Ed Repic was born in Cleveland, Ohio of immigrant parents from Slovenia. He attended Catholic grade school and high school and finally entered the Ohio State University's Department of Aerospace Engineering.

Ed had always been fascinated by airplanes and space and were it not for a high school football injury, he had planned to become an Air force pilot and eventually, an astronaut.

At Ohio State, he me Pat, his wife to be at a Fraternity/ Sorority exchange dinner. After Pat's graduation, they were married and moved to California where Ed went to work on the space program while Pat went to work on having a family. They had 4 children and today their family includes 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

In addition to his Ohio State Aerospace Engineering degree, Ed graduated from USC with a Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering and later, an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Ed retired from aerospace in 1993 after 32 years in space and landed on Earth in the Santa Ana Lodge where he moved through the chairs to become Exalted Ruler in 1998. After working on many Lodge Committees, he became active in the District and was Hoop Shoot Chairman for 9 years and Golf Chairman for the past 7 years and still continuing today. The 2 Golf Tournaments Ed holds each year provide the money needed to buy T-Shirts and Medals for the Special Hoop Shoot (part of the special Olympics) which Ed puts on each March.

He was Esquire to District deputy Stan Malkin in 2006 and was elected state Vice President for the Orange Coast District at the CHEA Convention in San Diego in May 2008.