James "Jim" David Vaughn, age 52, presently of Cairo, Egypt, died December 18, 2001 in Cairo, Egypt.  Jim was born June 16, 1949 in Seattle, Washington. He attended public schools in Fall City, Seattle, Portland, and Lynnwood, graduating an honor student from Meadowdale Senior High School in 1967, and was state winner on their Tennis Team. Jim received a scholarship to Whitman College where he graduated with honors in 1971. He entered banking with Sea-First and was with them a number of years, entering international banking about 1981, and was assigned to Japan for three years, then Taiwan for several years where he joined American Express. He spent three years as country director in Korea, and spent three years in India as managing director and then three years in Egypt as Managing Director of Egyptian American Bank. He found and enjoyed the beauty of each country. He loved tennis, jogging, and showing his children the beauty he saw in the world. He was respected and well liked by all who knew him.  He is survived by his wife Sofia, whom he met and married in Taiwan; their children, Richard in California, Julia and Jonathan at school in Florida, and Samantha at home; one granddaughter, Mia; his parents, Ed and Jewell Vaugh; sisters Judy and husband Carl Crome, JoAnn Embleton, and Jackie Ofdenkamp, their children and grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law and their children; mother-in-law in China; cousins, aunts, uncles and friends from around the world.  Services to be held at Purdy and Walters at Floral Hills in Lynnwood, WA at 1:00 pm on December 27th.  Memorials may be made to Children's Hospital of Seattle, or the American Heart Association.

Published in The Herald (Everett) on Dec. 22, 2001