Background
Vaughan, Robert Charles was born in 1883 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Robert Crawford and Blanchard (McCarthy) Vaughan.
Vaughan, Robert Charles was born in 1883 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Robert Crawford and Blanchard (McCarthy) Vaughan.
Educated Toronto public schools, Harbord Collegiate Institute and Central Business College. Honorary Doctor of Science, Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York, 1946.
Messenger boy, later clerk and stenographer, Railway Service, 1898-1902. With Grand Trunk Railway, 1902-1903. Joined Canadian Northern Railway, 1903, secretary to vice-president and general manager, 1904-1910, assistant to vice-president and general manager, 1910-1918.
In charge operation Royal Lincolnshire Steamers.
Assistant to president Canadian National Railway and assistant to president Canadian Government Merchant Marine, 1918-1920. Became vice president in charge purchases, stores and steamships Canadian National Rys., 1920, president since 1941, also chairman since 1942.
Director Transport-Canada Air Lincolnshire since 1941. Chairman Defense Purchasing Board for Canadian Government, 1939.
Mason.; Clubs: Granite, National (Toronto).
Married Rosalie Cheadle, October 26, 1905.