R. L. Farnsworth

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R. L. Farnsworth, ca. 1952.
From the Chicon II PB.

(July 3, 1909 – August 3, 1998)

Robert Lee Farnsworth of Glen Ellyn, IL, was a fan and president and founder of the United States Rocket Society, Inc., active in the 1940s and ’50s. He was a somewhat controversial figure in fandom — his American imperialist views on space and interest in Forteanism weren’t to some fans’ taste.

On November 8, 1940, he married Evelyn Swenson in Chicago.

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