Samuel M. Vauclain

He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for arming the United States Army during World War I.

Vauclain's hands were left in a permanent clutching position from endless hours of chipping and filing metal.

[4] At the same time, the Franklin Institute selected Vauclain for the John Scott Award funded by the City of Philadelphia.

He then served as chairman of the special advisory subcommittee on plants and munitions for the War Industries Board.

[10] Vauclain died following a heart attack, in Broadlawn, his home at Rosemont, Pennsylvania.