. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California . ctitioner in California for several years and the story of howan impostor has used her credentials is interesting, demonstrat-ing first, the ease with which an impostor signing the name of a bonafide graduate can obtain a complete official transcript of the collegerecords of said individual; second, how an impostor may imi)Ose on astate examining board that relies solely on documentary evidence with-out personal investigation. The scene opens in 1921 when the Californi
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California . ctitioner in California for several years and the story of howan impostor has used her credentials is interesting, demonstrat-ing first, the ease with which an impostor signing the name of a bonafide graduate can obtain a complete official transcript of the collegerecords of said individual; second, how an impostor may imi)Ose on astate examining board that relies solely on documentary evidence with-out personal investigation. The scene opens in 1921 when the California board received anaffidavit from Chicago. Illinois, signed Alma Stevens Pennington,relating the loss of her California certificate by a fire in Chicago, and 10 BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMIXEKS. a duplicate certificate was issued. Her letter dated Chicago. January30, 1921. giving the address 2230 AYashington street, read: I have aduplicate issued from the xmiversity as a diploma, this being issuedXovember 18, 1920. This undoubtedly accounts for tlie impostorsclaim that she has a diploma from the Tniversity of Photo aaJ signature on affidavit Illinoisapplication executed Kovenher 25, IS??! Ch* Spurious ?U6> r? aiiM On December 8. 1921. a: iLe request of said individual we endorsedan Illinois reciju-ocity apjilication whereon in affidavit form was relatedall the credentials of the legitimate Alma Stevens Pennington. Theendorsers of good moral character on said application are of interest,namely: (1) Lillian Ilobbs. 7.)3 Montrose avenue, apartment 1. Chicagn,mentioned in the Federation Bulletin 1920, page 286, as having losther appeal from a sentence of 14 years imprisonment after con-viction on the charge of causing the death of Alda Christophersonby a criminal operation. In a letter dated Chicago, January , signed Lillian R. Ilobbs, ^, copy of which was sent us by theMichigan board, she denie<l ever having recommended Alma StevensPennington, relating .she
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