Lewis John Shuster

Lewis John Shuster June 21, 1955 - December 13, 2018 San Diego Biotech industry executive Lewis Shuster, of Encinitas, California, died on December 13, 2018, after a brief battle with advanced pancreatic cancer. He was 63. A graduate of Swarthmore College and the Stanford Business School, Lew spent more than three decades as an executive in the life sciences field. He founded Shuster Capital in 2002, where he put his considerable experience to work as an advisor and board member for public and private life science companies, as well as being an angel investor in promising start-ups. He was a loving husband and father, a wine aficionado, and a tennis player. He also loved classical music, hiking in our national parks, and pie. He is survived by his wife of over 25 years, Kate, his daughter Anna, stepson Trevor of Encinitas, CA, parents Duane and Irene Shuster of Avon Lake, OH, brother David and his wife Jean, along with their sons Jason and Robert, of Canton, GA. Memorial donations would be especially appropriate to the Yosemite Conservancy (San Francisco, CA), or Mainly Mozart (San Diego, CA).