Bryan, Ronald L.: - Ronald Louis Bryan was born in Berkeley, California in 1946, and raised in Oakland, California. He attended Oakland public schools and graduated in June1965 from Oakland High School. He.has always been intrigued by the history of his hometown and that of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, he served as an officer in the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Lieutenant before his honorable separation from active duty in 1972. Three months after leaving the Navy, he entered Law School at the University of California, in Davis, and graduated in June of 1975. He enjoys writing historical fiction, especially about Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area.