Avenue Emile LeGrand in Longue Pointe,Montreal

  Hayes Avenue in Longue Pointe,Montreal in the Mercier-Hochelaga Maisonneuve district is named after Dr.Emile LeGrand(1898-1949),a prominent neurologist and pioneer in modern psychiatry.He worked at the Hospital Saint-Jean -de-Dieu (now Hopital Louis-H. LaFontaine from  1926 to 1947.

          Dr.Emile LeGrand died prematurely at the age of only 51;he operated under the shadow of poor health for most of his adult life.