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Paul Jerome Curran (February 21, 1933 – September 4, 2008) was an American Republican politician who served in the New York State Assembly and fought corruption as a federal prosecutor and as the state's commissioner of investigation. ==Early years== Curran was born on February 21, 1933, in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Secretary of State of New York Thomas J. Curran (1898–1958). He attended Xavier High School. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1953, and from Fordham Law School in 1956. After serving as an officer in the United States Air Force, he spent three years prosecuting narcotics cases as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.〔McFadden, Robert D. ("Paul Curran, 75, Corruption Foe, Dies" ), ''The New York Times'', September 6, 2008. Accessed September 6, 2008.〕 Curran was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1963 to 1966, sitting in the 174th, 175th and 176th New York State Legislatures.〔Knowles, Clayton. (''Worried City Democrats to Seek Advice of Victorious Country Cousins'' ) in the ''The New York Times'' on November 22, 1963 (subscription required)〕 On December 23, 1966, he was appointed by Mayor John V. Lindsay to help in the passing of laws concerning New York City by the State Legislature.〔(''LINDSAY APPOINTS LEGISLATIVE AIDE'' ) in the ''The New York Times'' on December 24, 1966 (subscription required)〕 Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointeded Curran to the New York State Commission of Investigation in 1968, elevating him to chairman the following year. Under his leadership, and despite the body's lack of authority to prosecute crimes they had uncovered, the Commission exposed kickbacks and fraud in Buffalo and Albany.〔 He was appointed by President Richard Nixon as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1973. He remained in office until 1975, obtaining convictions of Carmine Tramunti, the head of the Lucchese crime family, and Representative Bertram L. Podell. He obtained an indictment against nursing home operator Bernard Bergman, that later led to a guilty plea in a $1.2 million Medicaid fraud case. He was a consultant to the Pentagon on intelligence matters in 1976.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul J. Curran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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