Mr. McLaughry was born on April 8, 1917, in New Wilmington, PA, the son of DeOrmond Tuss and Florence (Jackson) McLaughry. He spent most of his childhood in Providence, graduating from the Moses Brown School in 1936. He attended college at Brown University, where he received a degree in Art, and was the President of the Class of 1940 and a member of Alpha Delta Phi. While at Brown, he was captain of the football team and an All-American football player, and was an All-American at the hammer throw. He played on the Eastern College All-Stars team which defeated the New York Giants in 1940. After graduation from Brown, he played a season of professional football for the Giants. During the Second World War, Mr. McLaughry served as an officer in the 4th Marines, and saw action on various Pacific islands, including Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam and Okinawa, retiring as a major. He was among the first of the troops to arrive in Japan following the end of the war. He passed away on November 28, 2007 in Providence.
