Dr. Louis Jolyon West

1924 born Brooklyn

colonel army air force WWII

Cornell University, researched methods of controlling human behavior

during Korean War, helped “deprogram” returning prisoners of war

50s-60s, at air force bases in Texas and Oklahoma, performed experiments on unwitting subjects using LSD and hypnosis

office at HAFMC

1966 arrived in San Francisco to study hippies and LSD

1963, after the JFK assassination, gave Jack Ruby a psychiatric examination in his cell, saying that Ruby had suffered an “acute psychotic break”. (Ruby never fully explained why he'd decided to kill Oswald.)

70s, head of psychiatry department's neuroscience center, has auditorium named in his honor

70s, linked to MKULTRA, which West denied until his death

1999, dianosed with metastatic cancer, commited suicide with pills, assissted by his son

LSD research upon subjects.
David Smith, researcher.
Jolly West, researcher.

June 1967

hippie crash pad, a crumbling Victorian house on Frederick Street

six graduate students, luring hippies to stay as long as they like, taking notes on their behavior