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Leon Schwartz stepped in during March, 1985, to take over the helm of the UCI Medical Center on a temporary basis when director William Gonzalez resigned amid mounting debts and sagging staff morale.
After leaving his position as UCI vice chancellor for administrative and business services, Schwartz, 58, was instrumental in financially turning around the teaching hospital, which a year ago was $9.6 million in debt, officials have said.
The University of California regents rewarded Schwartz by appointing him director of the medical center. In addition to taking the director’s job on a permanent basis, Schwartz will resume his duties as vice chancellor. His salary will be $106,000 a year.
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