1966

I talked briefly to three folks recently . . . Fred Junger, Bishop Kelley, and, Ed Kuriansky. Let me tell you a little about what each has been doing.

Fred is in Michigan. Originally from Minnesota, he arrived in Hanover thinking of stardom in football and hockey. Had some success at both, but certainly not stardom. "I gave up hockey last year," he says, "when the mind said go and the legs said no!" Fred works in elementary education. He teaches third and fourth grade now. He was a school principal for 13 years. And four years ago he said "no" to administration and "yes" to going back to teaching kids. "I chaired a committee that wrote a program for teaching underachieving gifted kids," he notes. I asked him if he wrote the program inside out from personal experience. There was no denial. And the program galvanized a feeling that he wanted to teach more than push papers. "After a while in a principal's office, you get the idea every kid is sick, hurt, or in trouble," seemed to sum it up. And the idea of going further up and away from the action didn't appeal. Fred and his wife adopted a nineyear-old son who is now 16. They spend some time cruising on Lake Huron in a 35' trawler that they will spend some time restoring. I caught Fred while he was watching an NFL playoff game. "I enjoy watching now," he said. "I'm glad I don't have to play."

Bishop Kelley lives in Pensacola, on the Gulf Coast. "It's not as Florida as Tampa. We have seasons and hills here. We like it." Bishop is a pulmonologist in a large group practice that has about 125 doctors in a tenstory building. He sees a fair amount of cancer. Not good. He graduated from U. of Georgia and then Emory Medical School. Good. I recall Bishop from freshman football. Anyone who played near Blackman will recall the "isolate" plays. I got isolated on Bishop, came through a hole to block him, and found out, for the first time, what the word "smack" meant in football lingo. The Kelleys have three kids, a son at U. of Florida, a 16-year-old daughter, and a second son, 14. "Not much football anymore," says the Doc. "I had neck problems in high school, and just had another bad spell last week." Bishop's wife is a general contractor. "She was an artist, got the urge to do some contracting (probably from working with a couple of contractors), took the courses, got her license, and is doing great," he says, with some real excitement in his voice. I may call. Bishop would love to hear from any '66s in the area or beyond.

Ed Kuriansky is in the city. He is a deputy attorney general in New York State, a special state prosecutor in the area of health care and Medicaid fraud. He is in charge of 400 people—doctors, accountants, agents, investigators, and lawyers who ferret out and stomp on medical fraud. The federal government funds much of it. New York was an experiment and now is the model for this type of thing. "It really came to be after a huge nursing home scandal within the state about a dozen years ago," says Ed. He was appointed by Gov. Cuomo. "Health care is big business," he says. I told him he didn't have to tell me. My son just had a broken elbow. He told me about an outfit in Brooklyn that had bilked $13 million out of Medicaid by programming a computer to grind out official looking bills every month. "Phantom bills, phantom doctors, unbelievable," says the boss. "It really is fascinating. We use a team of 100 accountants, undercover operations. We set up nursing homes to check out bidders. We have people pose as patients. If it will help, we'll do it. Eddie was selected as the Prosecutor of the Year last year by the N.Y. Bar Association. Ed's wife is known as Dr. Judy Kuriansky. She is a local celebrity who appears on TV and does shows on the radio. She is a clinical psychologist specializing in "sex therapy." "Forget it," says Ed. "We met while she was at Smith and I was at Harvard Law School."

Interesting stuff. Great, happy folks.

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