A. E. van Vogt, lifetime member of SFWA, passed away on January 26, 2000, of complications of pneumonia.

One of the creators of John W. Campbell Jr.'s Golden Age of Science Fiction, his science fiction career began with the short story, "Black Destroyer" published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1939. A highly prolific author of novels and short fiction, his best known novels include Slan The Voyage of the Space Beagle and The World of Null-A.

Alfred Elton van Vogt was born in Manitoba, Canada. In 1939 he married E. Mayne Hull and they wrote several stories together in the 1940s. They moved to the United States in 1944. The last 50 years of his life were spent in Los Angeles, California. Hull passed away in 1975.

In 1996 he received the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, was an inaugural inductee in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and received a special award from the World Science Fiction Convention.

He is survived by Lydia, his wife for the last 20 years.

Services for Mr. van Vogt will be held at 10am Monday Jan. 31 at Callanan Mortuary, 1301 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027. Flowers may be sent to this address.

Receiving the Hall of Fame award in 1996
Lydia van Vogt, A. E. van Vogt, Keith W. Stokes