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( --June 30, 1935)

A [[Midwest fan]] who was active in running [[Advent Publishing|Advent:Publishers]], he created covers for many of their books.  He was a member of the [[University of Chicago SF Society]].

He was [[Fan GoH]] at [[Chicon V]].

Stopa met [[Joni Cornell]] (nee Doyle) at [[Pittcon]] and the following year traveled out to [[Seattle]] with a group of fans, including Joni, for [[Seacon]].  By 1962, they were married and living at Stopa's family sky lodge in Wilmot, Wisconsin, where they began hosting [[Wilcon]], a three-day long invitation-only [[relaxacon]], in 1963.

Throughout the 1960s, the Stopas entered and won many [[masquerades]]. Jon was responsible for publications at [[Chicon III]] and his picture, in costume appeared in ''[[The Proceedings Chicon III|The Proceedings: Chicon III]]''. In the early 1970s the couple helped found [[ISFiC]]. He was part of the [[chicago 1959|Chicago: 1959]] and the [[Chicago in 1982]] [[Worldcon bids]].

With Joni, he was was a [[Fan GoH]] at [[ConClave VI]].

Jon has published a handful of short stories, beginning in 1957 with "The First Inch" in ''[[Astounding]]'' and ending in 1973 with "Kiddy-Lib" in ''Eros in Orbit''.

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