Morton Bakar

Morton Bakar, 64, one of the founders of Oakland's Gladman Memorial Hospital and Telecare Corp., a psychiatric hospital chain, died yesterday at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto.

After spending his early business years in real estate, Mr. Bakar helped get Telecare under way in 1966. With his leadership, Telecare grew from one hospital to five: Gladman and Garfied Geropsychiatric in Oakland, Villa Fairmont Mental Health Center in San Leandro, Cordilleras Mental Health Center in Redwood City and La Paz Geropsychiatric Center in Norwalk (Los Angeles County). He was the firm's president and chief executive officer.

He was politically active, and worked with California legislators on mental health legislation.

A native of Oakland, Mr. Bakar was an alumnus of Oakland High School and the University of California at Berkeley. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Schuman Bakar of Hillsborough; three daughters, Anne and Cheryl Bakar and Nanci Fredkin; stepchildren Denise and Darrell Benatar, and two grandchildren.

Today's services will be at 10 a.m. at Sinai Memorial Chapel, Divisadero Street and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. The family requests contributions to a donor's favorite charity.