Robert Charles Vaughan, CMG (1 December 1883 – 5 January 1966) was a Canadian railway executive. He was president of Canadian National Railway from 1941 to 1950.[1] [2] During the Second World War, Vaughan was chairman of the Defence Purchasing Board.
Born and educated in Toronto, Vaughan joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as a messenger boy in 1898, aged 15. Four years later, he joined the Grand Trunk Railway.