Honoring a 17 with the Vaughan Recital Series

A lden G. Vaughan '17 moved xXhack to Hanover after his wife's death in 1968 and spent the next decade serving his class in every officer position. When he died in 1984 he left a bequest to the College in support of the fine arts. And last November 16 marked the inauguration of the Vaughan Recital Series. Previously these Wednesday and Sunday recitals had been known as the Faulkner Recital Series, named for the hall in Hopkins Center where they are held. They are free, not just for students but for the community at large.

Pennsylvania. He spent his life teaching — at Penn, Brown, and for 19 years at Centre College in Kentucky, where he received an honorary doctorate of humanities on retirement.

In Hanover, in the performance of his various class duties, Vaughan regularly visited the Alumni Records Office. Because he was childless, the women in the ARO office became his "family," helping him with his meals and, eventually, planning his memorial service in Rollins Chapel. Nancy Elliott, former director of Alumni Records, described Alden Vaughan recently as "a man who went about the business of living by enriching the lives of students everywhere." With the Vaughan Recitals that will continue.