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| − | '''Christine E. Haycock''' (aka '''Chris Moskowitz''') was a [[fan]], and a | + | [[File:Christine Moskowitz (1950s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.jpg|thumb|left|'''Christine Moskowitz (1950s)'''. ''Courtesy of [[Rob Hansen]]''.]] |
| + | Dr. '''Christine E. Haycock''' (aka '''Chris Moskowitz''') was a [[New Jersey]] [[fan]]. With her husband, [[Sam Moskowitz]], whom she married in 1958, she attended hundreds of [[regional conventions]] and [[Worldcons]], was a [[GoH]] at [[Disclave 9]] in 1965, and was active in [[New Jersey]] [[fandom]]. She was a member of [[ESFA]] and the [[Lunarians]] (and was [[Treasurer]] of the [[Lunarians]].) With [[SaM]], she [[published]] ''[[Different]]'' for [[FAPA]]. | ||
| − | + | She was the first winner of the [[First Fandom club]]'s [[Sam Moskowitz Archive Award]] (1998). | |
| − | + | [[Ted White]] [https://pdf.textfiles.com/efanzines/Apparatchik/78-white.html recalled]: <blockquote>When Sam extolled, in his [[FAPA|FAPAzine]], his new wife's virtues (surgeon, fencer, softball player), I cattily remarked that she sounded, from Sam's description, like a better man than he was. My mistake. Christine wasn't bothered, but Sam was. He sent a Harlem storefront lawyer, one Stanley Seitel, to [[Towner Hall]] to throw a scare into me, and when that didn't work, he instituted a libel suit against me (in Christine's name), for calling her a lesbian and impugning her professional reputation. (This suit, filed in 1961, dragged on for more than five years before getting a court date assigned to it — at which point Christine dropped it.) It was Sam's hope to financially ruin me with this action, but [[Larry Shaw]] thwarted that hope by finding me a First Amendment lawyer who defended me pro bono, thank [[ghod]].</blockquote> | |
| − | + | A leading authority on women's sports medicine and an award-winning surgeon and professor, active in cancer research, Haydock was a nurse in [[World War II]], and after becoming an M.D., was the first woman intern at Walter Reed Medical Center. In later years, she obtained a Master's in Political Science at Rutgers, was a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. She retired from the military with the rank of Colonel in 1984. | |
She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in [[Washington, DC]]. | She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in [[Washington, DC]]. | ||
| − | + | * [https://www.amwa-doc.org/faces/christine-e-haycock-md/ American Medical Women's Association bio.] | |
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| − | [https://www.amwa-doc.org/faces/christine-e-haycock-md/ American Medical Women's Association bio.] | ||
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* 1965 — [[GoH]] at [[Disclave 9]] | * 1965 — [[GoH]] at [[Disclave 9]] | ||
* 1988 — [[Sam Moskowitz Archive Award]] | * 1988 — [[Sam Moskowitz Archive Award]] | ||
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{{person | born=1924 | died=2008}} | {{person | born=1924 | died=2008}} | ||
[[Category:fan]] | [[Category:fan]] | ||
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 28 November 2022
(January 7, 1924 – January 23, 2008)
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Dr. Christine E. Haycock (aka Chris Moskowitz) was a New Jersey fan. With her husband, Sam Moskowitz, whom she married in 1958, she attended hundreds of regional conventions and Worldcons, was a GoH at Disclave 9 in 1965, and was active in New Jersey fandom. She was a member of ESFA and the Lunarians (and was Treasurer of the Lunarians.) With SaM, she published Different for FAPA.
She was the first winner of the First Fandom club's Sam Moskowitz Archive Award (1998).
When Sam extolled, in his FAPAzine, his new wife's virtues (surgeon, fencer, softball player), I cattily remarked that she sounded, from Sam's description, like a better man than he was. My mistake. Christine wasn't bothered, but Sam was. He sent a Harlem storefront lawyer, one Stanley Seitel, to Towner Hall to throw a scare into me, and when that didn't work, he instituted a libel suit against me (in Christine's name), for calling her a lesbian and impugning her professional reputation. (This suit, filed in 1961, dragged on for more than five years before getting a court date assigned to it — at which point Christine dropped it.) It was Sam's hope to financially ruin me with this action, but Larry Shaw thwarted that hope by finding me a First Amendment lawyer who defended me pro bono, thank ghod.
A leading authority on women's sports medicine and an award-winning surgeon and professor, active in cancer research, Haydock was a nurse in World War II, and after becoming an M.D., was the first woman intern at Walter Reed Medical Center. In later years, she obtained a Master's in Political Science at Rutgers, was a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. She retired from the military with the rank of Colonel in 1984.
She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1965 — GoH at Disclave 9
- 1988 — Sam Moskowitz Archive Award
| Person | 1924—2008 |
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