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George Tully
Vaughan
1931 - 2003
George Tully Vaughan,
son of Brigadier General and Mrs. William Washington Vaughan, was a
native of Denver, Colorado. He attended
Kent School, and
graduated from the
University of Athens in
Greece with a B.S. in Political Science.
In his senior year at Kent School he was in the number
five position in the undefeated Kent School eight-man
crew, which sailed on the Queen Mary to England where, in
the summer of 1950 they competed for and won the Thames
Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta,
Henley-on-Thames, England.
Mr. Vaughan served with the Central Intelligence Agency in
Greece for three years under the Marshall Plan (JUSMAG)
from 1951 to 1953 where, in addition to his regular
duties, he became fluent in Greek. Tully was also
the head rowing coach for the Hellenic Rowing Club, which
was the private rowing club of his Majesty King Paul of
the Hellenes.
Mr. Vaughan served in the U.S. Army as a commissioned
officer from Officer's Candidate School at Fort Benning,
Georgia. He was a Ranger, awarded the Combat Infantry
Badge and Combat Jump Wings and was in the third
provisional Special Forces unit before they became an
official combat special detachment and acquired the Green
Beret.
Following his military
service, Mr. Vaughan spent most of his career management
in the Jim Walter Corporation, until retiring in 1981.
After his retirement, Mr. Vaughan became Head Crew Coach
for Villanova University in which position he served for
many years bringing the crew program from a failing effort
of 22 male and female rowers to a successful maximum
capacity of over 100 rowers. At the same time, he was a
nationally licensed referee for many regattas across the
country, as well as executive secretary for the national
governing body of rowing-the NAAO.
George Tully Vaughan died on March 28, 2003, and
is survived by his wife of thirty-six years, Sara Colman, his sons
Jonathan and Jason, their wives Victoria and Marina, and
his four grandchildren Joshua, Justin, Olivia and Liam.
Memberships
*
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia
* National Gavel Society
* Order of the Crown in America
* National Society Americans of Royal Descent
* Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Marshall)
* Military Order of the Crusades (Commander General)
* Order of Three Crusades 1096=1192
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
* Colonial Order of the Acorn
* Society of the Ark and Dove
* Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
* Order of Lafayette
* Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia
* Society of Saint George of Philadelphia
*
Welsh Society of Philadelphia
* General Society Sons of the Revolution
* National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
* Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
*
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
* Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter
*
Royal Society of Saint George
*
Descendants of the Knights of Bath
* Order of the Second World War
* Order of the First World War
* Military Order of the World Wars
* National Society of Sons of American Colonists
* Scotch-Irish Society of America
* Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick
Chivalric Orders
*
Sovereign Military Order of the
Temple of Jerusalem
Other Notes
Mr. Vaughan had a seat on the thirteen-member board of
trustees of the Magna Charta Trust of England, which is
chaired by the Master of the Rolls of England. He was a member of both the
Heraldry Society (UK) and the Leander Boat Club (UK).
He served as Vice President of the Penn Club, and First
Vice President of the English Speaking Union of
Philadelphia. Mr. Vaughan was also a member of the British
Officers Club of Philadelphia; the Union League of
Philadelphia; the Bachelors Barge Club; and the Pickwick
Club of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the
Navy League, and the American Legion.
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