Gay Haldeman

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Mary Gay Potter Haldeman has been going to SF conventions since 1963 and was a very active member of WSFA. She frequently appears on neofan’s panels at cons.

She earned Master's degree in Spanish Literature from the University of Maryland and another in Linguistics, from the University of Iowa. She has taught in the Writing Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), specializing in English as a second language.

She and Joe Haldeman reside in Gainesville, Florida, where she manages Joe's career. She's been married to Joe since 1965.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1977 -- ICON 3
• 1980 -- Unicon 6
• 1981 -- Toastmaster at Nine Billion Names of ConFusion
• 1983 -- Con*Tretemps 2
• 1984 -- Spacecon 6
• 1988 -- Anaconism the 3rd
• 1991 -- DemiCon 2
• 1992 -- Toastmaster at Hardwired ConFusion, Haldecon named after her
• 1996 -- Skylark Award
• 2002 -- Convergence 2002, Con With the Wind
• 2004 -- ICON 29
• 2007 -- Finncon 2007
• 2008 -- ArmadilloCon 30
• 2011 -- Con*Stellation XXX, Big Heart Award
• 2012 -- Foolscap 12
• 2013 -- ICON 38, Marcon 48
• 2015 -- ICON 40
• 2017 -- ICON 42
• 2018 -- ICON 43
• 2021 -- ICON 46

She is a member of the First Fandom club.

• Photo at St. Louiscon, 1969.

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