found: Sacramento bee WWW site, viewed July 24, 2017(in obituary dated May 19, 2017: Robert E. Chason is credited with transforming UC Davis Medical Center's Sacramento campus and expanding its services to communities throughout the region during his 12 years as chief operating officer and chief executive officer; died May 8; he was 73; hired by UC Davis in 1979 and served 15 years in the Office of Student Affairs as assistant and associate vice chancellor, then as acting vice chancellor; joined UC Davis Medical Center in 1994 as chief operating officer and was appointed chief executive officer in 2002; retired from the university in 2006 but continued to be active in the health care field; born May 30, 1943, in McKeesport, Pa.)
