Entrepreneurial Award

Quark Founder Tim Gill Receives Dean's Entrepreneurial Award

Anyone—make that everyone—in the publishing business knows Quark, Inc. Producer of the widely used publishing software, QuarkXPress, the $1 billion, Denver-based company is a leader in the high-end electronic publishing and design industry.

The company was founded by College of Engineering and Applied Science alumnus Tim Gill (AppMath '76). The college recognized Gill for his remarkable achievement at the Fall 1999 Scholarship Banquet, awarding him the 1999 Dean's Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.

As Quark's chairman and chief technology officer, Gill oversees strategic development of the company's products and at least six other technologies under development in the company's research and development centers in Denver, Chicago, Germany, Singapore, and India.

But that's not all. A strong supporter of social justice organizations and educational institutions, Gill has helped to fund the gay and lesbian movement in Colorado, as well as national scholarship programs for women and minorities in engineering, and other causes.