Richard Nosky, 87, has passed away. Upon high school graduation, Richard had an option of joining the St Louis Cardinals professional baseball team, but decided to accept a scholarship to play football at the Ohio State University. At Ohio State, Richard was in the Reserved Officer Training Corps. After graduating from OSU, he and his wife, Virginia, left for Bad Kreuznach, Germany, where 2nd Lieutenant Richard served as General Clark Ruffner's Second Armored Division Honor Guard. Richard was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and at the end of his deployment the couple left Europe for Richard to enter the MBA program at Ohio State. After graduation with a Master's of Business Administration, General Electric Company recruited Richard for its Executive Training Program. After a series of postings all over the Unites States, Richard and Virginia settled in Phoenix, Arizona, with the General Electric Computer Division. In four years, he rose to be Vice President of Marketing. When G.E. moved its Computer Division to Boston, Richard and several of the G.E. staff left the company and formed Courier Terminal Systems, where he was Vice President of Marketing. Over the years Richard served as President of his own Executive Search Company, Richard E. Nosky & Associates, which later became U'Ren and Nosky & Associates. He served as President of the Phoenix Business Council, was President of the Ballet Arizona board, President of the Arizona Horse Exhibiters Association, and Vice President of the Desert Show Horse Association. When Nosky retired from the business world, he accepted an offer to teach at the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Of his careers, this final one turned into the joy of his life. He was nominated twice as the business school's teacher of the year award, won at the second nomination for the Huizingh Outstanding Undergraduate Professor Award. He was honored with membership in the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity. Richard retired in 2017. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, two sons, four grandchildren a sister in law, niece and nephew. Burial services are private. A Celebration of Life memorial will be at 3 PM Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Messinger Indian School Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251. Donations may be made to Ballet Arizona and Hospice of the Valley. (Source: Arizona Republic)