Ralston McKenzie

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Ralston McKenzie, 2009, JM

Ralston McKenzie is a Jamaican broadcaster^[1] and journalist, producer/presenter of the award-winning community service programme . The show, on for decades, aired weekly on RJR 94 FM (Radio Jamaica) and the Internet, linking persons with long-lost family and friends.

He has set up , a web-based extension of his family search service. Other founding members and directors of Jamaica Contact are the Jamaican nationals Peter Townsend and , and German national .

In a media career spanning some 40 years, Mr. McKenzie has served multiple functions at various levels in both television and radio since accepting the grant of a "Leave of Absence" from his pre-clinical studies in the University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine at Mona.

Early years[]

Ralston McKenzie, 1953, UK

Mr. McKenzie was born in Kingston, Jamaica, schooled in Spanish Town and then in the United Kingdom and Egypt in the early 1950s, a time full of political changes and developments in Middle East, when his family joined their father - a Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant in World War II on his overseas postings. Returning to Jamaica, Mr. McKenzie graduated from the in 1959 and resuming studies at the UWI earning a BSc. in International Relations. Further studies and a desire to enter the United Nations, or become a career diplomat, took him to the Fordham University, New York City, where he earned a in International Affairs.

Awards and memberships[]

Returning again to Jamaica, he joined Life of Jamaica (now Sagicor Life) in 1987. As a Senior Life Underwriter, he garnered several industry awards including "" (1993).

Mr. McKenzie has given long years of voluntary service to various community, civic and social organizations, such as the St. Georges Old Boys Association, , , and the for Social Development in .

He was an active participant in the , a Gold Medal winner and National Champion in Speech and Drama for four years, and served on the board of the .

Among several awards in the broadcasting field, he was also awarded the in the field of Community Development in December 1983.

Mr. McKenzie is married, with three children, and is a Lector in the of on Red Hills Road.

References[]

External links[]

• Welcome to Ralston McKenzie's Jamaica Contact