Career
He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of Oakland Woods Valleau and Minnie Storie, and was educated in Regina. Valleau served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World World War World War II Valleau ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1949 as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate, losing to John Diefenbaker in the Lake Centre riding. He later moved to California, where he received a Doctor of Philosophy from University of California, Los Angeles and then joined the faculty of Sonoma State University, serving as chair of the School of Social Science and then the Department of Management for the university.
