To: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:46:36 -0500 Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sad news: Dick Eney From: ronkean at juno.com Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:28:07 -0500 Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> writes: > That would have made him 14 or 15 or 16 when he joined the Army in > the > early '50s and was posted in Japan. I just can't believe that. I > believe that when he returned to the DC area circa 1956 -- the year > I > was 18, and I was born in February, 1938 -- he was in his early > mid-20s. He certainly was older than 19. At that point he'd served > a > three or four-year stint in the Army. It was on his return that I > first > met him, but I was aware of him as a fan during most of the period > he > was in Japan, He had joined WSFA before being posted overseas, but > I > don't have access to the membership records that would tell me when > that > was. > > --Ted White > It does seem hard to believe that Dick Eney was 15 or 16 years old while in the Army, but look at this: An article, signed by R. Eney in Oct. 1956, mentions him being in Japan, in the Army, in 1953 and 1954: http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy2-40.html http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy2-40.jpeg He would have just turned 19 in Oct. 1956, if he was born in Sept. 1937, hence he would have been 15 or 16 in 1953. Also, look at this photo, which shows Dick Eney at the 1958 Disclave (he would have been 21 years old): http://fanac.org/Other_Cons/Disclave/d58-001.jpeg On the other hand, these references state he was born in 1932: http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/authorsE.html#En http://users.ev1.net/%5C~homeville/fictionmag/s545.htm http://users.ev1.net/%5C~homeville/fictionmag/q42.htm http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s558.htm#TOP http://www.philsp.com/homeville/anth/q6.htm http://www.philsp.com/homeville/anth/s60.htm#A2603 If his passport says 1937, that would weigh heavily for 1937 being correct, the passport being an official document. Ron Kean .