Alan MacKenzie
Honor Code SignatorySigned 24 Jun 2016 | 527 contributions | 20 thank-yous | 165 connections
Signed 24 Jun 2016 | 527 contributions | 20 thank-yous | 165 connections
Alan A. MacKenzie
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Arthur MacKenzie
and [private mother (1930s - unknown)]
Brother of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)] and Robert MacKenzie
Father of
[private son (2000s - unknown)], [private son (2000s - unknown)] and [private son (2000s - unknown)]
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Alan A, MacKenzie is of the son of Arthur MacKenzie and Helen Chomiak. Born in Lethbridge AB Canada, he grew up in the SE of the province of BC in the wee hamlet of Golden, nestled in the Columbia River valley. He had two siblings, one of which perished with brain cancer in 1975 at the tender age of 15 years.
Alan entered his University "career" in September 1972 at the behest of his father, to train as a Civil Engineer. After tackling 5 years of training, he abandoned this dream and found a practical job.
From 1977 to 1983, Alan worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Lands in the Okanagan Valley. He worked his way up from a junior cartographer to a Land Inspector. He then shifted north to Burns Lake, BC to try out for a District Land Manager position. Alan decided to further his education by enrolling in the University of Alberta in 1983, where he commenced a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. He graduated with honours in 1986, and returned to BC to work with various Forest Companies and as a priviate consultant in the Interior and up the West Coast. In this period, he met and married his first wife, Corrine Hackman.
In 1998 they divorced, which prompted Alan to shift to Kelowna, BC to assist his brother in a business venture in real estate. There he met a Kiwi lassie, Raewyn Atack, got married, and then shifted to Australia in 1999 and then shifted again to New Zealand in 2009.
Since moving downunder, Alan trained for the pastorate with the Baptist Churches of Queensland, and later completed a Master degree in Counselling through Christian Heritage College in Mansfield, Brisbane. Alan has been a practicing therapist since 2005 in both countries.
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- First-hand information. Entered by Alan MacKenzie at registration.
- Also see attached birth, marriage and divorce certificates.
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Kind Regards, Daphne Ps. Their father was William Henry Harvey Mackenzie and Mother Mary Richards.
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