Albert Simard

Albert Charles Joseph Simard ''Albert C. J. Simard(ca. 1891 — May 2, 1973New York State Journal of Medicine. (1973). United States: Medical Society of the State of New York. p. 2918

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was a French Americans, French-American medical doctor, Legion of Honour, active in many organizations, during and post WWII.

Serving in WWI, Simard was seriously injured in 1914-1918''Revue de la France libre''
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Fondation de la France libre. and was awarded with the ''Legion of Honour''. havalier de la Légion d'honneurA Nation-Wide Organization, ''Maison Francaise''

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Dr. Simard received his medical degree from the University of Paris in 1921. In the same year, he authored there, the ''La réaction de fixation de l'alexine: son application au diagnostic sérologique de la peste,'' "work of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, plague laboratory." Simard continued at Pasteur Institute in the early 1930s.

Simard moved to NY around 1935 - 1936.

Dr. Simard was an endocrinologist, also a fashionable gland specialist

France Forever was founded last June 29, eight days after the Franco-German Armistice, in the Manhattan apartment of Dr. Albert C. J. Simard, fashionable gland specialist and then president of the French War Veterans in the U. S. Other founders were General de Gaulle's representative, Jacques de Sieyes, who is president of Patou (perfume); Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, longtime French commercial attaché in Washington; Captain Roger Etienne Brunschwig, founder of the French "Broken Faces"; Frédéric G. Hoffherr, Barnard and Columbia professor, who became France Forever's publicity director. France Forever is General de Gaulle's agency in the U. S., expects to attain Embassy status if Unoccupied France is ever taken over by Germany.

in Manhattan, NY.

He was a member of various medical associations, including: the American Geriatric Society, the Endocrine Society, the ''Academy-International of Medicine'', the New York County Medical Society, the ''Medical Society of the State of New York'' and the American Medical Association.

In 1939, Simard was elected to head the ''Comité des Associations Françaises de New York - USA.'' That year the Second World War broke out.Comité des Associations Françaises de New York - USA
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''In 1939, Albert Simard, doctor of medicine, was elected. That year the Second World War broke out. And this is the drama of 1940!'' At the time, Simard was " medical attache of the French consulate in New York City."

In an April 1940 report, he appears as a "French civilian relief worker." He was President of the ''French Societies of New York.'' Described by famed professor Fred G. Hoffherr as: "one of the leaders of the French colony."Hoffherr, Fred G.
Columbia Profs Support de Gaulle and "France Quand Meme"
March 7, 1941, ''Columbia Alumni News''. Simard was President of the ''Federation of French War Veterans of the World War''.

In 1940, Simard was one of the founders of France Forever. It was founded on June 29 in his apartment.

Following Charles de Gaulle's appeal on 18 June 1940, on 29 June, Simard, called a public meeting to launch a support movement.

Stating:

We are convinced that France and all enslaved European democracies can be freed only by British victory and that a German victory over Britain will be the signal for an attack on all of the Americas.

In the Nov 1940 protest against Vichy anti-Jewish legislation, as vice president of France Forever, he addressed the rally, reading a message of support de Gaulle had sent. From being vice president, following Richard de Rochemont, Simard would later serve as its President, Chairman of the executive committee,Year Book. United States: France Forever, Inc., 1946
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Chairman of the executive committee. Past president of the Federation of French War Veterans of the World War. Past president of the French Society of New York.

of sessions.

On January 15, 1942, at the Red Cross, "two days were observed in honor of foreign nations and People," Simard represented France. At the ''Allied Day'' event, he "spoke on the goal of the Free French Movement," and for the Red Cross.

Simard would later become involved with the Society for the Prevention of World War III,Murray, James Edward. Importance of United Public Opinion on Public Issues: Remarks of Hon. James E. Murray, of Montana, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, May 16, 1951 .... United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951
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Society for the Prevention of World War III... Dr. Albert Simard, a founder and leader of that powerful arm of French resistance during the Nazi occupation, France Forever.

serving as its Secretary.

In March 1946, Simard reviewed Erich Maria Remarque's ''Arch of Triumph'' in ''Free World.''

On Oct 9, 1946, an exhibit "France Comes Back," opened in NY in the Museum of Natural History, under Simard activities. Among those involved in the exhibit, was author historian Gilbert Chinard.

The first annual ''French-American friendship dinner'' was held on April 29, 1956 at Waldorf-Astoria, with 300 guests present. Simard was chairman of the dinner committee and one of its speakers.

In the 1950s, Simard was also active in Boris Gourevitch's founded ''Union for the Protection of the Human Person.'' In 1955, he wrote a short bio on Gourevitch in his book. "Note on the Author by Dr. Albert Simard."

Dr. Simard died in NY, on May 2, 1973, at the age of 82.

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