Gregory Sgarlato

Gregory D. Sgarlato passed away November 14, 2021. Greg, 59, struggled with health issues for the last few years and succumbed to melanoma cancer.

Greg graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1980. He received his bachelor of science degree in molecular biology, analytical chemistry and upper level mathematics from San Diego State University in 1990.

He spent his career in research as a molecular biologist, was published in several journals and held three patents.

During his varied career in health sciences and high technology, he worked as a research associate and applications specialist at Agilent Technologies, as systems engineer at Becton Dickinson, as a research associate at Stanford University and at the Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation.

Greg was an avid skier and a phenomenal golfer, playing every day that he could and winning many championships. He was known to have hit 11 hole-in-ones.

He's survived by son Aidan and daughter Erin; their mom, Solange Brill; sister Lisa Sgarlato and her children Thomas and Deanna; brother Mark Sgarlato; Stepfamily Billie Jean Sgarlato, John Warren, Lisa Starobin; many aunts, uncles and cousins who loved him dearly.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Pamela (Palmer) Lomele, who owned the Los Gatos Cheese Shop in the 1980s, and father Dr. Thomas E. Sgarlato of Los Gatos.