Paul Sheahan
Drysdale Ambassador
Best known to students of Melbourne Grammar School as Headmaster, Paul Sheahan has worked all over the education sector. After attending Geelong College, and doing a DipEd at the University of Melbourne while a resident at Ormond College, and doing a MEd Prelim at the University of Adelaide, Paul joined the Victorian Education Department in 1970. After two years he moved to Geelong Grammar School, and by 1973 was assistant master. From 1979 until 1983 he was the Housemaster of Manifold House, Winchester College (UK). The mid-80s saw Paul moving to South Australia to be Second Master at St Peter’s College, moving to become Principal of Geelong College in 1986. From 1995 Melbourne Grammar has been his home away from home, ruling the roost as Headmaster until the end of 2009.
But Paul is not all about teaching young minds. He enjoyed being a Victorian Sheffield Shield Cricketer from 1965 until 1974, and played on the Australian Test Team from ’67 until 1974. Closely involved with the Sir Robert Menzies Foundation, he has served as a member of its council and its Director. If that isn’t enough, he is also on the MCC’s committee, the council of the Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria (11 years until 2000) and many more (listed below).
Paul is also a golfer, and even has some post-nominals on his name (KSJ – a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem). He also continues to play regional club cricket in Geelong.
Committees, Boards and Public Life
Victorian Sheffield Shield Cricketer: 1965 - 1974
Australian Test Cricketer: 1967 - 1974
Director, Sir Robert Menzies Foundation: 1976 - August 1998
Council, Marcus Oldham Farm Management and Agricultural College: 1986 - 1995
Council, Sir Robert Menzies Foundation: September 1998 - present
Trustee, Sir Robert Menzies Foundation: 2000 - present
Council, Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria: 1989 - 2000
Committee, Melbourne Cricket Club: 1989 - present
Chairman, Membership Committee: March 2003 - present
Vice-President: March 2003 - February 2011
President, Melbourne Cricket Club: February 2011 - present
Ethics Committee, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research: 1993 - September 1998
Chairman, Heads’ Association, Associated Public Schools of Victoria: 1994 - 1996
Nineties Committee, National Heart Foundation: 1995 - 1996
Member, Victorian Board of Studies: 1997 - 1999
Member, Victorian Certificate of Education Review Committee: 1997
Member, Principal’s Liaison Group, Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority: 2001 – present
Chairman, Wilson Dilworth Charitable Foundation: 1997 - present
Director, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd: 1998 - 2000
Member, Council, Ruyton Girls’ School: 1998 - present
Member, State Executive, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia: October 1998 - July 2000, January 2001 - present
Member, Selection Committee, The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust: 1999 - present
Board Member, Australian Drug Foundation: 2000 - present
President, Lord’s Taverners (Victoria): October 2000 - present
Board Member, Dialogue Australasia Network: 2001 -
Chairman: June 2003 -
Member, Australian Institute of Political Science “Tall Poppies” Committee: November 2000 - present
Trustee, Parncutt Family Foundation: 2001 - present
Australia Day Ambassador: 2003
Patron, Barwon Disability Cricket Carnival: 2004 -
Board Member, World Challenge Expeditions: 2004 -
Board Member, Victoria Police Standards Review Committee: 2004/2005
Patron, Anglicare Bequests Program: May 2005 -
Chairman, Snowdome Cancer Research Foundation