Robert Charles Vaughan (railway executive)
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Robert Charles Vaughan, CMG (1 December 1883 – 5 January 1966) was a Canadian railway executive. He was president of Canadian National Railway from 1941 to 1950.[1][2] During the Second World War, Vaughan was chairman of the Defence Purchasing Board.
Born and educated in Toronto, Vaughan joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as a messenger boy in 1898, aged 15. Four years later, he joined the Grand Trunk Railway.
References[edit]
- ^ Lindsey, Joseph (16 December 2013). "Robert Charles Vaughan". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Retired CN President, R. C. Vaughan, Is Dead". The Gazette. 6 January 1966. p. 3.