Vaughn

Class of 1969

Roy Malcolm Vaughn (1946-2007)

Roy Malcolm Vaughn was born on June 26, 1946, in Bedford, Virginia. He graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Virginia in 1969. He was initiated into the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity on February 5, 1966 and held the initiation number BU #100.

After graduating from The University, he moved to the Hampton Roads area. Initially, he worked for Newport News Shipbuilding, and later was employed at M. Rosenblatt and Son for 19 years. After leaving Rosenblatt Roy went into consulting; he also invested in and sold real estate. At the time of his death, he was working as Division Manager Hampton Roads Detail Design for Alion Science and Technology, where he won the President's Award for Project Management for increasing the volume of business in the Hampton Roads area.

Activities that Roy enjoyed included tennis and football, volunteer work, ham radio, and home improvement projects.

Roy was survived by his son, Ryan Vaughn; his mother, Bernice Adams; his brother, Curtis Vaughn, and his wife, Beverly;

--Composite biography created by Russell Haden Davis utilizing information from the Daily Press obituary and

from the Pi Kappa Phi national office

Wally Mook sent me [Russ Davis] the following story:

Anyway, just a quick story on Roy Vaughn. I was one of the groomsmen in Roy’s wedding. I recall that we completely decorated his car prior to their departure after the reception, and Roy pulled a fast one and took his dad’s car instead, without him knowing it until it was too late.

Well, after they departed we all stayed with Roy’s folks to clean up. Later, his dad had to drive their house lady home and the only car available was the decorated one. There was Roy’s dad and the house lady driving down the street in Bedford, Virginia with “just married” and all the other stuff on the car, including cans on strings. All of a sudden he is stopped by the local police because apparently there was some kind of prohibition in Bedford against mixed marriages. His dad had some explaining to do. Can you imagine this happening today? Times really have changed in the south.