The 1940 Worldcon held in the Hotel Chicagoan in Chicago, Ill. from September 1-2. GoH: E. E. "Doc" Smith. Chairman: Mark Reinsberg. Chicon I was run by a triumvirate. Mark Reinsberg held the title of chairman, with Erle Korshak (secretary) and Bob Tucker (treasurer) as equal partners. Korshak presided over the opening day of the con, when Reinsberg fell ill.
Although the official membership count was 128, Tucker reports that Ray Palmer signed the membership book five times, using his own name and four of his pseudonyms.
The Chicon was also the place where Claude Degler made his first public appearance at a fannish event.
See Forrest J Ackerman's remembrance of Chicon I for the Noreascon Three PB.
See also Worldcon, Chicago Worldcons, List of Worldcons.
| from Fancyclopedia 1 ca. 1944 |
| (Ackerman) - The Chicago 1940 World Science-Fiction Convention |
N.b., as of 1944 the custom of naming Worldcons like Chicon was still not settled.
