Dr. Riley Halstead Selby III, aka, Tead Selby opted to attend ASU and was a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-med fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma scholastic honorary, ROTC Cadet all 4 years, rising to the rank of Cadet Major.

While at ASU, he worked full time at the Arizona State Hospital. He graduated from ASU with a B.S. in Zoology in 1971.

Upon graduation he completed basic training at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX and rose to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, serving in the National Guard through 1979. Tead graduated in 1979 from what is now called University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City and completed his E.D. (E.R.) internship in New Orleans with the U.S. Public Health Hospital.

Among the positions Tead held prior to being an Emergency Department Physician for 40 years, he was the ASU ROTC rifle cleaner for one summer, Anytown Arizona counselor for one summer; Mountain Bell telephone installer/repairman assistant for one summer; ASU college records clerk for one semester; Arizona State Hospital psychiatric aide, then mental health specialist for 7 years; U.S. Army training company executive officer for 3 months; AZ Army National Guard medical company ambulance platoon leader for 3 years; AZ ANG battalion race relations/equal opportunity officer for 1 year; medical school teaching hospital medication distributor/administrator for 1 summer; U.S. Public Health Service Hospital medical intern for 1 year; volunteer in medical clinic for the indigent for 18 months; emergency department director for 3 years; corporate medical director for 1 month.

Tead worked as a physician in emergency departments in Effingham, Herrin, St. Louis, Sedona and Mesa. Over the span of 38 years, he saved thousands of lives.

He is survived by his partner, Charlotte Weldon; four daughters, three sons, a sister, two brothers and grandkids, nieces and nephews.

Services were held February 21, 2024.