Louis Russell Chauvenet

February 12, 1920 – June 24, 2003.

Louis Russell Chauvenet was one of the founders of SF Fandom and of The Stranger Club of Boston. (The Stranger Club was the FGoH of the 1989 Worldcon, Noreascon 3) With Damon Knight and Art Widner he also co-founded the N3F (at one time in 1944 he and Samuel J. Russell were the only members in good standing), and was a member of First Fandom.

In the October 1940 issue of his fanzine Detours he coined the word "fanzine" and is generally also credited with coining the word prozine years later. He and was for many years a member of FAPA.

In mundane life, he became chess champion of the state of Maryland in 1963 and 1968.