upon at times of great crisis. In 1966 he was member of the committee that advised the government on the ministerial responsibility towards members of the royal house, together with Willem Drees. In the same year, he co-authored a book on a new constitution. When Oud died in 1968, his family wanted to announce his death after the burial. His general practitioner did not know this, and told a patient that evening that Oud had died that afternoon. The father of this patient happened to be a journalist for the socialist paper Het Vrije Volk, which published a large In Memoriam the next morning. Trivia Jacobus Oud, a famous Dutch architect, was his brother. Oud was a respected voice in parliament, not only because he spoke with a soft high pitched voice, but also because he was the House's conscience when it came to constitutional issues and administrative laws. Oud was a lifelong member of the freethinking Protestant broadcasting organisation, VPRO. Decorations Bibliography "Om de Democratie" (1929; "For Democracy") "Het jongste verleden: Parlementaire geschiedenis van Nederland, 1918–1940" (1946; The recent past: parliamentary history of the Netherlands, 1918-194-) "Honderd jaren: Hoofdzaken der Nederlandsche staatkundige geschiedenis, 1840–1940" (1946; One hundred years, Important matters of the Dutch political history 1840–1940) "Het constitutionele recht van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" (1947–1953; The constitutional law of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) "Proeve van een Grondwet (1966; Attempt at a constitution) References External links Official Mr. P.J. (Pieter) Oud Parlement & Politiek |- 1886 births 1968 deaths Chairmen of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Dutch corporate directors Van Lanschot Kempen people Dutch fiscal jurists Dutch legal scholars Dutch magazine editors Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch nonprofit executives Dutch people of World War II Dutch political party founders Dutch political philosophers Dutch prisoners of war in World War II Dutch publishers (people) Dutch public administration scholars Dutch scholars of constitutional law Academic staff of Erasmus University Rotterdam Free-thinking Democratic League politicians Governmental studies academics Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Grand Crosses of the Order of the House of Orange Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Leaders of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Mayors of Rotterdam Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of