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[[File:DeanGrennell.jpeg|thumb|Dean Grennell re-enacting the sawing of [[Courtney's Boat]].]]
(November 1, 1923 – April 10, 2004) 

'''Dean A. Grennell''', a [[fan]] from Fond du Lac, [[Wisconsin]], sometimes called '''dag''', the [[Good Man]] and '''Socrates Smith''', was active in the 1950s and ’60s. He edited the [[fanzine]]s ''[[Grue]]'' and ''[[La Banshee]]'' and was a member of [[Wisconsin Fandom]].  He was "warm-hearted, great sense of humor, strong family man, universally beloved in fandom.  Seven children.  A very solid citizen...widely admired" and "hearty of spirit, fun, everybody's friend."

He ran the [[Eastercon (DAG)]], with his wife, [[Jean Grennell]], and the first [[Wiscon]]. He owned the automobile [[Jazzy-Belle]], had [[Mafia Press]] as his [[publishing house]] and was a partner in [[Tentacles Across the Sea]]. He attended [[Illwiscon]].  He was a close friend of [[Robert Bloch]], [[Robert Silverberg]] and [[Redd Boggs]].  He was a member of [[FAPA]] and of the [[FATE Tape]].

He was nominated for the [[1956 Best Fanzine Hugo]] for ''[[Grue]]''.

He grew up in the small town of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, and was in the Army Air Corps during [[World War II]]. In the 1950s, he became active in [[fandom]]. He was married to [[Jean Grennell]]. By sometime in the 1960s he had moved to [[LA]] and was a member of [[The Petards]].

His best-known [[fanzine]] was ''[[Grue]]'', begun in 1953.  The title ''Grue ("The [[Fan]]'s Magazine")'' was a play on words for a popular men's magazine ''True, "The Man's Magazine."'' He was one of the biggest of the [[BNFs]] of the ’50s &mdash; one [[fan]] later described him as "an adult among children," although he was initially affiliated with [[Phony 7th Fandom]]. He was a [[fanartist]], as well. 

Grennell coined a number of [[fanspeak|fannish neologisms]], including ''[[croggle]]'' and ''[[grotch]]'', and helped popularize ''[[faunch]]''.  He is responsible for ''[[Crottled Greeps]]'', too.

In [[mundane]] life, Grennell was an authority on firearms, who authored many books on the subject, as well as being managing editor of ''Gun World'' magazine.

{{fanzines}}
*''[[Aw]]''
* ''[[Bleah]]''
* ''[[Bleen]]'' [1954-60] (for [[FAPA]])
* ''[[Filler (Grennell)]]'' (as '''Art Wesley''')
* ''[[F'ISM]]''
* ''[[The Fond Du Lac Occasional Zwilnick]]''
* ''[[Golden Apple]]''
* ''[[Grue]]''
* ''[[Hoog]]''
* ''[[La Banshee]]''
* ''[[Le Gruesome Zombie]]'' (for [[FAPA]] with [[Bob Tucker]])
* ''[[Qabal]]''
* ''[[Toto]]'' (one of many editors)
* ''[[Xenoblast]]''

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