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Victor Vaughn overcame polio at age 5 after spending 9 months in an iron lung at St. Bernard's Hospital, with his teacher Ms. Bessie Martin providing home instruction and his father driving the school bus to enable his education.

Graduated from high school in 1965 and Arkansas State University with a business degree in 1969, eventually becoming vice president of finance of a manufacturing company with 18 divisions.

Became the nation's fifth-ranked wheelchair tennis player, competing in United States Tennis Association-sanctioned tournaments with up to 120 competitors worldwide, finishing first in doubles and fifth in singles in his most recent season.

Restored his grandfather's 1,000-acre cattle farm homestead and its 1860 frame house, now listed as the oldest frame home in Fulton County, Arkansas.

Served under governors Mike Huckabee and Mike Beebe as a member of the Arkansas Independent Living Council and continues pursuing public service interests in Fulton County.