R. K. Vaughan, born in New York City, has been writing professionally for more than 40 years, including newspaper articles, CEO speeches and television commercials, as well as op-ed opinion essays ...view moreR. K. Vaughan, born in New York City, has been writing professionally for more than 40 years, including newspaper articles, CEO speeches and television commercials, as well as op-ed opinion essays that appeared in The New York Times and other publications. He also edited several cultural books and wrote a centennial history of Mobil Oil Corporation’s operations in Indonesia. “Some Were Giants,” is his third book since retirement. The others are a book of short stories titled “Yorkville Christmas and a novel, “And All Their Songs Are Sad.” He and his wife, Joan, have four children and 15 grandchildren.view less