Background
Urban, Alan Gene was born on April 12, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernest Frank and Jean Barbara (Jenicek) University.
Urban, Alan Gene was born on April 12, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernest Frank and Jean Barbara (Jenicek) University.
Associate of Arts, Miami-Dade Community College, 1968. Bachelor, University South Florida, 1971.
Art director, S. Petersburg (Florida) Times Public Company, 1972-1975; president, creative director, Urban, Taylor and Associations, Miami, since 1975; senior partner, Fiddler and Urban, Inc., Miami, since 1982. Consultant El Norte Public Company, Monterey, Mexico, 1979-1980, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch Public Company, 1980-1981, El Diaria De Nuevo Laredo (Mexico), 1982-1984, Zocalo Public Company, Piedras Negras, Mexico, since 1985, Center for Fine Arts, Miami, 1993-1995.
Sustaining member Station WPBT Public Television, Miami, 1979. Member Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami, 1987. Member American Advisory Federation (ADDY awards since 1985), American Institute Graphic Artists, Graphic Arts Guild, Society Publication Designers (Award of Merit 1985), Society Newspaper Design, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Bakehouse Art Complex, Art Center/S. Florida, Lowe Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art.
Married Katherine Ann Taylor, April 17, 1982. Children: Jennifer, Alexander.