Beating The Odds: 64 Years of Diabetes Health
Born in Roanoke, VA on Sept.10, 1939 1945 - Diagnosed with diabetes 1957 - Graduated at Andrew Lewis High School in Salem, VA 1961 - Earned BS degree in Mathematics at Roanoke College, Salem, VA 1963 - Earned MS degree in Statistics at VA Tech in Blacksburg, VA 1963 - First full time college teaching position at Bridgewater College, VA 1964 - Married Anita Ellis from Falls Church, VA  1966 - Birth of first son, David Vaughn 1969 - Birth of second son Gary Vaughn 1970 - Family moved to Kingston, NY 1970 - Began teaching at Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY 1990 - Promoted to Professor 1997 - Retired from teaching 2003 - Birth of grand daughter, Vanessa 2006 -  2009 - Joined diabetes websites and gave help to many diabetics, shared my experiences and past with support group members 2007 - Birth of grandson, Jason 2008 - My series of blogs online became an ebook on diabetesdaily.com 2008 - Appeared in an article in the Diabetes Forecast magazine 2009 - Received the Joslin Medal for 50 years of living with Type 1 diabetes 2009 - Participated in the Joslin Medalist Study in Boston