* Charles W. (Chuck) Stewart; President of Blue Shield of California

Charles W. (Chuck) Stewart, 61, president and chief executive officer of Blue Shield of California. Stewart had been with the medical insurance firm since 1968. Before that, he was California deputy director of health care services. During his years in San Francisco, Stewart served as a board member of that city’s Chamber of Commerce and as co-chairman of the University of San Francisco’s Center for the Pacific Rim executive advisory board. On Thursday in Walnut Creek of cancer.