Randy L. Dryer papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2984

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Randy L. Dryer papers contains materials related to Dryer's work with the Utah Sports Authority as a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Committee of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee. The collection also contains materials related to his work as chair of the Utah Athletic Foundation. The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, administrative materials, financial materials and general organizational documents.

Dates

1987-2005

Creator

Dryer, Randy L. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Professor Randy L. Dryer has professionally reinvented himself several times over. He started his career as a working journalist in both print and TV and then went to law school with the thought of becoming a network correspondent reporting on the United States Supreme Court. Along the way, he developed a love of the law and thus began his second career as a practicing lawyer at Utah’s largest law firm, Parsons Behle & Latimer. There, he developed a national media law litigation practice where he was able to combine law and journalism by representing many local and national news organizations, including 60 minutes, CNN, the New York Times, the Associated Press, Redbook Magazine and the Salt Lake Tribune, among others. He was named Lawyer of the Year by the Utah State Bar in 2010 and in 2012 was named by Best Lawyers in America as First Amendment Lawyer of the Year in Salt Lake City. He is a past president of both the Utah State Bar and the Salt Lake County Bar Associations.

After 30 years as a practicing lawyer, he began phase three of his professional career when he was named in 2011 as the Presidential Honors Professor at the University of Utah with a joint appointment at the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the Honors College. Professor Dryer, who served as Acting Dean of the Honors College in 2017, teaches courses in Media Law, Litigation, Judicial Process, Social Media Law and Privacy.

He was a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Committee of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee and served for eight years as chair of the Utah Athletic Foundation, the Olympic legacy organization that owns and operates various Olympic facilities. Professor Dryer also served for 17 years on the Board of Trustees of the University of Utah, six as chair or vice chair.

He is married to Kathy Davis Dryer, also a lawyer, and is the father of three children, all of whom received their JD’s from Utah, Colorado and Stanford.

Extent

53.25 Linear Feet (114 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Randy L. Dryer papers (1987-2005) contains materials related to Dryer's work with the Utah Sports Authority as a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Committee of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee. He also served as chair of the Utah Athletic Foundation.

Arrangement

This collection was arranged in the following series: I. Utah Sports Authority; II. Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002; III. Utah Athletic Foundation; IV. Utah Sports Commission; and V. Oversize materials.