The 1954 Worldcon and the 1954 Westercon, held September 3-6 in the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco. Though Worldcon and Westercon shared the hotel and basic committee, Westercon was held on Friday, September 3rd, while Worldcon was held Saturday-Monday September 4-6. They had separate convention chairmen and Guests of Honor.
The Worldcon GoH was John W. Campbell, Jr., Robert Bloch was Toastmaster and the co-chairmen were Lester Cole and Gary Nelson.
The Westercon GoH was Jack Williamson, and it was chaired by J. Ben Stark.
Poul Anderson was an active member of the committee and wrote most of the progress reports.
Sam Moskowitz's SFCon reminiscence for the Noreascon Three PB.
See also Worldcon, Bay Area Worldcons, List of Worldcons, Westercon and List of Westercons.
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{Note: The Westercon website has J. Ben Stark is chairman with Lester Cole and Gary J. Nelson as "Worldcon executive committee". Worldcon records show Lester Cole and Gary J. Nelson as co-chairmen of both conventions.}
