Driggs family
The Driggs family is an American business family descended from Joseph Driggs of Middletown and East Haddam, Connecticut (died November 1748).[1]
Notable members of the family
- Adam Driggs was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2006.
- Deborah Driggs, Playboy model and actress.
- Edmund H. Driggs, a United States Representative from New York
- Elsie Driggs, an American painter mostly known for her contributions to the Precisionism movement of the 1920s
- Frank Driggs, a Great Depression era Grammy Award winning musician and author
- H. Wayne Driggs, wrote the original script for the Hill Cumorah Pageant, used from 1937 to 1987
- Howard R. Driggs, a prominent author, and Professor at the University of Utah (1897–1923), and New York University (1923–1942). Emeritus from 1942–1963
- John B. Driggs, a medical doctor and teacher
- John D. Driggs, former Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona
- John F. Driggs, a United States Representative from Michigan, and the first person to represent Michigan's 6th congressional district
- Junius ElMarion Driggs, CEO and co-founder of now-defunct Western Savings and Loan, and President of the Mesa Arizona Temple from 1975–1980
- The King Sisters, a Big Band era quartet
Notes
- ^ Howard R. Driggs, Driggs Family History (Salt Lake City: Publisher's Press, 1959)
References
- Driggs, Howard Roscoe, Driggs family history, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1959