The 1947 Worldcon held August 30 to September 1 in the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. GoH: John W. Campbell, Jr.. L. Jerome Stanton was Toastmaster. Chaired by Milton Rothman. Attendance was about 160.
The committee was: Oswald Train, Robert A. Madle, Jack Agnew, A. E. Waldo, James A. William, A. M. Phillips. Big Pond Fund: F. J. Ackerman, California Representative: James Hevelin, New York Representative: William S. Sykora.
See Philcon I Program and Milton Rothman's remembrance for the Noreascon Three PB.
There were two bids for the 1948 Worldcon, Toronto in 1948 and Milwaukee in 1948. The record shows that during site selection, the Business Meeting chose Toronto, but no record seems to remain about the Milwaukee bid.
See also Philadelphia Worldcons, Worldcon and List of Worldcons.
Margaret Trebing did a report on Philcon I for the MilPhil PR 3.
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