Edward F. Daas

Edward F. Daas (May 30, 1879 – May 2, 1962) was an American amateur journalist.

Daas joined the United Amateur Press Association within a year of its founding in 1895.{{cite web | title=Seriously Speaking | work=The Man Says | url=https://archive.org/stream/xcollection1318B#page/n38/mode/1up | accessdate=June 22, 2014}} In 1907 he was elected President and held the post one year. He also served as Official Editor in 1913 and 1915.{{cite web | title=United Amateur Press Association, 1890 to date | work=The Fossils, Inc. | url=http://www.thefossils.org/horvat/aj/organizations/uapa.htm | accessdate=March 26, 2006 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1995/8/1995_8_82.shtml |title=AmericanHeritage.com / THE MAN WHO CAN SCARE STEPHEN KING |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129202355/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1995/8/1995_8_82.shtml |archive-date=2008-01-29 |url-status=dead }}

A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (except for a brief stay in Washington, District of Columbia 1918-1920), he was instrumental in forming a local amateur press club there. At the time of his death, he was serving as UAPA Secretary.{{cite web | title=E. F. Daas, Writer, Dies at 82 | work=Milwaukee Sentinel | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z25QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HBEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7252%2C842841 | accessdate=June 22, 2014}}