Background
Marple, Gary Andre was born on February 22, 1937 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of Kenneth Lowry and Truma Janice (Cook) Marple.
Marple, Gary Andre was born on February 22, 1937 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of Kenneth Lowry and Truma Janice (Cook) Marple.
Bachelor of Science, Drake University, 1959. Master of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1962. Doctor of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1963.
Postdoctoral fellow management Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963. Consultant Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1982. President Commonwealth Strategies, Inc., Acton, since 1982, Oceanus Holding, Ltd., Southwest, Harbor, Maine, since 1985, Answer Pharmaceutical Corporation, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1997-1999.
President, Chief Executive Officer, chairman, chief technical officer Lessac Technologies, Inc., Boxborough, since 2002. Executive-in-residence Center Entrepreneurial Leadership, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996—1999.
Trustee National Arts & Learning Collaborative, Natick, Massachusetts, Linden Hill School, Northfield, Massachusetts, 1998-2005. Member Arthur D. Little Alumni Association (board directors, past president Lexington, Massachusetts since 1992), American Bonanza Society, Minuteman Bearded Collie Club (board directors, past president since 1996), Bearded Collie Club American (treasurer 2000-2002).
Married Ellen I. Metcalf, May 29, 1971 (divorced 1981). Married Meredith Ann Rutter, July 23, 1988. Children: Brian Edward, Stephen Lowry.