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Alan David Hickinbotham AM (9 December 1925 – 25 May 2010) was an Australian businessman and Australian rules football player and coach. ==Biography== Hickinbotham was born on 9 December 1925 in Geelong, Victoria. During 1944 and 1945 he served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a gunner. In 1948 he graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Education. Between 1949 and 1951 he taught science and mathematics at Geelong Grammar.〔 Hickinbotham founded the Hickinbotham Group of Companies in 1954, which became one of Australia's largest building companies, developing over 50 community estates in Adelaide. He was an influential member of the Housing Industry Association SA and worked to sponsor skilled immigrants from Britain to settle in Adelaide. He also had an interest in wineries in South Australia. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "services to housing and urban development" in 1998.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=870726&search_type=quick&showInd=true )〕 A scholarship at St Columba College in Adelaide is named in honour.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Hickinbotham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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