Junius Driggs

Junius ElMarion Driggs (June 28, 1907 – July 8, 1994) was the CEO and co-founder of now-defunct Western Savings and Loan.

[citation needed] Driggs was President of Western Financial until his retirement in 1976.

He was replaced by his nephew John Driggs[2] During his tenure as Chairman, Driggs made a name for himself in the business community of Arizona and was eventually named to the elite group known as the Phoenix 40 along with Eugene C. Pulliam, Karl Eller, and others.

[3] Junius was called in 1975 by LDS Church church president Spencer W. Kimball to serve as the 9th temple president of the Mesa Arizona Temple.

He often attend regional stake conferences and local sacrament meetings, where he urged church members to carry out genealogical work and to attend and assist in the performance of temple ordinances.