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4/4/95                 Sam Hendrix 

AU VETERINARY DEAN RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
     AUBURN -- Dean J.T. Vaughan of the Auburn University College
of Veterinary Medicine has won the Reese L. Smith Jr. Distinguished
Service Award from the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and
Exhibitors' Association.
     The annual award, named in memory of a long-time Tennessee
Walking Horse enthusiast and philanthropist, recognizes dedication,
commitment and personal involvement in the walking horse industry.
     Vaughan, who earned his veterinary degree from AU in 1955, was
described as "the single most important person to the Tennessee
Walking Horse in 1994 because of his work toward establishing a
credibility for the breed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
never before achieved."
     Vaughan, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at AU
since 1977, made several trips to Washington with TWHBEA executives
to work out problems that had arisen in interpretation of the Horse
Protection Act. 
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