January • 2010

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UC Health saved $1.7 million in 2009 in pharmaceutical, medical supply, lab and IT expenses.
The health system also negotiated higher clinical payment rates, resulting in $100 million in additional revenue.
UC Health runs 10 California hospitals.

WWII interned students receive degrees

Japanese Americans whose UC educations were interrupted by internment during World War II returned to receive honorary degrees at three campuses in December.

Setsuo &acuteErnest´ Torigoe, Akiko &acuteGrace´ Obata Amemiya, Edith Oto

Setsuo “Ernest” Torigoe, (left) Aiko “Grace” Obata Amemiya and Edith Oto, who also celebrated her 90th birthday on Dec. 4, attend graduation ceremony at UCSF.

UC Regents voted unanimously in July to award degrees to the approximately 700 students who had to leave the university in 1942 and never received a UC degree. Many of those students, now in their 80s and 90s, returned to UC San Francisco, UC Davis and UC Berkeley for long-overdue graduation ceremonies. In some cases family members received the degrees in honor of former students who have passed away. UCLA will hold its ceremony sometime in the spring.

For more information about the honorees, the ceremonies and the UC staff efforts to initiate the program, visit honorary.universityofcalifornia.edu.

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