Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Louis Russell "Russ" Chauvenet (February 12, 1920 - June 24, 2003) was one of the founders of science fiction fandom, as an early member of Boston's Stranger Club. He coined the word fanzine and was for many years a member of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA). Professionally, Chauvenet worked with computers as a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense from 1948 until his retirement. In addition to his involvement in science fiction fandom, Chauvenet was a dedicated chess player, and was the US Amateur Champion in 1959. He was also an enthusiastic sailor who built his own Windmill class sailboat and participated in regattas. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.