--- aliases: - Frederic J. Truslow - Frederick J. Truslow - Frederic Jennings Truslow - Frederick Truslow - Frederic Truslow - Truslow category: Law Enforcement & Legal created: 2026-10-08 location: Washington, D.C. relations: - fn: 8 role: deputy assistant secretary for housing production and mortgage credit, as named in 1976 and 1977 records start: 1976 type: employed_by with: '[[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]]' - end: 1988 fn: 12 role: attorney; short-form registrant under FARA registration 3286 start: 1979 type: employed_by with: '[[Lane and Edson]]' - end: 1988-11-08 fn: 12 role: counsel on antiquities recovery; short-form registrant, Lane and Edson registration 3286 start: 1981-10-08 type: represented with: '[[Peru|Republic of Peru]]' - fn: 20 role: attorney, named in rosters of counsel printed in 1988 and 1990 hearing records start: 1988 type: employed_by with: '[[Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood]]' - fn: 2 role: son type: relative_of with: '[[Francis Adams Truslow]]' summary: Washington housing lawyer and former HUD deputy assistant secretary, son of Curb Exchange president Francis Adams Truslow, registered under FARA for Lane and Edson's work for Peru on stolen antiquities. tags: - Person - FredericTruslow - LaneAndEdson - DepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment - PeruAntiquities - ForeignAgents - DeweyBallantine - Washington updated: 2026-10-08 --- Frederic J. Truslow (Frederic Jennings Truslow, born October 28, 1939) was a Washington lawyer who held senior housing posts at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development before joining [Lane and Edson](/organizations/lane-and-edson/), where he was a short-form registrant under the Foreign Agents Registration Act for the [Republic of Peru](/places/peru/) on the recovery of pre-Columbian artifacts. The Justice Department registration files spell his name "Frederic"; trade, press and congressional records of the period print it both as Frederic and as Frederick. ### Family and education Truslow was born on October 28, 1939, the second son of Francis Adams Truslow and Elizabeth Auchincloss (Jennings) Truslow of [New York City](/places/new-york-city/).[^1] His father, born in Summit, [New Jersey](/places/new-jersey/), in 1906, was head of the Rubber Reserve Company, president of the New York Curb Exchange, and a [United States Department of State](/organizations/state-department/) representative on the U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission for Economic Development; he died at sea on July 8, 1951, on the way to Rio de Janeiro.[^2] A July 1997 obituary of Elizabeth Truslow Howell, the widow of Francis Adams Truslow and later the wife of Dr. John Taylor Howell Jr., lists her surviving sons as including "Frederic Jennings Truslow of Washington."[^3] The 1963 [Harvard Law School](/organizations/harvard-university/) yearbook lists Frederic Jennings Truslow of 1088 Park Avenue, New York, "B.A. Yale '61," with the notations "Gardner, L. Rev."[^4] The *Harvard Law Review* volume of 1962 to 1963 prints "Frederic J. Truslow" among its student editors, and the *Harvard Law Record* of 1962 lists "Frederic J. Truslow, New York and Yale" among twenty-five students chosen for the review.[^5] The Lawyers Directory of 1967 lists him as a new associate of a New York firm.[^6] ### Housing posts, 1973 to 1978 A 1973 housing directory lists "Frederic J. Truslow, Associate Counsel" in an entry for a state housing agency.[^7] A 1976 issue of the *Journal of Housing* described Frederick J. Truslow as director of the office of policy development and evaluation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, responsible for developing and coordinating policies, research programs and evaluation mechanisms for housing programs.[^8] In the same year a Congressional Record entry lists him as "Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit" of the department.[^9] A 1977 record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York describes him as a former member of one of its committees and more recently a deputy assistant secretary for housing production and mortgage credit.[^10] A 1978 housing bibliography lists an article by Charles L. Edson and Truslow on bonding for Section 8 housing as an alternative to Section 11(b), published in the trade journal *Multi-Housing*.[^11] ### Lane and Edson, 1979 to 1988 A 1979 seminar program lists "Frederic J. Truslow, Seminar Chairman, Lane and Edson, P.C., Washington, D.C."[^12] He is among the lawyers printed on Lane and Edson letterheads in congressional hearing records of 1983, 1984 and 1985, with Kenneth G. Hance Jr., Martin Klepper, Barry R. Schenof, [Eugene Propper](/people/eugene-propper/) and Jack Feder.[^13] In 1981 *The International Trade Law Journal* described Frederick J. Truslow as "of the law firm of Lane & Edson, who represents the Peruvian Government in U.S. courts," and reported his statement that scores of archaeological sites had been stripped to supply between 40,000 and 80,000 pieces a year to the American art market.[^14] A 1982 issue of the *Stolen Art Alert* described him as "a Washington lawyer who has been retained as counsel to Peru" and reported his comments on Peru's priorities in stopping the flow of antiquities out of the country.[^15] Under the byline Frederic J. Truslow, the *New York University Journal of International Law and Politics* printed "Peru's Recovery of Cultural Patrimony" in 1983.[^16] An April 1986 *ARTnews* article on Peru and the antiquities trade quotes Truslow, an attorney with Lane and Edson, as calling preposterous the notion that Peru would file blanket suits against American museums and individuals claiming title to Peruvian antiquities.[^17] The Justice Department's registration files list Lane and Edson's registration 3286 for Peru from October 8, 1981, with short forms for Truslow and Propper that both ended on November 8, 1988.[^12] The acknowledgments of *The Art of M&A* (1989), a Lane and Edson guide written with Stanley F. Reed, name Frederic J. Truslow with Mark Kotlarsky, Bruce S. Lane, Thomas E. Weil Jr. and Justine E. Wilcox.[^18] ### Dewey, Ballantine and later records [The Wall Street Journal](/organizations/the-wall-street-journal/) reported in September 1988 that Jack Feder was bringing sixteen lawyers from the ninety-lawyer Lane and Edson to the Washington office of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood.[^19] A roster of counsel printed in the record of 1988 hearings on the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement lists "Frederick J. Truslow," annotated as admitted in New York only and in Massachusetts only, under the name of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood; a roster in the record of 1990 hearings prints "Frederic J. Truslow," admitted in New York only, under the same firm.[^20] A 1989 *Anuario Hispano* directory lists "Truslow, Lane & Edson" at 2300 M Street NW.[^21] [^1]: *Thirty Year Record* (Yale class of 1928, 1958), entry for Francis Adams Truslow, listing children "Francis Adams, Jr., born on January 7, 1938, Frederic Jennings on October 28, 1939," https://books.google.com/books?id=lHAWAAAAIAAJ; *Yale Alumni Magazine*, 1939, birth notice of "Frederic Jennings" to "Mr. and Mrs. Francis Adams Truslow of New York City," Mrs. Truslow formerly Elizabeth Auchincloss Jennings, https://books.google.com/books?id=-TgkPDmFLGcC. [^2]: *Memorial Book*, 1951, Francis Adams Truslow "born in Summit, New Jersey, on May 4, 1906," https://books.google.com/books?id=dfw8AAAAIAAJ; *Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times*, 1951, "former head of the Rubber Reserve Company and later President of the New York Curb Exchange," https://books.google.com/books?id=hWENAQAAIAAJ; *Brazilian Bulletin*, 1951, on his death and his State Department post with the U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission, https://books.google.com/books?id=p7si1Laa8qsC; *Time*, 1951, "Died. Francis Adams Truslow, 45, former head of the New York Curb Exchange," https://books.google.com/books?id=Zf3VAAAAMAAJ. [^3]: *The New York Times Biographical Service*, July 1997, obituary of a resident of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, aged 84, naming sons including "Frederic Jennings Truslow of Washington" and "John Taylor Howell 3d of Washington Crossing," https://books.google.com/books?id=st4zAQAAIAAJ. [^4]: *Harvard Law School Year Book*, 1963, entry "Frederic Jennings Truslow, B.A. Yale '61, 1088 Park Ave., New York, N.Y.," https://books.google.com/books?id=8oc8AAAAIAAJ. [^5]: *Harvard Law Review*, vol. 76 (1962-1963), list of student editors, https://books.google.com/books?id=gAItAAAAIAAJ; *Harvard Law Record*, 1962, "Frederic J. Truslow, New York and Yale," https://books.google.com/books?id=OxwOAQAAMAAJ. [^6]: *The Lawyers Directory*, 1967, listing under new associates "Frederic J. Truslow," https://books.google.com/books?id=yl05AQAAIAAJ. [^7]: *Housing and Community Development*, 1973, "Frederic J. Truslow, Associate Counsel," https://books.google.com/books?id=0_-0AAAAIAAJ. [^8]: *Journal of Housing*, 1976, staff note naming "Frederick J. Truslow, director of the office of policy development and evaluation," https://books.google.com/books?id=bVpUAAAAMAAJ. [^9]: *Congressional Record*, 1976, testimony list identifying "Frederick J. Truslow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development," https://books.google.com/books?id=CMMsRheGPxsC. [^10]: *The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York*, 1977, naming "Frederick J. Truslow, a former member of the Committee and more recently a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit," https://books.google.com/books?id=db88AQAAIAAJ. [^11]: *Housing and Planning References*, 1978, entry "Edson, Charles L. and Frederick J. Truslow. 11(b) bonding for Section 8 seen as Tandem alternative. Multi-Housing 57," https://books.google.com/books?id=yE4zAAAAMAAJ. [^12]: *Probate and Property*, 1979, program listing "Frederic J. Truslow, Seminar Chairman, Lane and Edson, P.C., Washington, D.C.," https://books.google.com/books?id=kmk8AQAAIAAJ. U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act public bulk files, registrant 3286 (Lane & Edson, P.C., registered October 8, 1981, terminated November 8, 1988) and short forms "Truslow, Frederic J." and "Propper, Eugene M." (both terminated November 8, 1988), https://efile.fara.gov/bulk/zip/FARA_All_Registrants.csv.zip and https://efile.fara.gov/bulk/zip/FARA_All_ShortForms.csv.zip. [^13]: Letterheads of Lane and Edson, P.C., printed in *Governmental Lease Financing Reform Act* (1983), https://books.google.com/books?id=L63PFff8BXkC; *Section 8 Rent Adjustments, Elderly Housing, and Other Assisted Housing Issues* (1984), https://books.google.com/books?id=HQwRxaYIvskC; and Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, *Housing, Community Development, and Mass Transportation Authorizations, 1986* (1985), letter of February 25, 1985, https://books.google.com/books?id=pfCKEE1NeD0C. [^14]: *The International Trade Law Journal*, 1981, https://books.google.com/books?id=rV-ALrT7l3MC. [^15]: *Stolen Art Alert*, 1982, https://books.google.com/books?id=f6zrAAAAMAAJ. [^16]: Frederic J. Truslow, "Peru's Recovery of Cultural Patrimony," 15 N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics 839 (1983), as cited in *Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law*, 1996, https://books.google.com/books?id=F9JKAQAAIAAJ, and listed in the volume index in *New York University Journal of International Law & Politics*, 2000, https://books.google.com/books?id=p9BKAQAAIAAJ. [^17]: *ARTnews*, April 1986, article on Peru and the antiquities trade, https://books.google.com/books?id=NAROtwXJjVMC. [^18]: *The Art of M&A* (1989), acknowledgments, https://books.google.com/books?id=7AgPAQAAMAAJ. [^19]: *The Wall Street Journal*, September 28, 1988, digest entry on Feder and Dewey, Ballantine, https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_5aAAAAYAAJ. [^20]: *United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement*, hearings, 1988, roster of counsel, https://books.google.com/books?id=ub0FAAAAIAAJ; *Written Comments on H.R. 5017, the "Intermodal Container Tax Treatment Act,"* 1990, roster of counsel, https://books.google.com/books?id=L5uU2kAU058C. [^21]: *Anuario Hispano*, 1989, https://books.google.com/books?id=SPC6AAAAIAAJ. --- *The Info Web has an MCP server for agents at https://theinfoweb.org/mcp (streamable HTTP, no auth): search by meaning, exact text, source or date, and follow typed, footnoted connections. Setup and the same tools over GET: https://theinfoweb.org/llms.txt*