What is John Bryson?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Bryson |image = John Bryson official portrait.jpg |order = 37th |office = United States Secretary of Commerce |president = [[Barack Obama]] |deputy = [[Rebecca Blank]] <small>(Acting)</small> |term_start = October 21, 2011 |term_end = June 11, 2012 |predecessor = [[Rebecca Blank]] <small>(Acting)</small> |successor = [[Rebecca Blank]] <small>(Acting)</small> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|7|24}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] |alma_mater = [[Stanford University]]<br>[[Yale Law School|Yale University]] }} '''John E. Bryson''' (born July 24, 1943)<ref>[http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/A-E/Bryson-John-E-1943.html John E. Bryson 1943-], ''Reference for Business'', Encyclopedia of Business 2nd edition</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was the 37th [[Secretary of Commerce]]. The [[United States Senate|Senate]] confirmed him by a 74–26 vote on October 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.periodicalpress.senate.gov/|title=United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery|website=www.periodicalpress.senate.gov}}</ref> He became Secretary on October 21, 2011. He is the former [[Chairman]], [[Chief Executive Officer]], and [[President]] of [[Edison International]], the parent company of [[Southern California Edison]]. He left office on June 11, 2012. From 1976 to 1979, Bryson was chairman of the [[California State Water Resources Control Board]]. From 1979 to 1982, he was president of the [[California Public Utilities Commission]]. Bryson helped start the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] after he graduated from [[Lawyer|law school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/21/meet-your-new-commerce-secretary|title=Meet Your New Commerce Secretary|publisher=whitehouse.gov|accessdate=November 16, 2011|archive-date=November 16, 2011