Background
Driscoll, Walter Gerald was born on April 21, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jeremiah H. and Loretta D. (Tower) Driscoll.
Driscoll, Walter Gerald was born on April 21, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jeremiah H. and Loretta D. (Tower) Driscoll.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Boston College, 1938. Master of Science in Physics, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1953.
Special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 1940—1946. Director research Department Defense, 1951—1955. Vice president, director research Baird Atomic, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955—1961.
Director research Boston College, Newton, 1961—1967. Director biomedical engineering St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, 1967—1980. Member medical staff, since 1972.
Affiliate professor bio-engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, since 1976. Director Lung Association, Worcester, 1977—1980.
Member of Optical Society of America (senior member New England Section, president 1959).
Married Elizabeth L. Jacobus, April 19, 1941. Children: William, Stephen, Richard, Laura.