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Bob and Anne Passovoy have been active in Midwestern fandom for about 30 years. Among their notable contributions is the Chicago school of art auctioning, which treats the auction as an opportunity to entertain the bidders while extracting money from them in the most painless possible manner. Passovoy-trained auctioneers are popular fixtures at many art auctions. Although less active in recent years, in the seventies and early eighties, Bob and Anne were a major force in filking. They faced their largest audience in 1976 when they were drafted to provide impromptu masquerade entertainment at MidAmeriCon; they still receive new verses to "The Chicken Song" in the mail.
Bob was a member of the Board of Directors of Chicon IV, the 1982 Worldcon. Both he and Anne were active for many years in ISFiC, the sponsoring body for Windycon [www], with Anne serving a term as president of the organization. Bob has, in his role as a doctor, helped out many fans who found themselves taken ill at a convention that he was attending. He also has office hours, during which a substantial portion of the local SF community shows up and actually pays for his services.
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