Background
Driggs, Don Wallace was born on September 26, 1924 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Golden Kenneth and Maude (Macdonald) Driggs.
Driggs, Don Wallace was born on September 26, 1924 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Golden Kenneth and Maude (Macdonald) Driggs.
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University, 1950. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1956.
Carnegie fellow, University Michigan, 1964.
Instructor, then assistant professor, U. Nevada, Reno, 1956-1961; associate professor political science, U. Nevada, 1965-1968; professor, department chairman political science, U. Nevada, 1968-1988; chairman, Faculty Senate, 1968-1969; assistant professor, associate professor, chairman division social science, Stanislaus State College, 1961-1963; assistant to president, Stanislaus State College, 1964-1965.
Member platform committee Nevada State Democratic Convention, 1960, 68. Member Nevada delegation National Democratic Convention, 1968. Nevada commissioner Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 1977-1981.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Served with United States Air Force, 1951-1952. Member American Political Science Association, Northern California Political Science Association (executive council 1968-1970), Western Political Science Association (secretary-treasurer 1966-1969).
Married Marilyn Louise Fisher, September 5, 1953 (divorced). Children– Deborah, Pamela, Christopher.