Vaughan, Samuel S.

Samuel S. Vaughan was born in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before enrolling in the Pennsylvania State College in 1948, he worked as a filmmaker with the movie production unit of the U.S. Marine Corps. While at Penn State, he was the founding editor of the campus literary magazine Inkling and the editor of the undergraduate humor magazine Froth. He graduated in 1951 with a degree in journalism and was then hired by King Features Syndicate, a publishing company. The following year he joined the syndication department of Doubleday, where he learned the craft of cutting books into serials and then selling copyrights to newspapers. He was promoted to advertising manager, a position which he held from 1954 to 1956; he then worked as a sales manager from 1956 to 1958. He became a senior editor in 1958; ten years later, he was made executive editor. In 1970 he was named publisher and president of the company. He was the editor-in-chief of Doubleday from 1982 to 1985. During his tenure at Doubleday he was known for his published works dealing with political and public affairs.