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URBAHNS, John George William (1927-2012) John Urbahns became a noted civil engineer, surveyor and company director of Civil and Civic Construction and Swan Resources Ltd.
John was a boarder at the College from 1941 to 1946, vice-captain of Shannon House and School Prefect from 1945 to 1946. An all-round sportsman he played with the 1st Cricket XI and the 1st Football XVIII through 1945 and 1946. He also found time to be a Cadet Corps Lieutenant from 1944 to 1946. He graduated BCE from the University of Melbourne in 1952 and followed his father Alfred to become a licensed surveyor in 1954, then worked with the Royal Australian Survey Corps, RAE from 1951 to 1961. He used his expertise gained with the Corps to author the book Road Design in the Snowy Mountains in 1961.
His community activities were diverse becoming President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne and a member of the Council of the Cairnmillar Institute. Rotary nominated John as a Paul Harris Fellow in 2005. His contributions to the College were equally profound, as President of the OGCA, as a member of The Geelong College Council from 1971 to 1978 and as a Director of the College Foundation from 1988 to 1991.
His father, Alfred Robert Henry Charles Urbahns (1897-1954), uncle, John Harold Urbahns (1892-1967) and son, Andrew Robert John Urbahns (1960-1984), were all educated at the College. John died on 27 October 2012.