FRIEDMAN, STUART W., 74, PRESIDENT, MANHATTAN HEALTH PLAN, FIRST NYC HMO, BEGAN CAREER IN PLASTICS AND RETIRED AS PRESIDENT OF BIRCH & DAVIS HEALTH MGMT CORP. A GRADUATE OF USC, PAST PRESIDENT OF MENSA ED RESEARCH FDN, MET OPERA PATRON, DIRECTOR OF MIND-ALLIANCE HOMELAND SECURITY. SURVIVED BY WIFE ENID, CHILDREN GREGG AND NANCY, JANICE AND IAN, 4 GRANDCHILDREN. DONATIONS TO LAUTENBERG CANCER CENTER, HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM.