GREENSBORO, N.C. — Nicholas A. Vacc, 62, of Greensboro, N.C., died Friday, June 7, 2002, at Moses Cone Hospital.

Dr. Vacc was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 22, 1939.

He was the Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor and past chairman of the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. During his tenure as chair, the department was selected as the Outstanding Counselor Education Program in 1991 and 1994.

He served as president of the Association for Assessment in Counseling, editor of the "Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development" journal, and president of Chi Sigma Iota International, the international counseling honor society.

He had served as a member of numerous technical and policy advisory boards and working groups concerned with assessment in counseling and mental health, including the Joint Committee on Testing Practices, the Test-Takers' Rights and Responsibilities Working Group, the Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification, the American Counseling Association President's Advisory Committee and the Guilford County Mental Health Board.

Nicholas had more than 120 scholarly publications including 11 books or monographs, eight book chapters, and 70 referred articles. He made presentations at numerous national and international conferences and had been project director, coordinator or investigator for several externally funded grants.

Recognition of Nicholas' work by his colleagues included the David K. Brooks Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award and the Arthur A. Hitchcock Award for Distinguished Professional Service, both by the American Counseling Association; the Distinguished Mentor Award by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the Meritorious Service Award by the Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, the Ella Stephens Barrett Leadership Award by the North Carolina Association for Counseling and Development and being a nominee for the North Carolina Board of Governor's Award for Excellence.

Nicholas was a member of Starmount Forest Country Club and enjoyed playing golf in his spare time.

Dr. Vacc is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Nesbitt Vacc; his mother, Jennie Vacc; and sister, Rosemary Lips, both of Willoughby Hills, Ohio; and his mother-in-law, Ina Nesbitt of Middleburgh, N.Y.

He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Vacc.

If you would like to make a donation to CSI in memory of Dr. Vacc, you can contribute to the Nicholas A. Vacc Memorial Fund.

Originally published at csi-net.org on March 1, 2013.