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(October 23, 1919 – June 17, 2007)
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[[File:LavenderRoy1990.jpeg|thumb|left|'''Roy Lavender at [[Midwestcon 41]], 1990.''' ]]
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'''Carlos Roy Lavender''' began reading [[SF]] at a very early age, before the [[SF]] [[pulp magazines]] had appeared. He was from Delaware, [[Ohio]]. While in college, he attended a [[fan]] group in Fort Wayne, [[Indiana]], where he met SF fans [[Ted Dikty]] and [[Martin Greenberg]].
  
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Roy Lavender was from Delaware, Ohio, and later resided in California. He began reading [[SF]] at a very early age, before the SF [[pulp magazines]] had appeared. Later, while in college, he attended a [[fan]] group in Fort Wayne where he met SF fans [[Ted Dikty]] and [[Martin Greenberg]].
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Another early friend of his was fellow [[SF fan]] [[Don Ford]], and they both were active in the [[Cincinnati Fantasy Group]] when it was headed by early SF author [[Charles R. Tanner]]. He was a member of the [[Cinvention]] [[committee]] and one of the founders of [[Midwestcon]]. He belonged to the [[Galactic Roamers]] and [[OCSFC]].  
  
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Another early friend of his was fellow [[SF fan]] [[Don Ford]], and they both were active in the [[Cincinnati Fantasy Group]] when it was headed by early SF author [[Charles R.Tanner]]. He was a member of the [[Cinvention]] [[committee]] and one of the founders of [[Midwestcon]].
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Lavender was a member of [[First Fandom]]. He was also a member of [[N3F]] and was associated with publishing the club's ''[[1950 Fan Directory]]'', edited by [[Len Moffatt]].
  
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Engineer Lavender was a member of [[First Fandom]]. He was also a member of [[N3F]] and was associated with the publishing of the club's ''[[1950 Fan Directory]]'', edited by [[Len Moffatt]].
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[[File:Stan Skirvin, Bea Mahaffey, Roy Lavender at Indian Lake, 1947. Photo by Ted Carnell.jpg|thumb|right|'''[[Stan Skirvin]], [[Bea Mahaffey]] and Roy Lavender, from left, at [[Midwestcon 0|Indian Lake]], 1949.''' ''Photo by [[Ted Carnell]], courtesy of [[Rob Hansen]]''.]]
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By the early ’60s, he had moved to [[LA]] and was a member of [[LASFS]] (joining September 20, 1962) and [[The Petards]]. [[Deedee Lavender]], Roy's wife of 43 years, and their daughter, [[Lois Lavender|Lois]], were also [[fen]]. They also had a son, Roy, Jr. (b. 1944).
  
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By sometime in the 60s he had moved to [[LA]] and was a member of [[The Petards]].
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In [[mundania]], Roy was an aerospace engineer. He spent many years at North American Aviation, working on military aircraft projects in Ohio and then, on the West Coast, on Apollo and satellite projects.  
  
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[[Deedee Lavender]], Roy's wife of 40+ years, at one time was also a member of [[First Fandom]], and accompanied him to cons. Their daughter, [[Lois Lavender]], was also a [[fan]].
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'''Links:'''
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301005033/https://home.earthlink.net/~roylavender/web3.html Website] (archived).
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* [https://www.cfg.org/history/retro/passages/fiawol.htm “Fandom is a Way of Life” by Roy Lavender.]
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* [http://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/carlos-roy-lavender-as-a-fortean “Carlos Roy Lavender as a Fortean”] by Joshua BluBuhs, ''From an Oblique Angle'', November 4, 2015.  
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* [https://library.temple.edu/finding_aids/carlos-roy-lavender-papers Papers at Temple University.]
  
 
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* ''[[The Committeeman]]'' [late 40s-early 50s]
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* ''[[The Committeeman]]'' [late 1940s–early ’50s]
  
 
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* 1994 -- [[Kubla Khatch 22]]
 
* 1994 -- [[Kubla Khatch 22]]
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Latest revision as of 03:55, 19 April 2023

(October 23, 1919 – June 17, 2007)

Roy Lavender at Midwestcon 41, 1990.

Carlos Roy Lavender began reading SF at a very early age, before the SF pulp magazines had appeared. He was from Delaware, Ohio. While in college, he attended a fan group in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he met SF fans Ted Dikty and Martin Greenberg.

Another early friend of his was fellow SF fan Don Ford, and they both were active in the Cincinnati Fantasy Group when it was headed by early SF author Charles R. Tanner. He was a member of the Cinvention committee and one of the founders of Midwestcon. He belonged to the Galactic Roamers and OCSFC.

Lavender was a member of First Fandom. He was also a member of N3F and was associated with publishing the club's 1950 Fan Directory, edited by Len Moffatt.

Stan Skirvin, Bea Mahaffey and Roy Lavender, from left, at Indian Lake, 1949. Photo by Ted Carnell, courtesy of Rob Hansen.

By the early ’60s, he had moved to LA and was a member of LASFS (joining September 20, 1962) and The Petards. Deedee Lavender, Roy's wife of 43 years, and their daughter, Lois, were also fen. They also had a son, Roy, Jr. (b. 1944).

In mundania, Roy was an aerospace engineer. He spent many years at North American Aviation, working on military aircraft projects in Ohio and then, on the West Coast, on Apollo and satellite projects.

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