Vaughn Burlingham died Jan. 9, 2013, in San Anselmo, Calif.
Vaughn was born in Janesville, Wis. During his boyhood the family moved to Winnetka, Ill., where Vaughn attended New Trier High School.
At Princeton, Vaughn majored in civil engineering. He served as manager of Key and Seal Club and also managed the Student Sandwich Shop for four years.
As American involvement in World War II loomed, Vaughn signed on for a civilian flight-training program at Princeton. This led to the Marine Air Corps and duty flying B-25 Patrol Bombers in the South Pacific. Vaughn and his colleagues conducted surveillance runs over the Japanese in Rabaul. When the war ended he separated as a captain.
Back in civilian life, Vaughn and his wife, Mary, settled in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Vaughn became a real-estate developer, responsible for the initiation of Tahoe Keys and other projects designed to improve life in the area. He never lost his love of hiking and camping in the natural world. Vaughn moved to Sausalito in 1971. There he started carving the burl-wood sea birds that were sold in galleries all over the country and brought him widespread recognition. Mary died in 1988. Subsequently, Vaughn married June Pistor.
To his daughters Lucy and Rue, and his grandchildren, the class sends condolences. Another daughter, Blair Lombardi, predeceased him.