Ed Vick

Ed received his BS and MS in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in transportation and city planning from North Carolina State University. He was one of the founders of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., a Raleigh-based engineering, planning and environmental consulting firm. As president from 1972-1992 and as chairman from 1992 to 2000, he directed the continual expansion of Kimley-Horn’s services, which today include national and international engineering, planning and environmental services for transportation and land development. The firm currently employs over 1,500 people and has offices in 17 states.

Mr. Vick was a former registered professional engineer in 15 states as well as a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He was also a past member of the Board of Directors of the NCSU Engineering Foundation and, at the time of his death, was serving on the Board of Trustees of NCSU’s Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Sciences, the Meredith College Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Foundation, the Associated Baptist Press Board, as well as the NCSU Board of Visitors. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the North Carolina State University Distinguished Engineering Alumnus and the NC Society of Engineers Outstanding Achievement Award, co-chairman of Fundraising for the Parks Alumni Center, and in 2007 was inducted into the North Carolina Transportation Hall of Fame.

He was an active member of First Baptist Church in Raleigh where he served as a deacon and presently President of his Sunday School class. He was a founding member of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), having named the organization. Mr. and Mrs. Vick have participated in mission trips through CBF including New York City after 9/11 and the Ukraine.

Surviving are his loving and devoted wife of 47 years, Laura Anne; three daughters, Jennifer Catellani and husband Bruno, of Richterswil, Switzerland; Carolyn Durham and husband Bill, of Raleigh; Elizabeth Kirkman and husband Daniel, of Concord, NC; brother, Harold Vick and wife Judy of Sebastian, FL; and nine grandchildren, Andrea and Lucas Catellani, Grace and David Durham, Ross, Ryan, Rebecca, Madison and Meredith Kirkman.

Ed’s four loves in life were The Lord, His Family, Kimley-Horn and NC State. He enjoyed walks throughout the Alps in Arosa, Switzerland, relaxing in the hammock with a good book in Salter Path, NC, and cheering for his beloved Wolfpack.

Family will receive friends on Monday evening from 6-8 PM at the First Baptist Church (99 North Salisbury Street in Raleigh), with funeral services to be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11 AM at the church. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 PM on Tuesday at Nashville Cemetery in Nashville, NC.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Mission Fund at First Baptist Church or to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

Arrangements with Brown-Wynne Funeral Home – St. Mary’s Street.