Outstanding Alumni Testimonial: Mr. Vaughn Stewart, III, ‘07
Mr. Vaughn Stewart attended the University of Pennsylvania, finishing in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from New York University School of Law in 2014.
Upon graduation from law school, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he is a law clerk for The Honorable John T. Nixon, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. He has served as a legal intern for the White House Domestic Policy Council; summer associate with Wilmer, Curtler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, in Washington, D.C.; summer associate with Whatley Kallas, LLC, in New York; research assistant for Professor Helen Hershkoff in New York; and was a staff writer with The Anniston Star in the summer of 2011.
Mr. Stewart is a member of the Hillsboro-West End Neighborhood Association, was a student advocate for the Suspension Representation Project, a literature teacher for Breakthrough New York, and served as a debate coach for Penn for Youth Debate.
When asked what one piece of advice he would give to Donoho students, he replied, “I’ll offer two cheesy maxims and one bit of practical advice. First, use your years or few remaining months at Donoho to discover your passions: join teams, start clubs, take an enrichment class outside of your comfort zone. Second, in your careers, you will all manage to do well; make sure you also find time to do good. Lastly, master punctuation, grammar, and spelling. Don’t graduate without knowing the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re.’”
He is the son of Mayor Vaughn Stewart and Mrs. Eva Sproull Andrews, and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
