Gregory Todd Loewen, May 27, 1971 to July 19, 2025
Gregory Todd Loewen, 54, of Carmel, IN, passed away on July 19, 2025, after a hard-fought battle with an aggressive cancer.
Greg grew up in Toronto, Ontario, a city he loved. He was a lifelong fan of all of Toronto’s professional sports teams, but most of all, he loved hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Baseball and the Toronto Blue Jays were a close second. While in school, Greg enjoyed playing sports of all kinds and was a committed member of his high school’s theatre group, performing lead roles in numerous plays and shows. He was also a dedicated student who excelled academically in every subject.
Greg attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where he met the love of his life and beloved wife of 31 years, Alexandra (Acs), who was in the same class in Queen’s Commerce program. Greg graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree at the top of the class, becoming the 1993 Commerce Gold Medalist. He later attended Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA and graduated as a Baker Scholar.
Greg started his career as a management consultant at Monitor Group in Toronto, where he advised senior management of client corporations on corporate strategy. He moved to Toronto Star Newspapers in 2004 to be the Vice President of Digital Media & Strategy, and Publisher of thestar.com. He always loved newspapers and the media business, and he found great enjoyment in reading print newspapers and magazines every day, as much as his busy schedule allowed.
He left Toronto Star Newspapers to become the Chief Strategy Officer at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis, later adding the role of President of Emmis Publishing, overseeing a large portfolio of regional magazines including Los Angeles Magazine, Texas Monthly, and Indianapolis Monthly. In 2014 he became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Digonex Technologies, an Emmis Corp. subsidiary. He loved leading Digonex and remained its CEO until his passing.
Greg loved his adopted city of Indianapolis and enthusiastically embraced the Colts and the Pacers as his also-favorite teams. As long-time admirers of the arts, Greg and Alix especially enjoyed the performing arts. Greg joined the Board of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2015 and became the Chair of the Board in January 2024. Greg was the current Board Chair when he passed away.
As much as Greg loved the business world and a good spreadsheet, his favorite place to be was with his family. Greg was an absolutely devoted dad to daughters Madeleine and Hannah, never missing a school concert, performance, or recital; taking them to Taylor Swift concerts and fully earning “Swiftie Dad” status; and delighting in travel adventures with them. Greg was an equally wonderful and beloved husband and best friend to Alix, and they had many plans together for their new status as empty-nesters. Greg was an adored son and son-in-law, and a deeply loved brother, brother-in-law, cousin, uncle, nephew, and nephew-in-law. He also loved his canine pets over the years and took so much joy in his family’s two dachshunds, Izzie and Penny.
Greg was known for his exceptionally good nature, intellectual brilliance, wry sense of humor, quick wit, and even quicker smile that could calm any tense moment. He exemplified humility, gratitude, and optimism. He instilled in his children the values of education, kindness, and grace shown to others, as well as resilience. Greg loved life and no matter what horror his illness produced, he accepted it gracefully and vowed to find a way to adapt and keep living his life, while fighting the disease with everything he had and more. He was immensely proud of his daughters and wanted to see them grow into adults, start their professional and independent lives. He was already looking far ahead to his retirement years with Alix, planning international trips that they loved to take together.
Greg is survived by his wife, Alexandra; daughters, Madeleine and Hannah; father, Theodor “Ted” Loewen; parents-in-law, Carolyn and George Acs; siblings, Karen (Michael) Heim and Geoffrey (Andrea) Loewen; sister-in-law, Jessica (Steve) Reedy; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and other loved ones. He was predeceased by his mother, Patricia “Pat” Loewen (nee Crawford).
Services will be held on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 3:30 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis. Visitation will be at 1:30—3:30 pm at St. Luke’s.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the American Cancer Society, or St. Luke’s United Methodist Church (Indianapolis).
Arrangements entrusted to Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Funeral Home
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