by Jennifer Berkshire

In 1976, New York resident and then private citizen Ed ward Sullivan was faced with a tough decision. He could continue to teach English as a Second Language at New York University, where he'd been an adjunct faculty member for fifteen years--a job he loved--or he could run for the New York State Assembly. In the end, Sullivan's wife made the decision for him; the position of Assemblyman, it seems, came with health insurance.

It has been almost twenty-five years since Sullivan traded in the classroom chalkboard for the chambers of the Capitol building in Albany. But he has never forgotten about his days as an adjunct.

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