Maria Pia Casanuova Vaughn, wife of Dr. Harold Vaughn, director emeritus of UALR’s International Programs for 10 years during the 1980s and 1990s, died Oct. 1 in the Washington area following an eight-week illness.

A native of Florence, Italy, she is survived by her husband and through his family by eight children, 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.