(8 December 1917 — 11 April 1991)
Editor of Fantasy Times and Science Fiction Times (the Locus of its day, which received the 1955 Best Fanzine Hugo, the 1957 Best Fanzine Hugo and nominations for the 1959 Best Fanzine Hugo and 1960 Best Fanzine Hugo under his editorship), one of the Triumvirs and of the leadership of the First Worldcon, one of the originators of New Fandom, member of the QSFL and the GNYSFL. He was generally on the opposite side of fan feuds from the Futurians. (At one point, John Michel called Turasi "il Duce of Flushing Flats".)
He was part of the Scientifilmakers, an early fannish attempt to create a true SF (or, rather, stf) movie. He was involved in the following publishing houses: Taurasi-Thompson Publications, United Publications, and Cosmic Publications. He was a member of FAPA, attended the 1938 Philadelphia Conference, and received the Big Heart Award in 1963.
