ASU remembers

   

John E. Driscoll

Professor, English

   

  

John Driscoll

  

January 15, 2018

John E. Driscoll, 83, died on January 15, 2018. He studied briefly at St. John's University in Collegeville, MN, a Benedictine seminary. Deciding not to become a priest, he returned to Fargo to enter North Dakota State, where he earned his B.A. in 1958. He began teaching in Browns Valley, MN, where he met and married his first wife, Lois Westbrock. He then taught in Hastings, MN, before moving to Arizona in 1962. He earned his Master's degree from ASU in 1968. John taught at Alhambra and Washington high schools before entering the community college system in 1970. He taught English at Phoenix College for 27 years, serving as department chair and faculty president. He also taught for NAU and ASU, teaching a Shakespeare course at the Valley Shakespeare Festival in 1978. John retired in 1996. Survivors are his wife, Eileen Bailey Driscoll, his daughter, son, sister, four grandsons, four great-grandchildren and four nieces. John was preceded in death by a daughter. Survivors also include Eileen's three daughters, ten grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a sister. John’s Memorial will be at 3 p.m., January 28, 2018 at St. Joseph's Hospital Chapel, 350 W. Thomas, Phoenix.(Source: ASU Foundation)