The name jumped out at me when I heard it. I checked the Tib thread and tried different combos of spelling but I'm getting nowhere. Does anyone have anything on these 2?

Hugo deGaris's name is similar, and he's associated with AI, so maybe it's supposed to be a shout out to his name?

I've been Googling both names. So far, I've found that Gerald DeGroot is an author who has written various books on war, specifically WWI & II. Thought that was interesting considering all of the speculation surrounding the island being some kind of Nazi experiment.