James Bryson
From QueerBio.com
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1935 - 2019
Occupation
Business
Description
Founder (1977) and Chief Executive Officer of Bryson Insurance Associates, sold to AON in 1990. Created the first trade group, the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd., of which he was president. Convener of the Philadelphia OutGivers and helped to establish the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Philadelphia Steering and Political Committees and the HRC National Business Council. Founding member of ActionAIDS and the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund. Philanthropist to the LGBTQ community, including the formation of the Bryson Institute for Sexual and Gender Diversity Education at the Attic Youth Center in Philadelphia. Also known as Jim Bryson.
