John Bahnsen

John Bahnsen

Brigadier General John C. "Doc" Bahnsen, Jr. (born November 8, 1934) was born to John C. Bahnsen and Evelyn Williams in Albany, Georgia. His nickname, "Doc", stems from his grandfather, Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, who immigrated with his parents to the United States from Denmark In 1890, became Georgia's first state veterinarian, and operated a state-of-the-art dairy farm in Americus, Georgia.