Dr. Jim Vaughn

Born in 1912, in Tyler, Vaughn, son of Edgar H. and Lillie Mae Miller Vaughn, was educated in Tyler schools, attending Tyler Junior College, The University of Texas at Austin, and University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, where he received his B.S. and M.D. in 1937. He was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, and was an EENT physician for 50 years. He received several awards, including Tyler Junior College’s First Distinguished Alumni Award in 1962, Texas Eastern School of Nursing’s 1977 “Doctor of the Year” award, UTMB’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1977, “People of Vision” award in 1984, UTT’s Award of Patriot of the Year in 1989, and 1993’s T.B. Butler Award as Tyler’s Most Outstanding Citizen.

Dr. Vaughn established this scholarship in 1991 to support nursing students at TJC.