EVANS-FREEHAFER AWARD

The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS) began to honor its own in 1959 with the creation of the Evans-Freehafer Award, named after two of the clubs most influential and popular members, E.Everett Evans and Paul Freehafer.

E.Everett (Triple E) Evans was one of the first LASFSians to become a successful pro, with over a dozen short stories and novels published during the 1950's before his death in 1958.

Paul Freehafer was only 27 when he died of a rheumatic heart in 1944, but it was his cheerful enthusiasm for carrying club projects to completion that made the LASFS one of the leading sf clubs of the late 1930's and early 1940's.

The Evans-Freehafer awards is presented at each Loscon to that year's recipient. The award is decided by a special committee made up of the three previous year's recipients, and the winner is a closely guarded secret until the announcement. The award is presented for service to the LASFS, recognizing hard work and dedication to the club. Only two people (Bruce Pelz and Bob Null) had received this award two times previous to this year. At LosCon 29 the the award was given to Michael Donahue for the second time.

In 1972, rather than present the award to a current member, the decision was made to give the award to Forrest J. Ackerman, retroactively all the way back to 1942, for his years of service to the club.