Ian Brick Nashville, TN, Ian Brick, PhD. Beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather, Ian Brick, died July 5, 2015 at age 72 after a long battle with cancer. Ian is preceded in death by his wife Katherine; his heart was still broken from her death seven years ago. He is survived by his children; son, Michael (Krista); and daughters, Karen and Claire (Jon) Corby; as well as eight grandchildren who he adored, and adored him, Shannon Guerreno, Micaela Brick, Lindsey Brick, Conor Corby, Jack Brick, Patrick Brick, Declan Werthan and Cian Corby; and sister, Jacqueline (Ronnie) Graham; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Ian Brick was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1942, the son of an insurance salesman and grandson of an East Belfast joiner, who worked in the shipyard and on the construction of Parliament Buildings at Stormont. In 1959, at the remarkably young age of 16, he went to Queens University in Belfast, initially to study medicine, but later transferring to physiology graduating with honors in 1964 and subsequently gaining his PhD in pharmacology in 1967. It is as president of the Students' Union that Ian Brick "Brickie" is best remembered and it was during this time that he met his beloved Katherine. An inseparable pair, Ian and Katherine moved to England after their wedding in 1968. They lived there for 10 years, having each of their three children, while Ian rose rapidly through the ranks of ICI. In 1977 the family moved to Dublin where Ian eventually started working for I.C.P. (Institute of Clinical Pharmacology). A career opportunity with the company took the young family to the United States in December 1984. They lived in Connecticut for two years until Ian began working in Nashville in 1987, which became their home base. In 1990 Ian founded the company Pharmaceutical Laboratory Services (PLS) in Baltimore, MD. which he eventually sold in 1994 and began an early retirement. After many years of hard work, Ian and Katherine spent their new-found time traveling the world and meeting friends in every country. They became very involved in the Nashville community, helping to twin Belfast and Nashville as Sister Cities in 1996. Ian was also a founding member of Queens University's Foundation Board, where he worked to raise $160 million and remained active with the university until Katherine's untimely death in 2008. In 2011, Ian was honored for his service to Northern Ireland education services by being appointed an officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.). Ian, his three children, and sister Jacqueline, traveled to Buckingham Palace and received the award from Queen Elizabeth. Ian was a passionate and devoted family man, never happier than when he was surrounded by the people he loved best. He will be missed beyond words but he died with NO REGRETS.A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, July 10 at his home at 31 Inveraray in Nashville, TN from 4 - 8 p.m. –
Statement from Mayor Karl Dean: "Ian was a great Nashvillian. He worked tirelessly to strengthen the cultural links between Nashville and Northern Ireland. His positive and friendly character was instrumental in creating a strong Sister City relationship between Nashville and Belfast. Anne and I will always treasure the time we spent with Ian in Belfast. We will miss our friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family that he loved so much."
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