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About Benedict Jablonski
- Benedict Paul Jablonski (March 18, 1917 – May 15, 2003), also known as Ben Jason, was an American science fiction fan and booster who co-designed the Hugo Award based on a rocket-shaped hood ornament from an Oldsmobile 88.
- He was also chairman of the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio at which Gene Roddenberry previewed the two-hour pilot of his new series, Star Trek, for science fiction fans. Jablonski was the son of Polish immigrants Stanislaw Jablonski and Helen Szymanski.
- He died in Brunswick, Ohio at the age of 86.
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