson (official portrait, 2011)

John E. Bryson (born July 24, 1943 in New York City ) is an American businessman and politician . After he was nominated on May 31, 2011 by US President Barack Obama as the new Secretary of Commerce of the United States , he held this office from October 21, 2011 to June 21, 2012.

Life

Education and career in the private sector

John Bryson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1965 ; it followed in 1969 the Juris Doctor at the Yale Law School . Together with a few Yale fellow students, he founded the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1970 , a non-profit environmental protection organization, for which he worked as a legal advisor in the years that followed. He was also chairman of the California State Water Resources Control Board and served 1979-1982 as president of the California Public Utilities Commission , the regulatory authority for public utilities in California .

As a result, Bryson went into the private sector. In 1984 he became vice president of utility company Edison International ; In 1990 he was promoted to chairman of the board of directors and CEO there, which he remained until July 2008. From 2000 he also served as the company's President. He also served as a director on the boards of Boeing , the WM Keck Foundation and the Walt Disney Company . He also became a curator at Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology .

Bryson is a member of the International Advisory Council of the German-American network Atlantik-Brücke . In 2011 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Appointment as US Secretary of Commerce

On May 31, 2011, John Bryson was introduced by President Obama as the future Secretary of Commerce of the United States. He was to succeed Gary Locke , who became the new US Ambassador to the People's Republic of China , where he took the place of Jon Huntsman . Bryson should be "an important part of the economic team" of the president, said Obama in a short address. However, the Republican members of the US Senate said they would block any confirmation of a ministerial candidate until three trade agreements with Colombia , Panama and South Korea were ratified to their satisfaction. Other candidates for the ministerial office have included the sales representatives of the United States , Ron Kirk , and ex- Google - CEO Eric Schmidt .

As of October 21, 2011, Bryson was after the Senate's approval with 74:26 votes, Secretary of Commerce of the United States and thus successor to Gary Locke.

On June 11, 2012, he asked President Obama for an immediate medical leave. Two days earlier, on June 9th, he had been involved in a minor rear-end collision in San Gabriel, California . A short time later, he was found uninjured in another collision in the neighboring town of Rosemead , but was found unconscious in his vehicle, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office . The Commerce Department said Bryson was hospitalized overnight for treatment. Bryson's deputy Rebecca Blank took over the management of the Commerce Department. On June 21, 2012, Bryson announced his resignation.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Car accident series: Obama's Secretary of Commerce Bryson resigns from Spiegel Online , June 21, 2012 (accessed June 21, 2012).
  2. ↑ Atlantik-Brücke: International Advisory Concil Member: John E. Bryson ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.atlantik-bruecke.org
  3. ↑ New York Times: Obama Nominates Bryson for Commerce Secretary (May 31, 2011)
  4. ↑ Reuters: Obama chooses Gary Locke as new ambassador to China
  5. ↑ US Senate: Bryson confirmed as Secretary of Commerce. In: DiePresse.com. October 21, 2011, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  6. ↑ dpa report  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from June 11, 2012 (via morgenpost.de)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.morgenpost.de  
  7. ↑ Government: US Secretary of Commerce Bryson takes leave of absence after accidents at welt.de, June 12, 2012 (accessed June 12, 2012).
personal data
SURNAME Bryson, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bryson, John E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City