 In 1970, Briskey left Wisconsin to become Vice President, Technical and Administration at Campbell Soup in Camden, New Jersey, a position he would hold until he became Dean of Agricultural Science at Oregon State University from 1979 to 1987.Briskey would step down as Dean in 1987, but would remain as a professor in the animal science department until his 1998 retirement.While as a dean at Oregon State, Briskey worked with the United States Department of State in both Thailand (1984–86) and Kuwait (1986–88) as a science advisor.