Jack Agnew

(1923-March 5, 2007)

One of the founding members of the Boys SF Club in 1935 and later that year founded PSFS. His art appeared in many early fanzines. He attended the 1938 Philadelphia Conference, was active in Fantascience Sales Service in the 40s, was a member of FAPA (and OE at the time of the Philadelphia Blitzkrieg), a member of the Philcon I committee, and helped establish the Big Pond Fund, a forerunner of the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund.

Jack Speer suspected him of writing under the penname of Vermyn Slinko.

He was awarded the First Fandom Hall of Fame award in 1998.