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'''Alan U. Hershey''' was a [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]] from the 1940s at least through the ’70s. He was a founding member of the [[Outlanders]], and an editor of their [[clubzine]], ''[[The Outlander]]'', as well as ''[[Shangri L'Affairs|Shangri-LA]]''. | '''Alan U. Hershey''' was a [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]] from the 1940s at least through the ’70s. He was a founding member of the [[Outlanders]], and an editor of their [[clubzine]], ''[[The Outlander]]'', as well as ''[[Shangri L'Affairs|Shangri-LA]]''. | ||
| − | He | + | He grew up in the Bronx and married [[Outlanders|Outlander]] [[Freddie Hershey]] in 1941 in New Jersey. While there’s no mention of their breakup in the [[fanzine]], they were divorced by 1951. He served in the Army in 1942. |
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| + | Alan moved to the Los Angeles area in the 1940s. In ''[[The Outlander]]'' 7 (June 1951), [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Outlander/Outlander07.pdf he wrote]: <blockquote>I am seeing a good deal of a Scottish girl, Mary Gibson, who is staying with [[the Ackermans]] for a couple of months. The situation appears to be fairly serious, and I have taken steps to find out about going to a Scottish university this summer on the GI Bill.</blockquote>. They married in 1951, and briefly lived in Scotland. By 1952, they were back in California, where they had four children between 1952 and 1958. | ||
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[http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/LASFS/LASFS1-14.html Photo] in [[LASFS Album]]. | [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/LASFS/LASFS1-14.html Photo] in [[LASFS Album]]. | ||
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* ''[[Shangri L'Affairs]]'' | * ''[[Shangri L'Affairs]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 09:14, 3 October 2021
(June 13, 1917 – February 27, 1999)
Alan U. Hershey was a Los Angeles fan, a member of LASFS from the 1940s at least through the ’70s. He was a founding member of the Outlanders, and an editor of their clubzine, The Outlander, as well as Shangri-LA.
He grew up in the Bronx and married Outlander Freddie Hershey in 1941 in New Jersey. While there’s no mention of their breakup in the fanzine, they were divorced by 1951. He served in the Army in 1942.
Alan moved to the Los Angeles area in the 1940s. In The Outlander 7 (June 1951), he wrote:
I am seeing a good deal of a Scottish girl, Mary Gibson, who is staying with the Ackermans for a couple of months. The situation appears to be fairly serious, and I have taken steps to find out about going to a Scottish university this summer on the GI Bill.
. They married in 1951, and briefly lived in Scotland. By 1952, they were back in California, where they had four children between 1952 and 1958.
Photo in LASFS Album.
- The Outlander [1949] (one issue)
- Shangri L'Affairs
| Person | 1917—1999 |
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