Donald G. Prigmore spent his entire working life was spent with General Telephone (GTE)/Sprint Communications, where he rose from a right-of-way buyer to GTE National Plant Manager, Operating Vice President of GTE Indiana and GTE Southwest, President of GTE Michigan and GTE Southeast, before becoming president of Sprint Communications.

Despite his numerous personal and corporate recognitions, he was most proud of having been inducted into the El Dorado Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.