The Rowdy Tao

In 1975 I graduated from UCLA with a Masters in Public Health/Hospital Administration.   My first paying job as an administrator was as an assistant administrator at Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center .   One of my departments supervised was the Les Kelly Family Clinic for the community.   Quarterly I met with Les personally and gave him an overview of operations and how many clients we were able to serve as a result of his generous donation for which we named his clinic.   You will likely know of Les indirectly as he founded a service to evaluate the value of used cars known as the "Kelly Bluebook". He was a nice guy and he also built the lake for the Bell Air Country Club so he ran in celebrity circles. The story is about a birthday party we hosted for Les at the hospital Auditorium.   I won't bore you with the details but one example is while walking through the group I bumped into a guy that looked familiar playing an accordion which turned ...