Callender, Donald W., Jr.

Donald W. Callender, Jr., is an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-Maryland-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars, as well as the establishment of a regional living history museum, and leadership of historic preservation organizations.

Callender graduated from Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Archeology. He began his career working as director of the Bishop's Mill Historical Institute, a non-profit organization that created and maintains the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation in Ridley Creek State Park (Edgemont, Pennsylvania). After working with the institute from 1973-1977, he became tourist development officer of the Visitor's Council of Delaware County, Pennsylvania from 1978-1979. In 1980, he served for three years as executive director of the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau, where he developed its initial marketing plan, promotional materials, staffing, membership, and work programs.

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