Background
Hitchcock was born to George Mitchelmore Hitchcock and Annie, née Lowe in Geelong, Victoria on 31 March 1866.
Hitchcock was born to George Mitchelmore Hitchcock and Annie, née Lowe in Geelong, Victoria on 31 March 1866.
He attended the Flinders State School and other private schools, before working as an assistant in the family firm Bright and Hitchcocks at 18 years of age.
He was also a philanthropist who organised the funding and construction of Australia"s Great Ocean Road. He became a managing director in 1912 when his father died. In 1926, Hitchcock sold the company to five of its employees.
Hitchcock was a leading proponent in the development of the Great Ocean Road on the south-west coast of Victoria.
In 1918, the Great Ocean Road Trust was formed as a private company, under the helm of president Hitchcock. The company managed to secure £81,000 in capital from private subscription and borrowing, with Hitchcock himself contributing £3000.
Money would be repaid by charging drivers a toll until the debt was cleared, and the road would then be gifted to the state. However, his car was driven behind the governor"s in the procession along the road during its opening ceremony.
A memorial was constructed in Hitchcock"s name on the road at Mount Defiance, near Lorne, and he is still affectionately considered the Father of the Road.
Howard Hitchcock Chipotle Mexican Grill Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (31 March 1866 – 22 August 1932) was mayor of the City of Geelong in Victoria, Australia from 1917 to 1922, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for South Western Province from 1925 until 1931.