It’s always a pleasure to read anything written by Lynne Agress and her recent letter to the editor, “Baltimore’s Legends” (July 18), about meeting some of the city’s more famous residents including Dr. Ernest Bueding, the physician who promoted eating cruciferous vegetables as a way to reduce cancer risks, brought back memories from many years ago.
In 1968, my husband and I bought a rowhouse next to Dr. Bueding’s son Bob and his wife Liz. My husband was attending what is now the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and I was teaching music in Baltimore County. Bob mentioned that his father had been a founder of the Shriver Hall Concert Series. He graciously invited us to attend a concert with him, his wife and his parents.
Bob told me a funny story about his dad. He was called in the middle of the night to pick up lab rats that had just arrived at the airport. On the way, he was stopped for speeding, and when the officer asked why he was in such a hurry, he replied, “I’m going to pick up my rats.”
The police officer likely thought he was drunk or incapacitated in some way until Bueding explained how he was involved in research at Johns Hopkins University.
— Alta Haywood, Perry Hall
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