Remembering Frederick DeKuyper

September 29, 2008

In an article in today’s print edition, Jim Astrachan shares his memories of the life and work of Frederick DeKuyper, the retired associate general counsel at the Johns Hopkins University who died last week at the age of 70. But DeKuyper shared his own memories of the GC’s office with the JHU Gazette more than 13 years ago. Here’s a sample:

“There was a man in California who believed we had a brain-wave modification machine staffed 24 hours a day,” said DeKuyper, a Hopkins associate general counsel. “This machine allegedly was sending electronic emissions to the West Coast. These emissions, he said, were entering his left ear and doing harm to him.”

Eventually, the case was dismissed.

“I realized later I should have said, ‘You’re right, there is such a machine — but it’s at Harvard,’” he added, laughing.

What were your favorite DeKuyper quips?

BARBARA GRZINCIC, Managing Editor/Law

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