Edward Marram

Academic Division: EntrepreneurshipMarram has developed a reputation for outstanding academic and technical accomplishments. A professor at Babson for over 20 years, he regularly lectures on entrepreneurship and issues facing high-growth businesses in both graduate level and executive education programs. Marram was an entrepreneur in the high-technology sector for more than 35 years; he was the founder, president and CEO of Geo-Centers, Inc., a high technology, professional services firm which he sold in 2005. Geo-Centers, Inc. was recognized twice by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately-held companies in the United States. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Sherman College, Philadelphia University, and South Cove Medical Center. He serves on the Chancellors Advisory Board has served on the College Advisory Council, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has also served on the Chemistry Advisory Group at Tufts University. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Board of Overseers for Children’s Hospital Boston, and previously served on the Health and Educational Financial Authority (HEFA) of Massachusetts. He also serves on the boards of several privately held companies. In 1999 and 2000, Marram was appointed to the Summer National Defense Science Board. Marram earned a Ph.D. from Tufts University and M.S. and B.S. degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He was named a Price-Babson College Fellow, received the Edwin M. Appel Prize for Bringing Entrepreneurial Vitality to Academia and was the recipient of the Thomas Kennedy award for teaching excellence in the graduate school at Babson.​

Academic Degrees

• Ph D, Tufts University
• MS, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• BS, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Academic Interests

Managing Growing Businesses

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Awards & Honors

2011 - Thomas Kennedy Award, MBA Students

2007 - Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts

2000 - Distinguished Alumni Award, Chemistry, University of Massachusetts

1992 - The Edwin M. Appel Prize, Babson College

1989 - Price-Babson Fellow, Babson College

1987 - Contractor of the Year, Geo-Centers Inc