Information on Former UCLA Chancellor Young

Received through the Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center (ERRC)

From: JOHN SANDBROOK 

Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:40 PM

Subject: IMPORTANT UPDATE--Chuck Young

Friends and colleagues:

Writing on Tuesday evening, October 17

This is not an easy Email to write, but I am doing so at the suggestion of Chuck Young’s wife, Judy. Chuck has been hospitalized twice during the past two weeks at the local hospital in Sonoma, CA, where they live. Judy and I have been communicating daily, several times today. Chuck, Jr., who is in Sonoma with his father, also called me today. The complexity of Chuck’s multiple and overlapping health challenges has worsened over the last several weeks. 

BOTTOM LINE: Judy informed me this Tuesday evening that, with his consent, Chuck will be discharged tomorrow (Wednesday, October 18) to return to their home in Sonoma …. but under hospice care. 

Chuck will not have another hospitalization. Judy told me tonight that Chuck is aware of this fact.

Only Providence will know the timetable for Chuck henceforth. (Of course, the example of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is well known to all of us, following the announcement last February that President Carter had begun hospice care at home in Georgia.)

Judy advised me this evening that Chuck hopes to dictate a few letters in the next few days. She did not indicate who might be the recipients of his letters...*

Chuck and Judy have been married for 21+ years (July 20, 2002), following Sue’s passage in September 2001 after 51+ years of her marriage to Chuck. 

Chuck marked his 91st birthday last December (DOB: December 30, 1931).

You are all well aware of his service as the first student body president of UC Riverside and his staff work for former UC President Clark Kerr on the California Master Plan for Higher Education, following by his appointments under Chancellor Franklin Murphy at UCLA (1960-1968) and then his tenure as Chancellor of UCLA (September 1, 1968-June 30, 1997). And, after that, came his stints at: (1) the University of Florida; (2) the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development; (3) the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; and (4) the Sonoma Valley Unified School District.

Not much else to say at this point.  

Best,

John Sandbrook

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*NOTE: I have omitted information on how to email or write to former Chancellor Young in order to avoid problems that can arise when such information is in the public sphere. For that information, get in touch with the ERRC.