Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
COLLEAGUES HONOR
DR.. c. 7. VAUGHAN
10th Birthday of Georgetown
Scientist Is Occasion for
Paying Tribute.

Colleagues of DR.. George Tully
Vaughan on the STATS of the George
town University Medical School and
Hospital Joined last night in celebrat-
ing his SEVENTEEN birthday and paying
tribute in speeches to a noteworthy
career of so years as surgeon and
teacher
President W. Coleman Nevis and the
directors of Georgetown we're the hosts
at the reception and dinner that fol-
lowed in honor of DR.. and Mrs.
Vaughan. DR.. John A. Foote, president
of the District of Columbia Medical
Society and dean of medicine at
Georgetown, was POSTMASTER.
In praiSing DR.. Vaughan's long serv-
ice of 80 years as chief surgeon at the
hospital and professor in the medical
school, DR.. Foote and others pointed
out that he has the unique record of
having served in the three medical
branches of the Government. the Pub
lie Health Service and the Medical
Corps of the Army and Navy.
Served In Three Wars.
DR.. Vaughan was a surgeon during
the Spanish American War, again dur
ing the occupation of Vera Cruz and
when the World War came he dropped
VCaSHlhB az GeoL SeIOWH 10 volunteer as
surgeon on the u. S. S. Leviathan,
making all the trips of that transport
through the submarine zones in the At
lsntic.
The speakers last night at the birth
day dinner were Very Rev Edward C.
Phillips, S. j., provincial of the New
York-Maryland province of the Jesuit
order, embracing the District of Column
bia; DR.. Prentice Wilson, head of the
RNAn OF ffvV
Hospital, and President Nevis, who
spoke on Georgetown and Vaughan"
In his response DR.. Vaughan spoke feel
tngly of his long interest in George
town, his friendships and hopes for the
future of its hospital and medical
school,
Father Phillips, who formerly was
director of the Georgetown Observatory
before his recent transfer, thanked the
distinguished surgeon in the name of
the Jesuit order for his faithful friend
ship and contributions to its education
al work DR.. Wilson, who was one of
DR.. Vaughan'S honor students at the
medical school, told of his career as
surgeon and teacher.
Huge Birthday Cake.
A huge birthday cake. bearing the
numerals 10 in icing of blue and gray.
the colors of the university, occupied a
center table in the new Colonial dining
hall for the seniors at the college, which
was formally opened in honor of the
occasion. Menu cards printed. in
classical Latin and inscribed were pre-
sented as souvenirs.
The guests invited to extend their
fluctuations to DR.. Vaughan included
DR.. George M. Kober, dean emeritus of
the medical school, and DR. William
Holland Wilmer, head of the Wilmer
Ophthalmologica Institute at Johns
Hopkins University and emeritus pro-
lessor OF ophthalmology at Georgetown,
where he lectured many years. Deans
OF the various schools of the university
and heads of the medical departments.
with their wives, congratulated DR..
Vaughan.
In point of service at Georgetown the
surgeons record is only equaled by DR..
Kober. 1t was while serving with the
Army during the Spanish War that DR..
Vaughan was notified of his appoint \
ment as chief surgeon of the newly
established Georgetown University Hos
pttal. Since then, 80 years ago, he has
occupied that position
Georgetown conferred the degree of
doctor of laws upon DR.. Vaughan in
1919. He has been q resident of WASH
ingyon for upward of 40 years, having
peen LII the FuDIlc heaICn service from
1888 to 1905, the last four years of
which he served as assistant surgeon
general A graduate Of the University
Of Virginia and the College of New
York, where he served as an inferno in
Bellevue Hospital, DR.. Vaughan took
postgraduate work in medicine at the
University of Berlin. He has contributed
much to the science of surgery by his
writings and lectures over long period
Aside from his duties at Georgetown
DR.. Vaughan is a consulting member of
the stats of st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
the tuberculosis Hospital and Washing
ton Asylum Hospital
DR.. Vaughan's birthday occurred June
81, during the Summer vacation, and
its observance was postponed until after
the opening of the academic year SO
that his fellow professors might attend