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from July 27, 2023
by The Paper
By Friedrich Gomez
He gave the words “identity theft” new meaning back in the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s until death stopped his masquerades in 1982.
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He became a fake university professor and founded a college which eventually would become known as Walsh University, now in Canton, Ohio, today.
He did the seemingly impossible.
Even today, in mid-2023, the world’s leading experts, authorities, and academicians, all remain perplexed at his exploits which still stagger the imagination.
WAS FAKE DOCTOR, PERFORMED MAJOR SURGERIES, TAUGHT INTERNAL MEDICINE, WAS CANCER RESEARCH SCIENTIST.
Without any formal training, he once paraded as a surgeon and
The Paper • 760.747.7119 online: www.TheCommunityPaper.com email: thepaper@cox.net then he successfully performed (major) life-saving surgeries and even taught Internal Medicine and its various techniques at medical seminars for other doctors to attend and learn!
He even became a respected cancer research scientist.
AS AN IMPOSTER, HERE’S AN OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONS AT WHICH HE WAS SUCCESSFUL.
With zero skills and no formal training, he became successful in the following vocations:
1. Successful surgeon & dentist.
2. Prison warden (twice).
3. Newspaper editor.
4. Doctor of psychology.
5. Cancer research scientist.
6. College Dean of Philosophy (Pennsylvania College).
7. Zoology graduate.
8. Child Care expert.
9. Sheriff’s deputy.
10. Lawyer.
11. Founder of modern university.
12. Seminar Lecturer on Internal Medicine.
Amazingly, he truly transformed into the roles of many elite individuals by forgery, faked documents, and other insidious means of identity theft.
Furthermore, a book would be written about his life in 1960, aptly titled “The Great Imposter,” which became an instant New York Times bestseller. Followed by a second book, titled “The Rascal and the Road.”
A year later, in 1961, Hollywood followed suit with its worldwide release of the motion picture, “The Great Imposter” starring Tony Curtis.
THIS WAS NO ORDINARY GARDEN-VARIETY IMPOSTER!
This was no ordinary garden variety, run-of-the-mill criminal.
History has no shortage of infamous imposters down through history.
But none such as this one.
He assumed a spectacular array of roles and professions that even
