Leon Schwartz Leon Schwartz, a Newport Beach...
Leon Schwartz
Leon Schwartz, a Newport Beach resident, vice chancellor emeritus
of UC Irvine and a past executive director of UCI Medical Center,
died April 1 after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 74.
Mr. Schwartz joined UC Irvine as vice chancellor of Administrative
and Business Services in 1979 after working with NASA, the National
Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
In that position, he was responsible for all nonacademic
activities ranging from budgets and building construction to security
and parking. Between 1985 and 1988, Mr. Schwartz served as the
executive director of UCI Medical Center.
Among his major accomplishments is his role in creating University
Hills, UCI’s faculty housing program. He also served as president of
the Irvine Campus Housing Authority for eight years.
Martin Brower, a friend, said Mr. Schwartz was “very proud of his
work at UCI.”
“He would often give people tours of the buildings in the
university,” Brower said. “He was also a mentor to so many people who
say they’ve learned a lot from him.”
Mr. Schwartz is survived by wife of 49 years Joan; sons Howard and
Richard; and grandchildren Penina, Bryanna and Kelsey.
A memorial service is planned later this month on campus, Brower
said. For more information, call Wendell Brase, vice chancellor of
Administrative and Business Services, at (949) 824-5011.
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