SFWA is reporting the death of First Fandom member Walter James “Doc” Daugherty on 14 June 2007. He was born 18 December 1916, in Oklahoma City, to silent film actors Lilly Mae and “Two-Gun” Monty Williams, who were touring with their latest film. After his father’s early death, his mother remarried, and Daugherty was given his stepfather’s last name.
Daugherty was a charter member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS), a founder of Westercon, chairman of the 1946 Pacificon World Science Fiction Convention, a fanzine publisher, and a guest of honor or fan guest of honor at many conventions (including the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention).
Outside of fandom, Daugherty worked in production control manager for manufacturing and aircraft companies, as a private detective, a motion picture stand-in and stuntman, a photography instructor, and a photographer.