Ro Nagey
(March 8, 1953 – )
Ro Nagey is a fan who in the early 1970s was a student in Ann Arbor and worked at the Cloak and Rocket, an sf bookstore there. Ro organized an Ann Arbor room party at Torcon and from that founded the Stilyagi Air Corps. A founder of ConFusion, Ro chaired A2 Relax Icon (the first ConFusion in 1974 and ConFusion 12 (the second — don't ask) in 1975. Ro was also involved in the first use of the Secret Handgrip of Fandom.
Ro was professionally a juggler who performed under the name of Ro Fields. Ro performed occasionally with Stephen Leigh (a Cincinnati-based SF writer) under the names Cosmos and Chaos.
Ro has been married and divorced five times beginning with Lynn Lutz (during which Ro took the name Ro Lutz-Nagey) and ultimately to Diane Drutowski). Subsequently, Ro transitioned and is now a transgender woman.
She currently resides in Wales.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1977 -- FGoH at ConFusion 14
- 1979 -- Toastmaster at E/c2 ConFusion
- 1982 -- Ad Astra II
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