Background
DeKoster, Lucas James was born on June 18, 1918 in Hull, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Sarah Katherine (Poppen) DeKoster.
Patent Trademark and copyright lawyer
DeKoster, Lucas James was born on June 18, 1918 in Hull, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Sarah Katherine (Poppen) DeKoster.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1939. Juris Doctor cum laude, Cleveland Marshall Law School, 1949.
Bar: Iowa, 1952. Aerospace research scientist National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Hampton, Virginia,1940-1944, Cleveland, 1944-1949. Patent attorney, agent Juris Doctor Douglass Company, Cleveland, 1949-1951. Sole practice, Hull, 1952-1979.
Partner DeKoster & DeKoster, Hull, 1979.
Member Iowa Senate, 1964-1982. President Mutual Fire and Auto Insurance Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1979-1990.
Member Iowa Board Education (formerly IowaBd. Public Instruction), Des Moines, 1982-1988, chairman, 1984.
Member American Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association (chairman committee 1983-1987), Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association. Member Reformed Church in American. Lodge: Kiwanis (lieutenant governor 1984).
Married Dorothea LaVonne Hymans, December 30, 1942. Children: Sarah K, Jacqueline A., John G., Claire East., Mary Doctorate. Bachelor of Science in Mechanics