Samuel Matthews Vauclain III ’38

Sam died Nov. 20, 2007, at Waverly Heights, a retirement community in Gladwyne, Pa.

Sam grew up in Haverford, Pa., and graduated from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he was a member of Elm Club.

While working for Sun Oil Co. in Mississippi, he met his future wife, Edwina Flowers, who predeceased him in 1993. In December 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was drafted into the Army. He served in the South Pacific and the Philippines and was awarded a Bronze Star. After his discharge, Sam returned to Sunoco, and in 1952 he transferred to its headquarters in Philadelphia. When he retired in 1971, he was head geologist for Sunoco’s operations.

For 15 years Sam was treasurer of the Penny Wise Thrift Shop in Ardmore, Pa. His late wife, Edwina, was chairman of the shop, which benefits Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Sam is survived by his daughters, Edwina and Anne, and three grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends deep sympathy.