Donald Francis Dresp

Background

Dresp, Donald Francis was born on February 17, 1936 in Omaha. Son of John Joseph and Helen Marjorie (Babbitt) Dresp.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and History, Immaculate Conception College, 1958. Postgraduate, Creighton University, 1960. Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, University Denver, 1965.

Postgraduate, Arizona State University, 1970.

Career

Library. Loveland (Colorado) High School, 1962-1965. Education library Arizona State University, Tempe, 1965-1967. Assistant library director Scottsdale (Arizona) Public Library., 1967-1971.

Library director Thomas Branigan Memorial Library., Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1971-1996. Host weekly radio program KOBE-1450 AM, 1988-1991. Delegate to White House Conference on Libraries and Information Sciences, Washington, 1991.

Colonel aide-de-camp Staff of Governor of New Mexico, 1974.

Achievements

• Donald Francis Dresp has been listed as a noteworthy library director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors American Red Cross, 1977-1983, Dona Ana Arts Council, 1976-1981, Head Start, Dona Ana County, 1973-1975, Las Cruces Memorial Medical Center Foundation, since 1990. President Las Cruces Crime and Drug Commission, since 1980, president, 1983-1984. Campaign division director United Way, 1972, 83, 84, executive board, 1985-1987.

City of Las Cruces representative to Community Action Agency of Dona Ana County, 1972-1980. Member American Library Association, New Mexico Library. Association (vice president 1972-1973, president 1973-1974, president public library division 1984-1985, library development committee 1974-1977, 82-84, Library of the Year 1991), New Mexico Municipal Libraries (president 1976-1977, 86-87), Dona Ana County History Society, Rotary (Paul Harris fellow 1992, board directors 1987-1989).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, books, art, gardening.

Connections

Married Winifred Adams, January 24, 1970. Children: David Joseph, Jeanne Angela.

Father:

John Joseph Dresp

Mother:

Helen Marjorie (Babbitt) Dresp

Spouse:

Winifred Adams

child:

Jeanne Angela Dresp

child:

David Joseph Dresp