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ABOUT
EDWARD GALLAND ZELINSKY
EDWARD GALLAND ZELINSKY
Edward Galland Zelinsky is a fifth-generation San Franciscan, son of Frederick Gilbert Zelinsky and Juanita (Galland) Zelinsky.
Educated in San Francisco and the University of Oregon, Zelinsky served four-and-one-half years in the Army Transport Service in the South Pacific as a third officer during World War II.
Present Affiliations and Activities
- Owner/Manager of Main Street Properties in Tiburon, California (named Business of the Year in 1990).
- Owner of Musée Mécanique in San Francisco, one of the world's largest private collections of coin-operated mechanical art.
- Co-Chairman of the Pacific Steam Schooner Foundation, whose mission is to save the S. S. Wapama, the last of 215 wooden steam schooners in the United States (built in 1915).
- Currently producing a documentary film about San Francisco from 1864 to the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.
- Writing a book entitled History of Early California, 1825 to 1875.
- Active in real estate ownership and property management in San Francisco, Tiburon and other Northern California communities.
- Co-Founder (with Ray Taliaferro) of the City and County Fair of San Francisco.
- Co-Founder together with his wife, Laleh, of the Tiburon Children's Film Festival, which annually benefits the Pediatric Unit of Marin General Hospital.
- Recipient of the American Ship Trust award for distinguished service (May 1995).
Board Affiliations
- Board of Trustees, Mount Tamalpais School
- Board of Trustees, Norfolk Wherry Trust, England
- Board of Regents, Western Jewish History Association
- Chairman, Bring the Vicar Home Committee (The Vicar, the only surviving "Gold Rush" ship to visit San Francisco in 1849, is now lying in the waters off the Falkland Islands.)
- Founder and Chairman of the Board (San Francisco Film Festival)-Film Society, Museum of the City of San Francisco
- Vice-Chairman, National Maritime Historical Society, New York
- National Maritime Museum Association, San Francisco
- Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
- Vice President, World Ship Trust, England
Past Board Memberships
- Apartment Owners Association, San Francisco
- Bay View Hunters Point Foundation
- Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco, Past President
- California League for the Handicapped
- California Historical Society
- California State Board for Building Owners and Managers Association
- D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc. (established 1884), Past President
- First American Title Insurance of San Francisco
- Guardsmen, Past Vice President
- Harkness Community Hospital
- Junior Achievement
- Lucinda Weeks School
- Meals on Wheels
- Pets Unlimited
- Navy League
- San Francisco Boys Club
- San Francisco Jewish Community Center, Adult Committee
- Scoutmaster of Troop 126 (Polio Scouts)
- Troop Service Association (Scouting for Handicapped Boys)
Member Of
- Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco
- California Historical Society
- California Maritime Academy Foundation
- California Pioneer Society
- Concordia Argonaut Club
- Guardsmen
- Islam Temple (Shrine)
- Marine Square Club
- Merchants Exchange Club
- Past President of D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc. (established 1884)
- Saint Francis Yacht Club
- Scottish Rite San Francisco
- Starr King Lodge #344
- Society of American Magicians (Life Member)
- Tiburon Landmarks Society
- Tiburon Peninsula Club
Past Affiliations
- Advisory Board of Bay View Savings and Loan Association
- Governor Pat Brown's Commission on Ship Construction and Repair
- Grand Jury / City and County of San Francisco -1966
- President of Eureka Marine Company (Ship Service and Repair)
- San Francisco Fair and Exposition (created 1976)
- Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers
Additional Notes
- Author of Up River-When Red Bluff Was The Head of Navigation, published by the California Historical Society
- Article in Sea Letter, "Life Aboard the Esther Johnson"
- Article in Western States Jewish History, "My Grandfather"
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NOTE TO EDITORS/WRITERS:
Ed Zelinsky is available for interviews about Musée Mécanique and his other collections.
To arrange an interview, contact Terry Koenig, Koenig & Associates,
(415) 883-5198
koenigandassoc@aol.com.
High resolution digital photographs are available upon request.
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