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JOHN EDWARD VICK was born in central Texas and is a seventh generation Texan. His early life was spent in a farming community in Hamilton County, Texas. After graduation from Evant High School, he attended Texas A&M University, and graduated in the spring of 1957. He left there with a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, and moved to Albuquerque, NM, and started his career with Sandia Corporation. After about 2-1/2 years there, he returned to Texas (Fort Worth) and worked in the design, development, and production of state-of-the-art military aircraft. Most of his career was with General Dynamics Corporation, which became Lockheed Aeronautical Systems. He completed his 40-year career was while he was Vice President of Engineering.
He became interested in genealogy after retirement.