St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-21
Foke Doctor Is
Uncovered BY N. Y.
Newspaper I.


said he was a good friend Of DR..
Binga Diamond. prominent New
York physician.
The Amsterdam News first be-
came suspicious when 1t was dis
covered on a routine check that
Medical Center had no record Of
DR.. Andre, and had no special
neuro-psychiatric division. The
information was double checked
by Miss Jean Moroney, employed
In the Center's Department Of
Public Interest.
Soon calls concerning the fab
uIous doctor began 20 food the
Amsterdam News office, reveal
ing one OF his checks returned un-
paid. extravagant promises. and
disappointed, weli-known society
women. (Oh, II we did not promise
not TO caII their names.)
One Of the first clues as to his
identity came with the revelation
that he also went under the name
Of Renee A. Rogers, and claimed
TO be born in Canada SO years ago
when applying TO practice medi-
cine in the state Of Connecticut.
although It is not known II he
ever mailed the application.
Further check on Andre reveal
cd that he never either studied or
was on the staff Of the Mayo
Clinic.
James Ecl1man, of Mayo's Sec
ton on publications, stated that
no one of that name ever was a
student or on the staff Of the elm
&c, and that the building wing ''E"
where Andre claimed TO practice
did not exist. It was also found
that there Is no such telephone
number as NA-4s21-w (the num-
Der on Andres business card, in
Rochester, Minnesota.
As continued checks were made
10 be sure that a real DIR. Andre
did not exist, Cecil Newman( edi-
tor of the Minneapolis Spokesman
land sister paper In st. PAUL.
said that "no such doctor holding
such an important and, unusual
position could have remained in
our go state Of Minnesota long
without our paper knowing Of
him. He would have probably had
to socialize here in the Twin
Cities"
Mr.. Newman also checked with
one Of his associates who made
regular visits to the Mayo Clinic
for over a year. She, too, had
never heard Of "Dr." Renee L.
Andre.
Andres claim that he passed
the American Board examinations
for neuro-psychiatric surgeons
proved bogus, when his name was
not found in the Directory of
Medical Specialists.
Indeed, II n highly unlikely
that Andre ia n doctor at an.
since his name does not appear In
the American Medical Association
directory, which lists all doctors
Of medicine who graduated from
accredited schools.
Mrs. Edith Criss, assistant sec
rotary to DIR. Iago Galston, head
OF the N. Y. Academy Of Medi-
cine's committee on medical infor-
nation, said that Andre was not
registered in Albany to practice
In this state. and was not listed
with the American Psychiatric
Association, as would any special
list in his field.
Various prominent persons in
New Orleans were contacted, none
Of whom had heard Of Andre or
his connections with the Flint
Goodridge Hospital His sister,
Mrs Denise DeJoie, does not ex-
list, and, Of course. is no school
principal. according to the scion
of the DeJoie family, c. G. De-
Joie Jr., editor Of the louisiana
Weekly"
A can to DR.. Albert w. Dent,
who was there when Flint-Good-
ridge Hospital was built and was
its superintendent. 1924, be-
for becoming president of billiard
University, declared positively
that none Of the founders OF the
hospital was named Renee L.
Andre ST.. and no Andre Jr., has
been there in the last 10 years.
No Renee L. Andre graduated
from the University Of Michigan
"since 1870" according to Mrs.
Helen Thorny, assistant TO the
registrar there. The registrars Of
flee at Harvard Medical School
also had no record of graduating
a Renee L. Andre.
Clarence Bushnell, administra-
tice assistant at Massachusetts
Memorial Hospital, checked their
files and found no DIR. Renee L.