Andre Marquis, MBA 96

Andre Marquis, a serial entrepreneur, teacher, and mentor who impacted countless MBA and executive education students during his 15 years at Haas, died unexpectedly in July. He was 62.

Before joining Haas’ executive education faculty, Marquis was the executive director of the Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program (formerly the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation). In this role, he co-instructed the UC LAUNCH Accelerator program, helping hundreds of Haas students shape their startups. 

Marquis also founded several IT and life sciences companies. At the time of his death, he was the founder and CEO of Hypershift Systems. He previously founded the Chorus group at Eli Lilly, where he pioneered agile business processes for successful drug development programs, and was CMO and founder of Accept.com, later acquired by Amazon.com.

His commitment to Haas ran deep. He served as president of the Haas Alumni Association and received the Raymond E. Miles Alumni Service Award. Read his full obit: haas.org/marquis-obit.

IN MEMORIAM

Edward Winslow, BS 48
Ralph Chan, BS 51
Robert Sherman, BS 51
James Carpenter, BS 52
Robert Breckenridge, BS 53
Daisy Pedersen, BS 54
John Taylor, BS 54
Robert Hill, BS 56, MBA 68
William Brodovsky, BS 57
John Newton, BS 57
David Russell, BS 57
Robert Besse, BS 58
Joseph Tamony, BS 59
Gary Trousdale, BS 59
Stuart Ripley, MBA 59
Lloyd Tosse, BS 60
Michael Williamson, BS 60
James Clark, BS 61
Charles Kerwin, BS 61
Kent Sather, BS 61, MBA 65
John Simon, BS 61
Richard Ernst, MBA 62
Thomas Cooke, MBA 63
Robert Davies, MBA 63
Merwyn Powell, MBA 63
Gary Spratling, BS 64, MBA 66
James Burcham, MBA 65
George Jenkins, MBA 66
Wayne Shaffer, MBA 67
Andrew Chen, PhD 69
Gisela Franken, BS 70, MBA 72
Phillips La Motte, MBA 70
Carol Patterson, MBA 75
John D’Elia, BS 77
Demetrius Wilson, BS 79
Terrill Maynard, MBA 80
Elizabeth Verduzco-Buehler, MBA 91
Allan Ng, MBA 07
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