ASU remembers
Gordon Charles Inskeep
Founder, Center for Executive Development - 1968 to 1982
January 19, 2014
Gordon Charles Inskeep, 91, passed away January 19, 2014. Gordon earned a chemical engineering degree from The Ohio State University in 1942. During World War II, he contributed to the war effort by managing a penicillin plant in Terre Haute, Indiana. After the war, Gordon served as editor for the American Chemical Society magazine where he met and married a fellow editor, Cora Glasner. The job took them to London where Gordon was based as a correspondent traveling Europe and North Africa and where he developed the passion for photography. A new job with the St. Regis Paper Company took them to Scarsdale, New York. Gordon then returned to school to earn his doctorate in business from Columbia University. In 1968, the family moved to Tempe where he accepted the challenge of founding the Center for Executive Development at ASU, later teaching management in the graduate business school. He retired from ASU in 1982. He served on the ASURA board from 1998-2001 and was the University Club Liaison from 1992-1994. After his wife, Cora, died in 1990, Gordon was blessed to build a new life with longtime family friend Nan Osborne Gear, a registered nurse who served in the Peace Corps. They were married in 1992 and settled in Friendship Village. In addition to his wife Nan, Gordon is survived by a son, a daughter, two grandsons, nieces, two stepdaughters and a stepson. A memorial celebration will be held at Friendship Village on April 12, 2014. In lieu of flowers, the family invites contributions to Hospice of the Valley , 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014, 602.530.6992, www.hov.org or the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl., New York, NY 10001. www.alzfdn.org (Source: Arizona Republic)