Zellermeyer, Alexander John

He emigrated to Canada with his mother, brother and sister as political refugees following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he was raised in Victoria, B.C.

He graduated from the University of Calgary in 1975 (BSc. In Biology).

In 1972 he was a Provisional Canadian Member of the Association of Interpretive Naturalists in the USA. A Seasonal Interpreter for several years with Parks Canada in Prince Albert National Park, he served as the National Chairperson Interpretation Canada in 1979-1980.

He worked with the Canadian Wildlife Service as a Seasonal Interpreter at Last Mountain Lake SK.

He worked for the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1977 until 1981 as Manager, Prairie Wildlife Interpretation Centre.

From 1981 to 1989, he was a National Park Planner in the Prairie and Northern Regional Office of Parks Canada (Winnipeg MB) becoming Chief of Planning in 1990. During this period, he was engaged in several park establishment and park management planning programs including an assignment to the World Bank in 1989 to help establish national parks in Pakistan.

From 1994 to 1996, he worked as the District Director of the Department of Canadian Heritage in Victoria BC and was appointed as Superintendent of Pacific Rim National Park in January, 1997 following Parks Canada's re-organization to a separate government agency status.