The Andrean - Fall 2010 by St. Andrew's College

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Fall 2010 Volume 54 Number 2

William Scoular One dramatic reason SAC is no ordinary place

Contents Features 10 The Play’s Not the Only Thing

24 Crossing the Rubicon

By JIM MCGILLIVRAY

16 Pride & Commitment

By Jim Mcgillivray

26 SASSAW 2010

22 Jerome Biroo Excerpts from his book

By Paul (Beefy) Esson ’53

By MARK SERVICE

28 Old Boy Profiles

By JIM MCGILLIVRAY

Columns 1 View from the Top 2 Community News 6 Association News 33 Annual Report 57 Old Boys’ News 69 Obituaries 72 From the Editor

Howard Seto

Bandsmen, including Alex Seto ‘13, laid roses at the graves of 48th Highlanders at Holten Canadian War Cemetery.

Fall 2010, Volume 54, Number 2 Published by St. Andrew’s College for Old Boys, parents and friends of the School. Editor Kim Sillcox Assistant Editors Jim McGillivray, Nicholas Weedon ‘02

Editorial Committee Edna Collins, Scott Hayter, Sue Hayter, Steve Kimmerer, Scott Lewis and Michael Paluch Art Direction and Design Fresh Art & Design Inc. Telephone 905.727.3178

Fax 905.841.6911 E-mail oldboys@sac.on.ca admission@sac.on.ca theandrean@sac.on.ca Website www.sac.on.ca

Front cover: Head of Drama, William Scoular,

directs cast members on the set of A Chorus Line in Ketchum Auditorium; Photo by Geoff George Back cover: Students at Carol Service 2009; Photo by Stephen Kimmerer

View from the Top

I am Surrounded by Great People

This year’s Prefects were responsible for identifying the theme for the current academic year: Brotherhood: Greater than Self. I am pleased with their choice, as I believe the word “Brotherhood” truly encapsulates the co-operation, unity and support all Andreans offer one another on a daily basis. I would like to suggest that there are perhaps three Bs, three foundational pieces that make this School so special: boys, boarding and brotherhood. The St. Andrew’s experience revolves around these three words and ensures that St. Andrew’s College continues to thrive as not an ordinary place. As you may know, or will shortly read in this issue’s cover story, we recently launched a series of videos – one main video and seven vignettes – on our new website and on YouTube, which clearly demonstrate to the world what it feels like to be an Andrean. William Scoular’s vision, coupled with his extensive professional experience as a director and his unwavering passion for St. Andrew’s, has resulted, in my opinion, in one of the most compelling school videos ever created. In September, I had the pleasure of previewing the videos for each of our constituent groups: Faculty & Staff, new boys and their parents, current students and parents, and, of course, Old Boys. One of the highlights of this public launch was a private viewing for a large group of Old Boys during the Toronto International Film Festival. As you can imagine, it was a very emotional evening. The videos serve as an outstanding complement to our new website and as an invaluable marketing tool for attracting prospective students from near and far. Today’s students belong to the YouTube generation. Many will make their own decision to select an independent school, which is why we have created such an interactive and social media-driven website. Future marketing efforts will continue to integrate social media tools, including Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, student blogs and video. Ultimately, however, our best source of marketing comes from you – our Old Boys,

from current and past parents and from current and past Faculty and Staff. It is one thing to watch a video and explore photos and testimonials on a website. It is an entirely different experience to hear about the life of an Andrean firsthand. Thank you to all members of our community for their guidance in the strategic planning process. This initiative began last February through online feedback and engagement surveys. We were very pleased with the results, as 89% of parents indicated having a high or very high level of satisfaction with St. Andrew’s. Work on the strategic plan has continued for the past 10 months through a series of meetings with a variety of focus groups and through discussions with all constituent groups associated with the School. The strategic plan, which will chart the course for the next five years, will be published in January 2011. I would like to conclude by recognizing two very important people who helped guide me through my first year as Headmaster. Both were scheduled to retire from St. Andrew’s in June 2009. Thankfully, both agreed to extend their time at the School to help me through my first year. I could not have asked for a better mentor than former Board Chair, Jeff Chisholm. Jeff’s vision, insight, availability, experience and wonderful sense of humour allowed me to grow as a leader. I feel extremely fortunate that Michael Sifton ’79 agreed to take over from Jeff as Board Chair earlier this year. Michael and I have already spent a great deal of time together and I could not be happier with his appointment. Finally, I would like to publicly thank my Executive Assistant, Gayle Petri. Gayle was also scheduled to retire in June 2009 after 20 years working at St. Andrew’s. Gayle graciously agreed to postpone her retirement to support me through the transition period. She will retire officially in March 2011. Gayle Petri epitomizes the word “professional” in every sense. I will miss her dearly. KEVIN MCHENRY, HEADMASTER The Andrean 1

CommunityNews Carolyn Bilton a French teacher in the Upper School, and her husband Joe welcomed their first daughter, Zoe Anne, on Saturday, August 21. Carolyn is on maternity leave until September 2011.

Ramesh Ari married Mathy Maruthappu in Sri Lanka on August 27, 2010. Ramesh is the Webmaster at SAC. He and his bride will be living in Scarborough, ON.

John Clements is back as the organist for morning Chapel service. John joined the faculty in 1976 and was Head of Music before retiring from St. Andrew’s in 2002. We are confident he will add some excitement to Chapel services in preparation for the Carol Service on December 3rd! Nick Day married Claire Kelly on July 31, 2010 in Ottawa. Nick is a French teacher in the Upper School and Varsity Soccer Coach, and Claire is the Director of the Upper School at Appleby College in Oakville. Nick and Claire are living in Macdonald House, where Nick is Assistant Housemaster, and they plan to move to their house in Caledon next summer.

Michael Carroll a science teacher in the Upper School and Varsity Football Coach, married Sarah Nicole Purcell on July 24th in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mike and Sarah are living in Sifton House where Mike is Assistant Housemaster. 2 Fall 2010

Sue Hayter has assumed the role of Upper School Teacher-Librarian in addition to her role as the School’s Archivist. Sue is working with the Upper School faculty to foster a culture of reading, research and academic integrity. Sue comes to the role with her Doctorate in Library and Information Science and many years as a university level teacher, and school and public librarian.

Jim McGillivray, SAC’s Piping Director and a leading figure in piping education world-wide, played “Amazing Grace” on the season premiere of “CSI” in September. While Jim did not actually appear on the show, his melodious sounds were recognizable to many Andreans. A year ago, his brother-in-law (a recording engineer) submitted some of Jim’s recordings to a Hollywood company that provides sound files for TV and movies. Apparently, the producers of CSI couldn’t resist this Celtic favourite, performed so powerfully by SAC’s very own Double Gold Medallist! The spot had Jim’s Amazing Grace dubbed over a funeral scene on the show. Of course, this being a crime show, at the end of the scene the casket explodes! Jim’s tongue-in-cheek friends emailed him right away to ask if he was okay. MariA Pilieci is now the School’s Library Services Co-ordinator, responsible for the day-to-day operations of Towers Library, including cataloguing, circulation and book acquisitions. Maria started at SAC in 1992 and continues to ensure that the Towers Library is maintained as a well-appointed space in which to read, research and study. Brian Raaflaub has retired from Appleby College where he served as Curriculum Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science since leaving SAC in 1990. He has joined his wife, Dr. Catherine Raaflaub, Head of

Have you any items for our Archives? We are always on the lookout for SAC items: • Pins, pennants and programs • Team photos • Caps, crests and clothing • Playbills, programs

and photographs of School plays and musicals • School Christmas cards • Badges, books and balls • Cups and trophies • Other SAC memorabilia

If you have items of interest, please contact Sue Hayter:

Laura Kupcis

905-727-3178 ext. 281 or sue.hayter@sac.on.ca

Whitney Elliott And Sean Ludwig were married on July 24, 2010 in the Memorial Chapel. Alex Seto ‘13 was the bagpiper for the ceremony. Whitney, a French and geography teacher in the Middle School, and Sean, Course Director for the McEwen Leadership Program in the Upper School, met on their first day of work in September 2006 and were brought together by their shared passion for sports, travelling and St. Andrew’s College. They currently live on campus and enjoy being part of the Andrean community. School of Morgan Park Academy, along with their daughters in Chicago. Their youngest, Madeline, will be starting Grade 10 at MPA this fall. Claudia Rose-Donahoe has assumed the roles of Middle School Teacher-Librarian, and Writing Centre Coordinator; she is also teaching three sections of Upper School English. In her role as Middle School Librarian, she will work with Middle School faculty to ensure that students have a rich reading program, are introduced to basic research and

documentation methods, and have an opportunity to use library resources to enhance their learning. As Writing Centre Coordinator, Claudia will ensure that boys in both Middle School and Upper School are afforded opportunities to have their writing critiqued, either by their peers or by one of the Writing Centre coaches. Michael Roy ’85 was promoted in November to the position of Director of Admission, Marketing and Business Development. As Director of Admission for the past seven years, he and

his Admission team have produced a full school with a diverse population. Michael has been responsible for managing the financial aid process, re-enrolment and agent portfolios. He has also managed the promotional budget and played a key role in developing the overall marketing and advertising strategy for the School. In this new role, one of his main responsibilities will be to serve as a liaison between the Admission and Advancement departments. Having previously worked in SAC’s Advancement Office from

1996-2003, Michael will look to develop further synergies between these two key administrative areas. He will actively engage with local and international business leaders for the purpose of student intake and philanthropic interests, and foster local and international business partnerships. Michael will work with all constituent groups to develop a comprehensive enrolment strategy, with a particular focus on boarding. He will also aggressively investigate potential new markets for SAC and help lead the development of a comprehensive marketing and public relations strategy. Art Wenk has written a series of mystery novellas, New Quarter Note Tales, about Axel Crochet, peripatetic musicologist and reluctant detective, set in Québec. Art taught math at SAC from 1989-2006 and is now a psychotherapist with Wilson Counselling Associates in Toronto. The Andrean 3

Community News Sports Update

Varsity Cricket Smashes Record and Captures CISAA 197 Runs in Championship Game

he Saints Cricket squad put the finishing touches on a dream season last spring with a remarkable display of batting power and efficiency, crushing a decade-old league record of 197 runs in the championship match against Trinity College School. The win left the team in sole possession of first place, undefeated throughout league play, for their 2nd League Championship in three years. After making quick work of UCC a week earlier, our captains and coaches wanted to ensure we won the toss and started the game off batting, so our team could enjoy the full 35 overs offered, and enjoy it we did. TCS really had no answers for our attack, as team captain, Nikhil Bhardwaj ’13, spent a full three hours running between wickets and providing a clinic of textbook groundstrokes and hooks to finish with a stunning 72 total, more than the entire opposition’s effort. He was ably supported by Saaz Vastani ’11, who stayed the course, rocketing to a personal best 41 runs not out. Previously, Kent Leslie ’10 sent volleys to all corners with 22 valuable runs before being bowled out. As overs elapsed, St. Andrew’s had yielded 7 of a possible 10 wickets, and was only inches away from topping 200 runs, a score that would make any professional team proud in a one day match. The Saints didn’t enter the field to bowl until nearly four hours after the start of the game. The stifling weather seemed to have taken its toll on the early effectiveness of our bowling, until Junaid Hussain ’11 made a huge bare-handed catch 80 yards into the outfield, stopping the “Aussie” with only 11 runs tallied, and igniting our troops into “full pressure” mode. TCS fought bravely, lasting 18 overs before their last (10th) wicket fell, shortly before 8:00 p.m., as the shadows from towering boundary bordering

deciduous trees crept ever closer to the center wicket – dismissed all out for a respectable, but far-short-of-target, 50. Having lost to this same team (168-76) less than a month earlier in preseason exhibition play, it was most satisfying to end the campaign with this hammer-blow turn-of-the-tables. Congratulations to all the boys for their fine Andrean effort throughout the season. Camaraderie, respect and joyous team excitement were at an all-time high. After starting the term with only five players, it was both exhilarating and most-promising to finish with 20 ever-keen athletes on this special squad. The only regret is the fact that the season came to an end all too soon.

DAVID KYLE

U14 Rugby Wins CISAA

Stephen Kimmerer

U14 Rugby team: Front l-r: Douglas Jones ‘16, Dylan Van Eeden ‘16, Ben Thompson ‘15, Alex Bowlin ‘14, Joseph Shields ‘15, Sebastian Weinberg ‘14, Ben Harrison ‘15, Pablo Galvan ‘14, Ayyden Almadi ‘15, Alfredo Solloa ‘15, Alonso Sanchez ‘15, Jack Bahen ‘15 Middle l-r: Fraser Sopik ‘15, John Polemidiotis ‘15, Andrew Mackin ‘15, Min Ji ‘15, Nicholas Pacheco ‘14, Alejandro Pelaez ‘15, David Flores ‘14, Imanol Arozarend ‘14, Alfonso Celis ’15, Rodrigo Hajj Slim ‘14, Roberto Chedraui ‘14, Fernando Acuna ‘14, Diego Gunter ‘14, Coach Danielle Richer Back l-r: Coach Adam Kowaltschuk, Edward Essue ‘14, nd 2 place CISAA Harvey Tao ‘16, Luis Menendez ‘14, Michael Mardini ‘14, finishers include d: Bruno Buitano ‘14, Scott Elliott ‘14, Callum Green ‘14, 1st & U16 Badm inton Diego Castillo ‘14, Nav Cheema ‘14, Amirali Hassani ‘15, 1st Lacrosse 1st Baseball Coach Courtenay Shrimpton Missing: Cayne Lander ‘16, Nathan Lee ‘16 4 Fall 2010

Community News Event Highlights December 2010

3 Carol Service Yorkminster Park Baptist Church 1585 Yonge Street, Toronto at 7:00 p.m. To view a video this year’s Carol Service online: www.sac.on.ca/live 16 Toronto Reception

January 2011

14-16 28th Annual MacPherson Hockey Tournament Aurora Community Centre 15 SAC Old Boys Family Day & Dinner St. Andrew’s College Basketball, Squash, Family Swim & Dinner For tickets and information contact sharen.turner@sac.on.ca 15 Old Boys’ Hockey Games (an Over 40 and Under 40 game) Aurora Community Centre Contact nicholas.weedon@sac.on.ca 29 SAC Admission Open House 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

February 2011

May 2011

1 Church Parade in Aurora 3 Headmaster’s Parade Old Boy luncheon at SAC 6 50th Reunion for Class of 1961 and prior For more information contact sharen.turner@sac.on.ca 7 Cadet Inspection Plan to arrive at SAC by 1:00 p.m. 12 Calgary Reception 11 Middle School Arts Night 11-13 FOCUS Festival of the Arts 18 Middle School Music Night

June 2011

16 Middle School Prize Day 17 Upper School Prize Day 21 SAC Association Golf Tournament Silver Lakes Golf Club To book your foursome contact nicholas.weedon@sac.on.ca 24 Manhattan Open Golf Day Class of 1970, 1979 and friends of the late Charlie Edwards ‘70 12:00 p.m. please call 905-727-4002

3 Kingston Pub Night 4 Montreal Pub Night

March 2011

3-4 St. Andrew’s Festival of the Arts (SAFA) 4 Cadets in Concert To order tickets, please email jane.bedard@sac.on.ca Box Office Phone: 905.727.3178 ext. 434

April 2011

16 Red & White Gala – Not An Ordinary Place The Terrace Banquet Hall in Vaughan

Admission for 2011-2012 For more information concerning admission to St. Andrew’s, please contact our Admission Office at 905.727.3178 ext. 303 or toll-free at 1.877.378.1899.

Old Boy Soccer Game Oct. 23, 2010 Standing (l-r) Jon Price ‘98, Chris Snyder ‘94, Christian Hirt ‘95, Ed Ham ‘95, Paul Etherington ‘95, Sinclair Bean ‘05, Jim Dennis ‘92, Jason Perrier ‘98, Mark Etherington ‘92, Allan Bean ‘03, Adam Brander ‘02, Roger Kim ‘02, Jeff Ginou ‘02. Kneeling (l-r) Ryan Bryce ‘05, Scott Armstrong ‘92, Andrew Weedon ‘98, Carl Milroy ‘92, Mike Duder ‘73, Jed Dadson ‘95, Brook Dyson ‘98, Nick Weedon ‘02

For sports schedules, other special events and news of the College, please visit our website at: www.sac.on.ca Old Boys – please register online on our Alumni Directory and receive monthly newsletters! The Andrean 5

AssociationNews And the Winners Are… Old Boys Association Golf Tournament 2010

Carrie Praught

(l-r) Paul Ross ‘06, Luc Zoratto ‘03, Jordan Ross ‘03, (Old Boy Officer, Nicholas Weedon ‘02), Adam Zoratto ‘05 captured first place

he rain did not keep the 144 Old Boys and fathers of current and past students from showing up to enjoy a day of golf and support a worthy cause last June. This year, the proceeds raised from the tournament went to support the newly established Old Boys’ Bursary. Hosted at the four-star championship course Silver Lakes Golf & Country Club in Holland Landing, the day was an enjoyable one. Unlike last year, there

was no need to impose “retrogression” to determine a winner, as there was an outright winning foursome. The “brothers” foursome of Luc ‘03 and Adam Zoratto ‘05 and Jordan ‘03 and Paul Ross ‘06 shot an unbelievable 11-under par (61) to capture the coveted Jim Hamilton Trophy. Other notables included “Closest to the Hole” winners Carr Hatch ‘68, Matt Mitchell ‘03, Richard Colton ‘04, Matt Wolfenden ‘07, and “Longest Drive” winner Max Stiss. A new addition to the day saw grade 10 student Jake Sterio ‘12, compete against tournament participants in a contest called “Can you out-drive the 10th grader?” A very cool, calm and collected Jake allowed only eight participants to out-drive him. On behalf of the SAC Old Boys’ Association, we would like to extend a special thanks to SAC past parents Harold MacDonald and John Durst, owners of Silver Lakes Golf & Country Club, as well as Tournament Coordinator Todd Sloan, for hosting a great tournament.

Nicholas Weedon ‘02

THANK YOU TO OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSORS

GOLF TOURNAMENT TEE SPONSORS

Course Host Silver Lakes Golf & Country Club – Harold MacDonald & John Durst Giveaway Sponsor Highland Chevrolet Cadillac – Cliff Sifton ‘77 Hole-in-One Sponsors Highland Chevrolet Cadillac – Cliff Sifton ‘77 SAC Admission

Caldwell Securities Michael Richardson ’00 C.I.B.C. Wood Gundy Geoff Pennal ’94 The Etherington Generations Mark Etherington ’92 & Paul Etherington ’95 GMP Richardson Jim Dennis ’92 Parkers Cleaners Ltd. Joe Morin

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Specialty Sponsors Molson Canada – Graydon Stock ‘02 Lifespring Physiotherapy – Ron O’Hare Tournament Organizer Todd Sloan Trophy Keith Davis – David & Monica Burling

Roto-Static Gord Birkett ’01 Smith, Sykes, Leeper & Tunstall LLP George & Brad Smith TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Jorge Cardelus Wilson Niblett Chevrolet Gord Wilson ’72 & John Wilson ’85 Velvet Rope Productions Darcy Montgomery ‘92

Halloween Pub Night in Calgary

ourteen Old Boys from the Classes of 1963 to 2004 enjoyed an evening of storytelling, exaggerations, humour and fellowship at the annual Halloween Pub Night October 27th in Calgary. Ken Cameron ‘88 brought along a copy of his recently published collection of plays, Harvest and Other Plays, coming soon to the SAC Library. We remembered the late Gordon Kelly ‘52, who enjoyed many similar evenings with us in the past. Gordon passed away earlier in October (his obituary is on page 70). We drank to Joel Ford’s ‘03 birthday, as Joel is currently ‘exiled’ to Singapore where he promises to organize an Old Boys pub night. This year the best story award went to the Class of 1969 as told by George Leitch ‘69, who shared his story of the class prank of that year – an event which was all too well covered up and which definitely should not be forgotten! In order to find out more about that – you will have to come to next year’s Pub Night! Huge Thanks to Jan Mathews ‘96 and Dave Charlebois ‘03 for their assistance in ensuring another successful Pub Night! The third annual SAC Calgary Reception will take place on Thursday, May 12th at 4:30pm at the Calgary Petroleum Club and will be hosted by Jim Herder ‘64, retired Director of Advancement and Nick Weedon ‘02, Old Boy Officer in the Advancement Office. Wives and parents are all welcome to join us!

Mike Gardner ’77

UK Old Boys Dinner – Oct. 29, 2010

Rob McEwen speaks at Grade 12 Dinner

ob McEwen ’69, Chairman and CEO of US Gold and Lexam Explorations, spoke to the Class of 2010 and their parents at the second annual Grad Dinner held last June on the eve of Prize Day. He reminisced about his time at St. Andrew’s and told the boys that limitations are only in their mind – that they can do anything. Rob encouraged them to go out and sample the ‘smorgasbord of life’ and try different things. He talked of the importance of seeing the world and left them with these encouraging words, “The job market is going to be good for you … if you make your boss look good – you will be rewarded. Be persistent and curious.” Rob’s commitment to supporting leadership education was realized by St. Andrew’s in 2007 when he endowed a chair in Leadership Studies. The McEwen Leadership Program is designed to incorporate leadership principles into a variety of business disciplines, while providing experiential learning opportunities for students through all grade levels in the Upper School.

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breaking news Front l-r: Conrad Bona ‘87, Bart Sommerville ‘93, Hugh Long ‘97 Middle l-r: Ron Kopas ‘90, David Gist ‘60, John Morgan ‘86, Jason Campbell ‘88, Michael Zheng ‘10, Marcus Yang ‘90, Headmaster Kevin McHenry, Kurt Alfrey ‘94 Back l-r: Mark Landry ‘98, Andrew Wilson ‘96, Michael Craig ‘01, Scott McDonald ‘86, Drew Hickey ‘85, Executive Director of Advancement Scott Hayter, Bob Isserstedt ‘60

stories, photos, videos and upcoming events!

twitter.com/sacalumnoise twitter.com/sacsoccer, sachockey, saclacrosse Live-streamed events: www.sac.on.ca/live

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Association News Sixteen Old Boys Participate in Inaugural Mentorship Event

October, the Advancement Office hosted a Mentorship Event for the graduating class of 2011. The event, brought forth at an Old Boys’ Association meeting last spring by David Amadori ‘03, functioned somewhat like speed dating. In small groups of two or three, students rotated from table to table speaking with an Old Boy for seven minutes. In total, the students met with five Old Boys for a total of 35 minutes, getting a Coles Notes’ version of seven different career options ranging from medicine to finance to environmental studies. Following the small-group discussions, the graduating class gathered in the Donald Davis Theatre for a less serious presentation on “All the Aspects of University Life Your Mother Does Not Want You to Know About” given by two recent graduates, Christian Julien ‘10 and Adam Nickerson ‘10, who are both studying at the University of Toronto. The Advancement Team looks forward to building on this event in the future. Thank you to all of the Old Boys listed below for participating in this inaugural Mentorship Event: Ray Osborne ‘64 Peter Love ‘67 George Hathaway ‘70 Sandy Munro ‘70 Michael Hogg ‘72 Michael Elliot ‘82 Homer Frank ‘82

Christian Julien ‘10 Michael Lem ‘83 Michael Hiscox ‘90 Adam Nickerson ‘10 Marcus Gillam ‘93 Abram Choi ‘97 Aladdin Diakun ‘02 Giancarlo Trimarchi ‘02 David Amadori ‘03

Manhattan Open 2010

he tournament is put on each year in memory of the late Charlie Edwards ’70. Friends and classmates, including his brother Mike ’79, gather each year to remember Charlie and to add to the endowed bursary fund in his name at St. Andrew’s. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend this year’s event – we hope to see you again next year at the 13th Annual Manhattan Open on Friday, June 24th, 2011! (from l-r) back row: Mike Edwards ’79, Cliff Carr ’70, Bill Albino ’70, George Edwards ’79, John “The Champ” Percival ’70 and Don MacKay ’70; second row: Gary West, former SAC staff member, Rob Dilworth ’70, Doug Gamble, Bill Cathers ’79, David Grass ’70 and Scott Hayter, Executive Director of Advancement; front row: Ryan Bryce ’05, Kevin McHenry, Headmaster, Rob Hepburn ’79, Eric Schneider ’70, Sandy Munro ’70, Darryl Kittle and Trevor Kittle pictured at the 12th Annual Manhattan Open Golf Tournament held at Muskoka Highlands Golf Links (owned by Don MacKay ’70). According to Don, “After 11 years of coveting the Charlie Open Trophy, John Percival shot the lights out – and by retrogression (this is something that happened to his eyes in an earlier life I think) won the over-all tournament.”

New Brunswick SAC Reunion 2010

l-r (Standing): Geoff Smith, Ginny Smith, Peter Haines ’63, Susan Howey, Don Fleming ’66, Lesley Fleming, Betty Lou Craig, John Craig ’71, Ian Howey ’87. l-r (Seated): Mike Edwards ’79, John L’Aventure ’60, Alex Pirie, Peter Pirie ’69. Missing from the photo: Kevin ’86 & Kelly McWhirter (who had to leave early) 8 Fall 2010

October 23, 2010, several SAC Old Boys living in New Brunswick & Mike Edwards ‘79 (from nearby Maine) came together with some of their spouses or other family members to celebrate the return of New Brunswick native Geoff Smith and his wife Ginny. We met at the York Sunbury Museum (a historic building built around 1841 as part of the Officers Barricks) in Fredericton. We were greeted with the piping of internationally recognized and Fredericton native Andy Rogers. Don Fleming ‘66 led us in the Latin Grace. Whether you graduated in the 60’s or the 90’s or in between – there are threads of stories and personalities that you could share in and fond memories to reminisce about. We intend to get together again in the next twelve months – if you are interested in joining us, please drop an email to ian.howey@nbpcd.com or contact the SAC Advancement Office.

Ian Howey ‘87

2010 News: University Destinations Babson College

Gene Chan

Columbia Okanagan

Matthew Wong

Jerry Chu

Russell Kwan Nicholas Tam

Binghamton University

Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Jordan Tripp

Dominic Gordon

University of California at Berkeley

University of Western Ontario

Bishop’s University

Pratt Institute

John Hawke

John C. Lee

Jack Bang Nick Park

Brown University

Queen’s University

University of Exeter

Kent Leslie

James Byun James Chappell Joel Hurren Andrey Ivanchenko Kris Mackowiak Luke MacLeod Andrew Pitkin Josh Si Dylan Stafford

Joshua Irwandi

Daniel Adamo Michael Brown Pasha Filipenko Andre Goyo Michael Hergott Evan Kalentzis Philip Kwan Leroy Law Alex Martins Vincent Pulla Geoff Ruddock Brett Wilson

Carleton University

Firas Bugshan Kyle McFadyen Concordia University

Mark Belvedere Cornell University

Ryan Lee Dalhousie University

University of Guelph

Tyler Noxon Ryan O’Connor University of Hong Kong

Dong Hyun Kim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sam Lim

Scott Evans Dartmouth College

Tyler Sikura Emory University

Daniel Kim Gap Year

Harrison Kane (Lattitude) Adam Strumas (Hockey) Solomon Zheng Huron University College Twenty grade 12 students travelled to Queen’s University in November for a tour of the campus by student tour guide and fellow Andrean Radissen Ramoutar ‘08.

Loughborough University

Ander Lanzagorta

Bruce Roffey

Richard Iaboni Mario Settino

McGill University

Sebastian Biase Devin Healy Jason Kim Andy Mok Spencer Powell Sean Reginio-Sutton Duke Sheen

Daniel Weiss

University of Ottawa

Rhode Island School of Design

William Reive

Brad Wood Kevin Zacharuk

Tony Yoon

University of Southern California

Wilfrid Laurier University

St. Lawrence University

Martin Lo

Craig Davis

University of Toronto

Swarthmore College

McMaster University

Tony Cho

John Cherian Samael Hossain Kevin Li Shawn Sekhon

Syracuse University

Kashtin Fitzsimons Christian Julien Hyeong Min Lee Adam Nickerson Jerry Wang Michael Wong

Ryley Begg Thomas Brindley Nico Fattore Connor MacLeod Houston Meuser James Mildon Conor Sheridan Corey Tang

New York University

University of British Columbia

University of Waterloo

York University

Mitchell Arnold Tim Asbury Harry Hall Raymond Chau

Bo Webster

JinSoo Lee Michael Zhang Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD)

Yong Jin Kim Université de Montréal

Louis Baillargeon

Simon Mao Hyun-Woo Park University of British

York University Glendon Campus

Haider Akbar The Andrean 9

Geoff George

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The Play’s Not the Only Thing William Scoular comes to the fore with cinematic SAC video series By JIM MCGILLIVRAY

you’re part of the SAC family, you will have no doubt experienced the indelible imprint William Scoular has made on the life and history of the School, and on the Dramatic Arts in particular, since he began his tenure at the School in 1987. But you may not know how active our premier Drama Master has been in the world of commercial film. This came to the fore during the summer of 2009, when Will was asked by Headmaster Kevin McHenry to create a promotional video that would be capable of rocking the staid world of independent school promotion. From September 2009 until May 2010 “Hurricane Scoular” whirled through our classrooms, hallways and campus. Day-to-day activities around the School were commandeered on short notice by Director Will and his crew, and students and faculty were asked to act as naturally as possible for the camera while very unusual activity went on all around them. The results: one premier video and seven powerful vignettes that in 17 wordless minutes depict the distinctly extraordinary nature of St. Andrew’s College. “The whole thing was Kevin’s idea,” Will recounts. “Like Headmasters everywhere, he was concerned that in the current credit crisis, independent schools face declining numbers. Kevin wanted something that would give St. Andrew’s an advantage. He felt strongly that the right sort of video would be an essential worldwide marketing tool in the YouTube world we compete in and help SAC stand out from the pack.” The Andrean 11

Stephen Kimmerer

“The average person is exposed to more than 3,000 messages a day. For the SAC message to matter, it had to cut through the clutter and elicit an emotional response.”

From day one the project took a distinct turn, with Will’s almost immediate decision that the film would contain no dialogue, no narrator, no testimonials. “Right from the get-go, when there was discussion about who should narrate, I thought, no, we don’t want an Old Boy to narrate (as was done in 2002 with the FOCUS DVD narrated by Kiefer Sutherland ’86), or some old cadaver saying what a great place this was, or anything like that. We’re marketing to kids who spend their lives on the internet. They don’t watch lectures on YouTube.” “The average person is exposed to more than 3,000 messages a day. For the SAC message to matter, I felt it had to cut through the clutter and elicit an emotional response from our target audience. I literally wanted to raise the hair on the back of our viewers’ necks. The video, I felt, had to not just show, but evoke what it feels like to be a boy here; what it feels like to be in the 12 Fall 2010

Cadet Corps or on 1st Hockey or at Prize Day. I wanted viewers to be able to feel that excitement just before the curtain goes up on the fall play, or just before the team heads out onto the ice from the dressing room for the Friday night MacPherson game. That was the controlling idea from the start. I always find I only need one idea, and if it’s the right idea, it’ll see me through.”

aving a single idea and seeing it through is not new to Will. Born in Glasgow, he emigrated with his family to Hamilton, Ontario, when he was a young child, where he grew up in a family of nine. In high school, he told a guidance counsellor who asked about his future plans that his idea was to go to Oxford. The counsellor laughed. “Nobody from this school goes to Oxford!” she proclaimed. Will’s response: “Just watch me.” He studied English for three years at Oxford. In his second year he had another idea: he would mount a play, specifically The Importance of Being Earnest, which, as he notes was Oxford. He spent all the money he had, and some that he didn’t, on sets and

costumes. “I persuaded a famous West End actress, Dame Joan Hawtrey, to play Lady Bracknell, and got the best actors in the university to play the other key roles. Well, the thing was a smash hit. It sold out. Sir John Gielgud came one night and praised it so highly it transferred to London, and in fairly quick order I went from being the poorest student at Oxford to probably one of the richest. Now, that was a good trick, wasn’t it?” Of course, anyone who has seen Will’s St. Andrew’s productions could have no doubt about the singular power of his vision and the strength of whatever idea he has chosen to run through the core of a show. The major trait of these high school productions is that they look nothing like high school productions, so it stands to reason that his school promotional video would not be typical fare. “The entire piece was only meant to be three minutes,” Will explains. “Then one day we were shooting hockey and getting some terrific shots, and I thought about how much of this would be left on the cutting room floor. That’s when I got the idea of a series of videos in addition to the main film, where boys or parents could focus for a minute or two on very specific aspects of life here. The main video would then be a distillation of the

most powerful shots from each vignette.” Filming was intense: 7 days, 16 hours a day (“Par for the course”). At the end of each day, Will would watch it all on his Mac laptop. He would check everything against his daily shot list and make sure he had everything he’d planned to get. “The video had been storyboarded beforehand,” he notes, “so I always had my overall structure. I knew where I was starting and where I was ending and basically how I was going to get from one to the other. Nothing can be left to chance. You map out every shot, and, if you can afford it, you get an extra cameraman and send that person off to get other images that you can’t plan for.” “When we shot hockey, we absolutely had to have a shot of our guys scoring a goal, so I had to put one cameraman behind the opposing net until that happened, even if it took the whole game. Fortunately, the goal came quickly and I was able to let him wander off and shoot whatever he wanted. He was a great shooter and got some interesting stuff.” “Out of random shooting like that, you can sometimes get a few little surprises, and you might use one of

those instead of, or in addition to what you planned. But the key is knowing the overall structure from beginning to end so you can plan the necessary shots, because once the event or opportunity has passed, you can’t get them.”

or a guy known for directing plays, Will clearly has a good handle on film. In fact, his film credits are nearly as impressive as his theatre successes. “Well, yes, I have done some film,” he says, in typically understated fashion. That would include The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, a 2003 CTV production for which he also adapted the screenplay from the book A Question of Guilt, which he co-wrote with mentor Vivian Green. He shot a short film for the 2002 Olympics in Sydney. Various TV commercials and some music videos round out the mix. Current projects in the works include two feature films: Northbound, which he had written for Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, and which he will direct next year, and An Empty Sleeve, based on Alexander Waugh’s book, The House of

Wittgenstein: A Family at War. Clearly, the logistics of producing film were not new to Will, and his contacts in the industry were key to the project’s success. It was apparent to anyone involved in a shot that his flexible and committed team was comfortable with Will’s style and were willing to go the extra mile for him. Many shots had to be set up and staged, though fewer than he expected. “I shot a lot of things on green screen where you stage the action and then can fill in the background later,” he explains. “That’s a very safe way to shoot, but it’s hugely expensive in post-production. We ended up using only one green-screen scene, the volleyball sequence, but that alone took 30 hours to edit.” This kind of editing time speaks volumes about ‘post-production,’ which is a seemingly endless process of sitting in front of large, high-definition computer screens painstakingly ordering material, splicing scenes together and synchronizing music. This is perhaps the most challenging but creative part of the filmmaking

“Through these videos, I wanted to not simply show, but to evoke what it feels like to be a boy at this extra ordinary school.” The Andrean 13

A life in theatre, film Agent’s CV a catalogue of Scoular productions A graduate of Oxford University where he read English at Lincoln College, William Scoular is a stage director, writer and filmmaker. Selected world and national premieres include: Alan Bennett’s Waiting for the Telegram, Playing Sandwiches and A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (with Elizabeth Shepherd and Graham Harley), Ed Graczyk’s My Time Ain’t Long: The Jimmy Rogers Story (with Keith Carradine and John Goodman), Ian Heggie’s Politics in the Park, Mark Owen’s Landscape With Pigeons (with Elizabeth Shepherd), Howard Korder’s Fun, Nina in the Morning, Naomi in the Livingroom (with Barbara Chilcott) and The Book of Leviticus Show by Christopher Durang, Gardner McKay’s Seamarks (with Mau-

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process. “Of course, you could have someone else edit, but I always do my own editing because it’s a crucial step in realizing the original vision. The editing suite is literally and figura-

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rice Good and Elizabeth Shepherd), Henry David Hwang’s Trying to Find Chinatown, John Bishop’s Cabin 12, The Outing by Sina Queyras (with Doris Petrie), Answering Bell, God and Hockey and Survival Box by Ashlin Halfnight. Selected other theatre credits include: Gardner McKay’s Toyer (with Alice Krige and Al Weaver) in London’s West End, the World Stage production of Samuel Beckett’s Footfalls (with Elizabeth Shepherd and Jenny Phipps), the West End production of Steven Berkoff’s Berkoff’s Women (with Linda Marlowe), Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Lee McDougall’s High Life, Stephen Belber’s Tape, You Can’t Take It With You, Woman in a Monkey Cage, Charley’s Aunt, A Walk in the Woods, West Side Story, Cabaret, Oliver!, Kiss Me Kate, Side by Side by Sondheim (with Andree Bernard), Spring Awakening, The Importance of Being Earnest (with Dame Joan Hawtrey and Lionel Hamilton) Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Henry V and Hamlet.

tively where the film gets made.” Music is an important part of any film, but especially films with no spoken words. Here again, Will’s place in the industry played a huge role as he was able to engage several renowned Canadian composers, Kurt Swinghammer and John Doerr among them, to create original music for nearly the whole series according to directions Will provided about what he wanted to evoke in each segment. The end result is powerful and ... well, evocative. The productions also benefited from the skills of Alex Boothby ’92, who is a premier visual effects artist with Technicolour International in Toronto, and who donated his time to the project. “Alex is extraor-

dinarily gifted. He’s the best in the business – and nice with it,” remarked Scoular. “We were very fortunate to have him and the other members of my very talented team on board.” In fact, Will’s professional connections, and his own skilled time and efforts allowed the videos to be produced for a fraction of the real cost – far under a budget that would have been prohibitive to the School. The films were finished on schedule in early June (“I work in the theatre, so I’m used to deadlines”) and the first to see the finished product was Headmaster Kevin McHenry. “My first impression was one of immense pride for the School,” said Kevin of his first viewing. “It was actually a very emotional experience for me. Will was able to capture the entire SAC experience in just over four minutes, which is an astonishing feat. Everything in the films is original. He has created something we can be proud of for years. I was very, very impressed.” The films were launched to the

In addition to numerous music videos and commercials, Scoular’s work in film includes Passage to Sydney, a profile of British equestrian champion Emile Fauree, and the award winning CTV movie The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton (with Alice Krige, Jessica Pare and Brendan Fletcher). He is the author of Not An Ordinary Place, Secret Agent: The Life of Harry Somers, and co-author (with Vivian Green) of the Canadian bestseller A Question of Guilt. Upcoming projects include: the UK revival of Pal Joey in London’s West End, a new stage musical adaptation of the award-winning film Hear My Song (also West End); the feature film Northbound (starring Gordon Pinsent); a biography of Vivian Green, the renowned Oxford historian and acknowledged original of John le Carre’s master spy, George Smiley; and An Empty Sleeve (a feature film currently in development based on Alexander Waugh’s acclaimed book The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War).

Andrean community over the course of a week in September: at the year’s first faculty meeting; New Family Orientation Day; a special preview for Parents; the opening School assembly; and a private Old Boy gathering during the Toronto International Film Festival. On Monday, September 13th, the videos made their public debut on the new school website and on YouTube, to acclaim by all. Not a single change was requested from Will’s finished version that Kevin saw first.

nd so the school year started, and the man who began his teaching career with five years at Pickering College and one at Upper Canada in the early 1980s before coming to St. Andrew’s, was back in the classroom in the profession he considers to be an anchor to his rich artistic life. “I love teaching,” he says, “but more than that it keeps me on my toes.” Will’s directing gigs are frequent,

presented to Will by his agent, Jean Diamond, who took him on as a client more than 30 years ago during his Oxford directing debut. Will is one of only two Canadians ever to direct in London’s West End, and he’ll return there next year to direct two productions: Hear My Song, a musical version of the 1991 film of the same name, and the UK revival of Pal Joey, starring Broadway legend Betty Buckley. He tries to plan engagements outside the school year, but theatre can be unforgiving in this respect. Fortunately, the St. Andrew’s community recognizes the long-term value of lending its star artist-in-residence to major world-class productions as opportunities arise. While theatre continues to be Will Scoular’s first love, he looks back on the films of 2009/10 as a highlight of his St. Andrew’s career. “It turned out to be one of the richest experiences I’ve ever had here,” he recalls. “It was lots of fun and, actually, quite inspiring to be able

Check out Will Scoular’s videos on the School’s new website at www.sac.on.ca or on YouTube: www.youtube.com/StAndrews1899 and share the link with your friends. to record the extraordinary accomplishments of our students in all their various endeavours, and to witness the work of my colleagues going way beyond the call of duty to ensure that our students get the most out of their time here. Everyone on the staff is so smart and talented these days. Lucky for me I squeaked in when I did. Nowadays I wouldn’t stand a chance of being hired!” “I hope these videos help spread the word that St. Andrew’s College is a world-class institution, and a remarkable community – remarkable for its beauty, its intimacy and its achievement of excellence. I hope, too, that they’ll remind members of the Andrean community just how fortunate we all are to belong to such a place.” JIM MCGILLIVRAY Watch in 2011 for a second edition of Will’s exemplary and eminently readable history of St. Andrew’s, Not an Ordinary Place, first published in 1998. The Andrean 15

ew realize the ties between St. Andrew’s College and the liberation of Holland from Nazi Germany in 1945, but during the first week in May 2010, 22 members of the Pipes & Drums and five staff took a trip through history by participating in the celebrations of the 65th anniversary of Liberation Week in The Netherlands. During the spring of 1945, the Canadian First Army drove the faltering German army from Holland, which had been overrun in four short days early in 1940. Among the many Canadian regiments seeing action was the 48th Highlanders of Canada. On May 5, 1945, after threatening to flood the country by blowing up many of the dykes (much of Holland is reclaimed land lying below sea level), the Germans agreed to withdraw if the Canadians would cease pursuit. This was “Liberation Day,” and the Dutch have celebrated the entire week every year since. Major celebrations are funded by the Dutch government every five years. Canadian veterans are nothing short of heroes to the Dutch. Canadians were their liberators, and Canadian flags nearly outnumber Dutch flags during Liberation week. This year was the 65th anniversary of these celebrations, and through both good research and good fortune, the St. Andrew’s College Pipes & Drums were given a rare opportunity to join in. May 4 was the Dutch Remembrance Day, and the Pipes & Drums joined a contingent of Canadian students and Dutch citizens on a ‘Silent March’ through the streets of Apeldoorn, which in 1945 was the centre of fighting. Following a Divine Service in a local church, the band led the congregation to a memorial cenotaph, where the Mayor and other dignitaries laid wreaths to honour those who fell during the Nazi occupation. It was here that the emotional impact of the week became apparent. Since

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Pride

The band’s first duty in Holland was a “Silent March” through Apeldoorn

Commitment Liberation Tour a living history book for young cadets By JIM MCGILLIVRAY Howard Seto

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Jim McGillivray David Brown

(Top) Crowds were impressive at the Liberation Day parade in Wangeningen (Bottom) Three Brown brothers – Alex ‘12, Jordan ‘14 & Michael ‘10 – pause at the 48th Highlanders’ graves at Holten Canadian War Cemetery.

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most of the May 4 service was conducted in Dutch, it was more of a contemplative time for Canadians, who actually made up most of the congregation. The service was punctuated by several organ interludes. During the first of these, it dawned on those present after a few seconds that the organist was actually playing a very subdued version of the Canadian national anthem. There may have been some confusion among the Canadians about whether this actually was “O Canada” or a Dutch hymn that had adapted the same melody. However, as the tune progressed, the words of the anthem could be heard swelling gently among the Canadians present. The tune ended, but the organist immediately rolled into a second time through the piece, this time with increased volume and a more stately flavour. The visitors responded en masse, and within a few seconds, all Canadians rose spontaneously to their feet, proudly singing the anthem in response to the Dutch tribute. A third time through the piece followed, and the voices continued unabated. It was an unexpected and moving moment, and not all eyes in the church were dry by the end, as the appreciation of the people of Holland became palpable to the descendants of their liberators. Liberation Day in Wangeningen

The treaty ending the Canadian advance was signed in the town of Wangeningen in 1945, and on Wednesday, May 5, the band participated in the parade of their lives, as 100,000 spectators lined the winding 80-minute

parade route through town. Citizens crowded the route, sometimes 30 deep, as the band performed along with dozens of other bands from around the world to cheers, applause and flag-waving from the appreciative crowd. Bands included civilian pipe bands from Canada and the British Isles, as well as professional military brass and reed bands, such as the Royal Marines. The boys got to meet and speak with members of the 48th Highlanders of Holland, a Dutch tribute band that honours the Pipes & Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada. Never before had these young pipers and drummers experienced such attention and adulation. Dressed in full Highland dress with feather bonnets, scarlet jackets, spats and tartan plaids, they received endless cheers and applause, and were targets of thousands of cameras, including those of a large group of band parents who saw the tour as a great opportunity for a memorable Holland experience. By this time, the boys had nearly recovered from jet lag incurred on the Sunday night trip, but the busy schedule still made for many nodding heads on the bus during travel time to and from the Harskemp Military Barracks, where the band was housed. Apeldoorn, Wilp and Voorst

The band’s fifth day in Holland was its third performing day, and a busy day it was: breakfast at 7:00 a.m., then dressed and on the bus by 8:45 for a trip to the Apeldoorn City Hall, where they played a choreographed marching performance for a civic gathering of Canadian veterans hosted by the Mayor of Apeldoorn. Then it was on to a small country church in the town of Wilp, on the Ijssel River, where the Canadians had crossed on their way to Apeldoorn in 1945. A plaque at the church commemorates Col. Donald MacKenzie, the 48th Lieutenant Colonel killed at age 30, along

with 20 other members of the regiment during the advance to Apeldoorn. Five remaining 48th veterans had made the trip and were honoured in a memorial service. The band performed on the lawn outside the church while the veterans and congregation moved outside to lay a wreath honouring the late Colonel and the battle. It was a touching moment for all. The band closed the proceedings with “Highland Laddie,” the regimental march of the 48th Highlanders, and the stooped but proud veterans of the fighting in Apeldoorn snapped to attention and saluted upon hearing ‘their’ tune. The bus then took the band and the vets to Twello to view the small monument on the river where the crossing took place. An interesting bus trip it was, as the vets could be overheard sharing remembrances of the battle with each other. “All this countryside was covered with smoke,” said one.

“All these farmhouses were ablaze because the Germans set them on fire as they retreated!” From here, the bus full of bandsmen, veterans and the mayor of Voorst, proceeded to a reception for the vets at nearby Voorst, where the band played another performance for the vets and all those in attendance, including many Canadians. By this point in the week, the already cohesive band began to really understand their mission. They began to exhibit a level of pride and commitment that simply can’t be taught at a band practice. Seeing some of the great professional military bands rehearsing at the barracks, and seeing with what respect and reverence the people of Holland paid homage to Canadians, the boys showed more pride in the uniform and its myriad of details than ever before. They became a self-sufficient unit

in terms of discipline, each keeping the other in line, and each helping the other to make sure the band could hold its own among far more experienced units and be a source of pride to ‘our’ very personable group of 48th veterans. Holten Canadian War Cemetery

While not as spectacular as the big liberation parade, the fourth performing day was a different kind of highlight. The band visited the Canadian War Cemetery near Holten, where 1,800 Canadian war dead are buried, including 20 members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada. The streets of Holten were lined with banners and posters showing a red maple leaf encircled in the heart in red, white and blue (Holland’s colours) above the words “We’ll never forget.” Such tributes to Canada appeared around every corner during the seven-day trip.

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the service clearly demonstrated their appreciation. The verdant, tiered Holten cemetery is often regarded as the most beautiful of the Canadian War Cemeteries in Europe. The sight of the scarlets, the sound of the pipes and drums on this dreary day, and the presence of the veterans are memories that will long reside with the boys. All in attendance (including their teachers) were struck by the reverence with which these teenagers each laid a rose on the graves of boys who 65 years ago were only a couple of years older than they were. These young men will not see war the same way again.

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The VE Day Parade: Apeldoorn

The Pipes & Drums pause with the 48th Highlanders’ veterans after the Remembrance Day ceremony at Holten Canadian War Cemetery.

On an overcast but comfortable day, the band was joined by the 48th veterans, their families and friends, as well as Dutch students who make it their duty to maintain the large and impeccably-kept cemetery. The Pipes & Drums sounded full and vibrant as they played several numbers in the cemetery, while the 200 or so visitors in attendance walked the rows and read inscriptions on headstones. A brief service of remembrance was followed by a moment’s silence, broken in the traditional fashion by the lament, “Flowers of the Forest,” played by the entire band. The informal service closed as it opened, with veterans at attention, while the band played the Regimental march, “Highland Laddie.” Twenty boys in the band were then each given a rose which they laid on the graves of the 20 fallen 48th Highlanders, and then the whole band posed with the vets for a memorable photo in front of the cemetery’s main monument. The boys were quite overwhelmed as each 20 Fall 2010

of the 200-300 visitors and tourists in attendance seemed to find a camera, vying for their own shot of the spectacular scene. Finally, the band formed two honour lines and played “Scotland the Brave” and “The Black Bear,” while the tearful vets exited between the lines and made their way to their bus. For most, if not all, of these old warriors, this will be their final farewell to the resting place of their comrades and the scenes of their last battles. Over the past decades, many St. Andrew’s students and pipers have visited Canadian war cemeteries in Belgium and France, but this was the first time the entire Pipes & Drums had performed in such a setting with actual 48th Highlanders’ veterans in attendance. The front rank of pipers carried drone banners presented to the 48th Highlanders’ Pipes & Drums during 50th anniversary celebrations in 1995 and loaned to the boys for this occasion. The effect was stirring, and the thanks offered by the veterans after

The tour closed in fine fashion with the band parading through Apeldoorn on Sunday, May 9 for the 65th Victory in Europe Day parade. Though a shorter march, the crowd was almost certainly larger than the 100,000 in Wangeningen on Wednesday. There are no barriers on the wide Apeldoorn downtown avenues, so the crowd moved in from the sides, leaving a corridor barely big enough for a band five across to wind through. Canadian flags were everywhere and lots of “Thank-you Boys!” signs from the locals recalled the 1945 Canadian miracle. The boys were a long time getting back onto the bus as the locals passing by on their way home from the huge parade insisted on having photos with them in uniform. They felt like rock stars, but they behaved like soldiers. And thus a trip through the history books ended as 22 dedicated Cadet musicians “felt dawn and saw sunset glow” for a week amidst tributes to the long-remembered heroism of their countrymen. They came away with a part of history in their hearts, with a love of country, and with a respect for the sacrifice of others that simply cannot be imparted in a classroom. JIM MCGILLIVRAY

Brotherhood

Erin Hogue

Greater Than Self

It is something special, something unique and something to belong to.

It is the Andrean Brotherhood. No matter where they are or how they got there, Old Boys of St. Andrew’s are formidably linked together. Today’s students, and youngest members of our brotherhood, make us proud of our School and proud to give back.

Support the Brotherhood. Support St. Andrew’s.

The SAC Annual Fund appeal was mailed recently. Please return your donation card by mail or visit www.sac.on.ca/online-giving.asp Thank you for your ongoing support!

Jerome Student Writes Book About Coping

Prefect Jerome Biroo ‘11 published a book in August about coming to terms with the death of his mother six years ago. St. Andrew’s hosted his official book launch on October 14th in the Memorial Chapel where Jerome introduced his book

Chances: A Teen Reshapes his Life after the Death of a Parent, first to the Upper School students and then to the Middle School students, parents, special guests and members of the media. Following the event, Jerome signed copies of his book and took questions from the media in the Staunton Gallery. Copies of

Chances are available for $20 in the Campus Shop. Jerome is donating 10% of all proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Stephen Kimmerer

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Overcoming Hardship:

Biroo

with the Loss of a Parent

father once told me that life was like the ocean. Usually, the water is still and easy to swim through. In fact, wading your way through the gentle waters can be enjoyable and relaxing. Yet, there will be times where the water will not be as calm as you had expected. Every now and then, the water will be rough and difficult to swim through. When you fight to swim against the current, you will feel a great deal of fear and begin to worry about sinking beneath the waves around you. However, if you decide to calm down, avoid fear, and work through the rough waters, you’ll find that you’re able to stay afloat. Instead of spending your energy panicking and doubting yourself, you’ll be able to continue swimming with confidence and peacefully return to shore. In many ways, this analogy effectively describes our lives as a whole, regardless of who we are and what experiences we will face. All of us will experience difficult times, and grieving the loss of a loved one is certainly a time of adversity. However, if we try to fight or deny what has happened in life, we risk letting ourselves be drowned by our problems. Instead, we should strive to accept the rough times, and swim through them with confidence. This is exactly what this book is aimed at trying to help you achieve. Although this may just be a collection of pages and ink, the reality is that each chapter was devoted to guiding you toward peace during a difficult time. By exploring ideas like acceptance, hope and perseverance, you will have taken the first steps to becoming a person of hope and inspiration. After all that you have endured, the truth is that all it takes is some guidance and courage to pull yourself out of the rough waters of life. However, despite how simple and sensible this truth may seem, I must admit I have only come to accept it recently. While it makes sense to approach a problem with honesty, this idea was lost to me after my mother died. At the time, I told myself that overcoming adversity would be impossible, and I couldn’t find the courage to actually confront my problems. Instead, I chose to spend five years of my life running from them.

Immediately following the event, Jerome joined his public speaking coach, David Kyle, and fellow SAC debaters, Justin Moryto ’12 and Sam Finan ’12, for a trip to Ottawa, where he competed in the 2010 International Independent Schools Public Speaking Competition (IISPSC) at Ashbury College. He placed 9th overall out of more than 160 gifted competitors, 2nd overall among all Ontario students, and 6th overall within the large Canadian presence, which included nearly as many British Columbia schools as Ontario entrants, as well as schools from Alberta and Manitoba. Jerome and six other Canadians (five girls and one boy) have earned the privilege of representing Canada at next year’s World Public Speaking Championships in Australia!

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Crossing the A Story of Boys Standing Up

for Their Rights

the spring of 1952, Vincent Massey, Class of 1906, had just been installed as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was three months into her reign as Queen of England. The Korean War was still being fought, and the Canadian Men’s hockey team had just won gold at the Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Meanwhile, at St. Andrew’s campus, a popular topic of conversation among the students was food. And not because it was tasty; according to some, “it was inedible … we lived on bread and milk.” Many Old Boys recollect that meals often consisted of ‘mystery meat,’ over-cooked vegetables, powdered eggs and cold cuts, often referred to as a ‘poor man’s diet’. The students complained to whoever would listen, and eventually, they persuaded the Ladies Guild to launch an investigation. The outcome: the food was perfectly fine for them to eat. Exasperated, the boys decided to launch a protest, which was organized by a few strong characters and communicated via word of mouth. A handful of boys, however, chose not to participate: no-one from Macdonald House (Lower School) took part, as they were too young, and athletes played their scheduled games. Nevertheless, just before dinner one spring

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evening in 1952, 100 students in #1 dress lined up by platoon on the lower fields. The students decided to march up to the Headmaster’s House and demand an audience. March they did, straight up to the Quad, where they stood at ease, while one brave soul knocked on Headmaster Ketchum’s door. Upon opening the door and seeing 100 boys in formation, the Headmaster leapt to the ground skipping over all five front steps. He demanded to know what the boys thought they were doing.

“We are here to protest the inedible food, sir,” said student spokesman Paul (Beefy) Esson ’53. “No one believes us, yet the food for the Masters’ table is different from ours.” When the Headmaster asked who had organized this protest, all 100 boys stepped forward in unison. At this point, the Headmaster selected 10 boys he thought might be responsible. The 10 were called into his office one-by-one that evening. Dr. Ketchum soon realized that the scheme had been organized primarily by two students: Beefy Esson ’53 and

Rubicon “Every Master knew the food was inferior, and since virtually the entire Upper School was united on this protest, they felt they had to do something.” his roommate, the late Andy Crosbie ’53. Dr. Ketchum called both boys in and told them that he would be phoning their parents to inform them of their son’s expulsion. The two boys informed the Headmaster that they had already phoned their parents that evening, and that their parents supported this protest, as the boys had been complaining to them about the food for months. Knowing that the boys had their parents’ support, the Headmaster agreed to launch a second investigation. He discovered that of the

food prepared in the dining hall, only 10% was of good quality, the rest was sold out the back door or the money was used to purchase lower quality food to be served to the boys. Further inquiry revealed that the money saved was being appropriated by certain kitchen staff. Why hadn’t this been revealed after the Ladies Guild’s investigation? Perhaps the investigation had been announced in advance, giving kitchen staff ample time to prepare a fine meal on that particular day. On that fateful day, SAC students bravely confronted authority. “We knew we were being had and weren’t going to take it anymore,” explained Beefy. Like Julius Caesar’s decision to cross the Rubicon, the students’ decision to protest was a risky course of action. While Headmaster Ketchum and his Administration were not happy, they perhaps respected the peaceful and diplomatic process the students followed to ensure their voices were heard. According to Beefy, “Every Master knew the food was inferior, and since virtually the entire Upper School was united on this protest, they felt they had to do something.” The food was indisputably better the following year. Story told by Paul (Beefy) Esson ’53 As recalled by several other members of the Class of ’52 and ’53

Dining at St. Andrew’s Today Nutritious Fare Served Daily Grace Wyvill, Manager of Food Services, and her very talented dining staff have completely revolutionized the nutritional content and culinary offerings at St. Andrew’s since her arrival in 2007. Students are now offered a wide range of cuisine choices. Breakfast includes a choice of hot or cold cereals, farm fresh eggs, fresh fruit and assorted fruit muffins. Lunch and dinner offerings typically include a choice of pasta, meat or fish dish, vegetarian selection, fresh soup, freshly steamed vegetables, fruit salad, and an impressive salad bar. SAC is a recipient of the York Regional Eat Smart Award in recognition of its high standards in food safety and nutritional offerings. This province-wide program is in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society and the Heart & Stroke Foundation. “The food at St. Andrew’s offers a wide variety of meals from different cultures and backgrounds,” explains Head Prefect Chris Adams-McGavin ’11. “The most appealing aspect is all the choice available beyond the specific meal being served, whether it is the salad bar, sandwiches, soup, or fruit, there are always options. This is my first year experiencing breakfast and dinner every day, and this is up to the same standard as lunch. A new personal favorite is Wednesday’s ‘theme night’ dinner. On top of all this, all the options are healthy and lead to a balanced diet.” Other nutritional changes include: a school-wide ‘no pop’ rule; Macdonald House students are not permitted to order fast food from Monday to Thursday inclusive. Instead, a healthy evening snack, known as ‘Mac Snack’, is in place from Monday through Thursday to offer our young, growing, adolescent students nutritious options after study (8:30 – 9:00 pm) in the Great Hall.

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SASSAW 2010 Namibia, Botswana and Zambia By MARK SERVICE

Recess at the Fransfontein Primary School

For three weeks this past August, 20 students, two Old Boy chaperones, and three teachers travelled to Namibia, Botswana and Zambia for the 8th Annual St. Andrew’s Society for Service Around the World (SASSAW) trip. Each SASSAW trip has three distinct components: a community service project, a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition, and a cultural tour.

“Our trip to Namibia was not just a remarkable experience; it was not just a way for us to work and improve the lives of students there. It was a trip where we learned more about ourselves than we ever could at home; it was a trip where we learned to be ourselves.” Austin Almadi ’12

Community Service

Nick Mulder '11

During a five-day community service project at the Fransfontein Primary School in rural Namibia, the St. Andrew’s group painted and renovated six classroom blocks. They also had time to play games with the children during recess and after school each day, as well as to distribute a large quantity of donated clothing, school supplies, toys, and dental kits that were provided by the boys and their parents. “I know that I helped make life a bit better in a place where there is little hope, but I’m also grateful as the children I worked with have forever changed me.” Christopher Ho ’11 26 Fall 2010

“It has been four years since my time at St. Andrew’s. After leaving the School, for what I thought would be the last time, I forgot what it meant to be an Andrean. Being with the boys and the teachers as an Old Boy chaperone on this trip reminded me of how tight the SAC community is and how important it has been for me.” Tyler Munro ’06

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition The second leg of the adventure involved a four-day hiking expedition in the Kalahari Desert. Over the first three days, the boys spent a great deal of time learning how to use a map and compass to navigate in the desert, and they practiced planning and prepping for an expedition. This was in preparation for a 24 km challenge trek they completed entirely on their own on the fourth day of the adventure. On the third afternoon, the boys were given a map and 24 grid references, as well as a short briefing. After that, it was up to them to plan their entire solo trek. After choosing a group leader, the boys divided into teams including navigation, first aid, water, lunch prep and breakfast teams, and they got down to work planning their journey. “This experience truly opened my eyes to a place about which I had no previous knowledge. Experiencing a variety of different cultures and working as part of a cohesive group allowed me to gain a new appreciation for the world around me, and I can say with confidence that it changed my life.” Richard Occhipinti ’11

Zambian side of Victoria Falls

“Namibia was really life changing. At the end of the community service week I had an old paint-stained shirt that I no longer needed or wanted, so I gave it to one of the kids. As I did, I saw his eyes light up; he put it on and ran around showing it off to everyone. Seeing how happy that boy was over an old shirt made me realize how lucky I am to live in Canada and to go to such a great school. It makes you think about how much we take for granted.” Vikram Kahlon ’11

“The Namibia trip was one of the highlights of my time at SAC thus far. The most memorable experience for me was the hike across difficult terrain in the Kalahari Desert, and being surrounded by a herd of elephants one night at our campsite.” Steven Sirbovan ’11

Safari: Namibia to Zambia For the final leg of the journey, the group embarked on a safari through Namibia, Botswana and into Zambia. Highlights included a sunset boat cruise on the Chobe River, seeing a leopard during a morning game drive in Chobe National Park, white water rafting on the Zambezi River, and viewing the spectacular Victoria Falls. The Andrean 27

Profile Scott Jolliffe ‘69

At the Helm in a Burgeoning Legal Field

You might expect that an Old Boy who served as both Head Prefect and Commanding Officer of the #142 Highland Cadet Corps might be destined for a position of leadership. But Scott Jolliffe ’69 has outdone even himself in this respect. In 2008, Scott was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson LLP, the largest law firm in Canada. Gowlings employs 725 lawyers and a support staff of more than 1,200 in seven offices in Canada, the UK and Russia. The firm specializes in business law, litigation and intellectual property (patent, trademark, copyright, industrial design, technology and trade secrets). This choice of careers may seem like a departure for a student who attended the University of Toronto to study chemical engineering. However, as Scott recounts, it was the St. Andrew’s network that encouraged this fortuitous leap. “My roommate all through St. Andrew’s was Gordon Henderson ’69, who has gone on to great success as a TV producer,” Scott recalls: “I did a lot of theatre at SAC [he won the Mainprize Theatre Arts Award in his graduating year] and was teetering between studying Drama at York University or Chemical Engineering at U of T.” “Gordon’s father, also Gordon, convinced me that combining a scientific degree with law might make for a successful marriage of disciplines. And of course, my father, (the late) Ross Jolliffe ’42, who was from a fairly strict and traditional background, much preferred to see his son pursue a career in engineering or law rather than acting.” Mr. Henderson hired Scott as a summer student at the Ottawa firm in 1975 and as a full-time associate lawyer in intellectual property in 1978. The die was cast, and Scott never looked back, moving to Toronto when the firm opened an office there in 1980 and becoming its managing partner in 1996. The 2008 appointment to CEO was, in fact, a change of title rather than of responsibilities. He has been at the helm for 14 years. Scott says that it is the combination of technology and law that holds appeal for him, and that the field has grown exponentially since he began in the 1980s. “With the tremendous growth in computers and technology in the latter part of the 20th century, a nearly new discipline has evolved in law,” he says. “Intellectual property – ideas and concepts – these are 28 Fall 2010

Scott (left) with his brother Eric ’76, York Regional Police Chief and a member of the SAC Board of Directors since 2006 (Below) Scott and wife Robynn hike in Glencoe, in the Scottish Highlands

the bricks and mortar of much of the business world today.” The firm’s move to Russia started when the old Soviet regime was still in place, and today the Moscow office is one of the top three intellectual property law firms in Russia, employing 20 lawyers, all but one of whom are Russian. The firm also has an office in London, England, specializing in power generation and nuclear energy. (Scott notes that former SAC Board Chair Brian Armstrong ’61, now at Bruce Nuclear in southern Ontario, is a Gowlings alumnus.) Another office in China may be on the near horizon as well. Needless to say, the demands of such a position leave Scott limited time outside of the profession, though he and wife Robynn travel quite a bit, and Scott makes a determined point of walking 85 minutes to and from the office in downtown Toronto each day. The couple has two grown children. JIM MCGILLIVRAY

Profile Tony Wong ‘70

Creating Personal Ties in a Very Intimate Business

When Tony Wong ’70 graduated from Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier) with a degree in Economics in 1973 and entered the somewhat impersonal world of corporate banking, little did he realize that eventually he would spend his life in what he now calls one of the most ‘personal’ businesses there is: tailoring. “I’m very fortunate to have very high-profile people come to me for suits,” he notes. “We have diplomats, politicians and celebrities coming in for fittings, including, for example, CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson, who ended up putting me on Canadian TV. These are the kinds of people you’re lucky if you can get a 15-minute appointment with, but I spend an hour with them measuring them and chatting with Tony and Lloyd Robertson of them while engaged in a very intimate activity. CTV News “It’s quite remarkable what you discuss with people during that very private time while they are dressing and undressing for you. I know it sounds funny, By this time, Tony had taken over his father’s business and but I love to talk, and you can create quite a remarkable tailoring became his life. relationship in that time.” “There were some difficult times back then,” he recalls. Tailoring was most certainly in Tony’s blood from the start “But honestly, the St. Andrew’s credo of “Quit ye like in his Hong Kong home. His father was a tailor and importer men, be strong” really served me well. I learned a fighting, of English suiting fabric, but after university in Ontario, never-say-die spirit during my SAC years that has never Tony joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and left me, and that has helped me get through a lot.” then moved to Confederation Life. Those corporations kept Today, Tony has four significant women in his life – his him busy until 1979, when his dad persuaded him to come wife Mary and their two grown daughters, and his mother, back and join the family business. This lasted for a year who sent him to SAC – in Hong Kong, the gateway to China. before he went out and started his own garment enterprise. Tony sees more and more Canadians and SAC families Business was good and he secured contracts from airline visiting China, and he is happy to hear from any and all at companies and the U.S. Navy, while still doing more perwmfss@biznetvigator.net. sonal work with a clientele that included U.S. Senators and “The St. Andrew’s network is a fantastic network” he Congressmen. During this time he also became involved in says. “I get visits now from younger Andreans, the children an outdoor furniture business with his sister in China. “This of people I went to school with. Sure, I get some business was quite different from the garment business,” he says. “We out of it, but what I really enjoy is the talk. I’m proud to be went from a staff of 15 to 1,200 in a year. We might have a a part of that community, and I really enjoy those visits. $1.6 million contract for a single chair, which is quite differRight back to my early days with Judge Ferguson, my legal ent from making one suit for one person.” Unfortunately, the guardian who helped me at SAC and who instilled so many Chinese industrial boom of the 1980s created a glut of lowCanadian values in me. Those years never leave you.” quality competition and they decided to sell that enterprise. JIM MCGILLIVRAY The Andrean 29

Profile Steve Dengler ‘87 & Beric Farmer ‘87

Currency Giant XE.com Built on Friendship, Perseverance

In 1993, Beric Farmer ’87 and Steve Dengler ’87, joined forces to start a business. They weren’t sure what this business would be, but away they went. Shortly thereafter, they put a simple currency conversion program (what we’d now call an ‘App’) onto their website as a way to demonstrate to potential consulting clients how websites can be dynamic rather than just provide static information. Little did they know that more than a decade later, based on that simple program, they would be heading the most popular currency site on the Internet – and one of the busiest websites in the world – with the most convenient and most inexpensive currency payment service in the world of finance. Many readers have probably used XE.com simply to convert from one currency to another. But they also allow you to make payments in a foreign currency or transfer money between bank accounts held in different currencies. It’s easy to set up, and very convenient for those making payments internationally. Beric and Steve met in grade 9 at St. Andrew’s and have been fast friends ever since. This friendship, plus their perseverance and “eyes-wide-open” policy has been a winning combination ever since their XE.com conversion site hit the Internet. They have grown surely and steadily, though, they admit, cautiously. That caution has been fortuitous, keeping them afloat during the dot-com crash of 2000 when many good firms like theirs went under. Talkative, personable and enthusiastic about what they do, their story is best told through their own words, with excerpts from a two-and-a-half hour interview conducted in October 2010. On the birth of XE.com STEVE: In 1995, ’96, ’97, the Internet was starting to reach critical mass. We were doing websites for some people at the time, but everyone was just using a static page: one page of information, then another page of information. We wanted to show people that these pages could actually do something. We thought: maybe a currency converter. So we made one, put it up, and right away it started getting used. We were Netscape affiliate partners back when Netscape was a big deal. We got onto their “What’s Cool” list. From that point on we started experiencing tremendous growth. 30 Fall 2010

On the quiet popularity of the site: STEVE: Everybody out there who needs to know about currency knows our site, but I don’t think there is an appreciation that practically everyone else also knows the site. You might use it, and Fred and Bill might use it, but you’re not all aware that you all use it. We’re now solid near a rank of 355 globally, which means there are only 354 sites on the Internet that get used more than we do.

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There are only 354 sites on the Internet that get used more than we do.

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On the keys to the growth of XE.com STEVE: Really, what was important was just the ability to get in and get involved and stay involved, because we simply didn’t have a business model. We used to joke that one day our company would be nothing but currency services. Pretty soon that became less and less of a joke until one day that’s the way it was. That progression from nothing to everything happened from 1993 to maybe 2000. Seven years, that’s a long time. Really, it’s all about what they call entrepreneurial spirit. Not any one particular skill – just staying in the game, keeping your eyes open and making yourself useful. BERIC: I don’t think I would have thought of it in these terms back then, but more just a desire to succeed. You decide to start this business, so, first, it means you’re willing to work hard. Second, you care about doing a good job, and, third, you keep your eyes open. You look, and you realize when something is not working. You realize when something might be a good opportunity. One huge part of it was the decision to get involved in the Internet, which was just becoming commercialized. That part of things ended up exploding very rapidly. It was a very forgiving industry to be in at that time, because you could make mistakes and still grow and succeed.

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Steve and Beric stand at the entance to XE.com world headquarters in Newmarket

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On protecting the XE.com market share BERIC: We have people who come to our site because they have known about us for 15 years. It’s hard for a competitor to overcome that habit alone. The way Internet businesses gain an audience now is to advertise, and it would probably cost millions and millions of dollars to try and develop an audience of our size from scratch.... There are larger players who could make a dent in what we have though. So part of what we are trying to do is to build up our community – a very large group of people who use our site all the time. You have to build that from scratch. You can’t just buy that community. On the role of their friendship in building a successful business STEVE: People say, “Oh, luck doesn’t play a role in business strategy.” Luck doesn’t play the only role in business, but it’s in there. I mean, you turn left instead of right, you meet a person or you don’t meet a person. But it takes a lot more than luck. First of all: the friendship between me and Beric. Our friendship has been in many ways the cornerstone

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People say, “Oh, luck doesn’t play a role in business strategy.” Luck doesn’t play the only role in business, but it’s in there.

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of the business, just because you always know that no matter how bad something gets – and things have gotten pretty bad over the years – you know you have someone who is going to be there. They’re going to be honest with you; they’re going to be supportive. Or conversely, if you’re making a mistake, they’re not going to be afraid to say, “I don’t think this is what we should be doing.” Over the lifetime of the business, that’s an incredibly positive factor that can’t be replicated by just taking two strangers and starting a business together. On the importance of remaining independent in growing the business STEVE: We were looking one day at the business – at this point it was just the two of us, right? We had two guys and we had the world’s largest currency website. We used to joke, “At what other point in history could two guys have the biggest anything?” Even the world’s biggest ball of string would take at least a dozen people to roll, right? Beric came in and said, “Look at the money we’re making. We could just go home 32 Fall 2010

and collect cheques.” Funny thing was, it wasn’t too long after that – around 2000 – that the bottom just dropped out of the market. We were very lucky because we never had any outside financing or anything like that. We were completely bootstrapped and organically grown. Nobody was hovering over us saying, “No, no, I need profitability two quarters or three quarters from now!” So when the bottom fell out of the market we hadn’t grown to rely on that money to pay investors. Other companies had. When the crash came, lots of other good companies were gone. On turning a small company into a big company BERIC: For years we didn’t have to manage people. When you’re a small company, everybody knows what’s happening, so you don’t have to make any intentional effort to make sure that’s the case. Everybody just knows. As you grow, you start realizing, “I can’t take that for granted anymore. I actually have to make an effort to ensure that everyone understands what’s going on, what we’re trying to achieve, make sure everyone is on the same page.” You have to start consciously ensuring that important things are communicated, and realize that while it’s great to have more resources to get things done, continuing to develop the business now requires paying attention to the people side of things within your company. On maintaining balance when you run a booming business BERIC: It’s very good that I got married and had a family. It keeps me from just working all the time, because I easily could. When I get my teeth into a problem I tend to be very tenacious and just hammer away at it until it’s solved. But when you have kids and a wife, there’s something else in your life that is very rewarding and enjoyable. Plus, you realize that you have a role to play and you have to be there. And so, at the end of the work day, you’re much more likely to say, “Okay, it’s time to go home.” If I were single, I think I’d work much longer days than I do. And I’m not sure that would be good for me. Today, XE.com operates with 20 employees in a Newmarket office that is doubling its floor space in anticipation of things to come. The company is in hiring mode as new possibilities in the global marketplace bloom. Steve lives in Woodbridge, about 35 minutes away, with his wife and two sons, ages 6 and 3. Beric lives in Newmarket with his wife, a son 11 and a daughter 8. Their new business cards call them “The World’s Favourite Currency Site,” and include seven words Beric and Steve have heard more than any other: “I use your site all the time!” To read the entire interview with Steve Dengler and Beric Farmer, and to learn more about the fascinating ascension of XE.com, go to www.sac.on.ca JIM MCGILLIVRAY

St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College

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Contents 36 Message from the Chairman, Board of Directors 37 Message from the Chairman, SAC Foundation 38 Headmaster’s Prize Day Speech 41 Kent Leslie ’10 Valedictory Remarks 42 How is SAC Funded? 43 Foundation Statement of Operations 44 Summary of Endowed Funds 45 Memorial Awards 47 Donor Listings 53 SAC Charitable Giving 54 Parents Guild 55 New Appointments

Geoff George

56 Board of Directors & Foundation Trustees

“St. Andrew’s College is a place like no other. It is a place where

anything is possible, whether it be on the sports field, in the classroom, or on the dramatic stage. It is a place that unites all who strive for excellence. But most importantly, it is

a brotherhood that unites

us all regardless of our ethnic background, social status or educational prowess. As Andreans,

we stand proud.

Proud of who we are today and who we aspire to be in

the future.”

Arun Partridge ’11, Prefect, Pipe Major, 1st Soccer, Captain 1st Nordic Skiing

Message from the Chairman Board of Directors

As I write this note, I am struck by the significance of this new role in which I find myself. I am truly honoured and humbled by the confidence my fellow directors have shown in electing me to chair the Board of this great institution. I thank them for their confidence and will do my best to ensure their experience on the Board is worthwhile, engaging and enjoyable. All members of the Andrean community owe a debt of gratitude to Jeff Chisholm for his fine leadership over the past five years. With Jeff’s steady hand on the tiller, the School has been able to navigate through this generation’s worst economic conditions. Today, the School has a masterful leadership team, enjoys the largest enrollment in its history, is financially strong with its targeted 15% reserve, is backstopped by a Many great things are happening growing Foundation, and enjoys a high approval at our School; however we need rating from students and parents. Jeff, thank you to be mindful of potential dark for all you have done for clouds on the horizon. St. Andrew’s College. Speaking of leadership, we are blessed to have Kevin McHenry lead our School. In his first year, along with his wife Karan, Kevin has been a tireless promoter, travelling the world connecting with Old Boys, parents and prospective parents. This is required more today than at any time in the past, as the competition for students from the rapidly growing list of independent schools intensifies. As Kevin has embraced this activity, he has maintained all his other responsibilities including getting to know his students. This has made for a very full schedule. Many great things are happening at our School; however, we need to be mindful of potential dark clouds on the horizon. With the increasing number of competitive schools, the challenging economic times demanding solid evidence of SAC’s value proposition, and the evolving parent 36 Winter 2010

perspective of no longer sending their sons away to school, we need to be diligent in our strategic planning to ensure our future success. For the past year, the Board and Leadership Team have been engaged in the strategic planning process. To those who have provided input through our forums and questionnaires, I thank you. Our objective is to approve our 2011-2016 Strategic Plan in the first quarter of 2011. What I can tell you from the input we have received so far is that our mission of devoting ourselves to ‘the development of the complete man, the well-rounded citizen’ is as valid today as ever. It is clear we need to maintain our traditions of being a boys’ school, of continuing the Cadet program, and of ensuring regular chapel. You will hear more about the strategic plan in the near future. You may be aware that we are reviewing our facilities and gauging the potential support for a Campus Master Plan II initiative. This is taking place in order to address our 98% classroom utilization challenge, the lack of space for all students and faculty to gather in one location, as well as the lack of quality space for music, drama, engineering/robotics, dining, and the need for a state-of-the-art artificial sports field and track facility. With our programs being recognized among the very best, it is time for us to determine how to upgrade our facilities to continue to be the best. Stay tuned for more information in early 2011. In closing, I would like to thank all parents and Old Boys for your support of our School. Your interest, dedication, time and financial support encourage our fine Faculty and Staff to be the very best they can be for the benefit of our students. The notion of an Andrean brotherhood is definitely alive and well. Michael G. Sifton ’79 Chairman, Board of Directors

Message from The Chairman SAC Foundation

The St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College Foundation receives donations of all types given to the School. Donations designated to support endowed scholarships, bursaries, prizes and awards are transferred to its Endowed Funds. These monies are invested and the proceeds are transferred to the School annually. The Foundation transfers all other donations to the College to support designated needs and capital projects. During the year ended June 30, 2010, the Foundation transferred $630,372 from the Endowed Funds to the School for scholarships and bursaries, and $265,364 for other designated needs. As at June 30, 2010, the Foundation had $21.3 million in Endowed Funds under administration. Each year, an amount equal to 4.5% of the market value of these Funds (based on a threeyear rolling average) is transferred to the School to support scholarships, bursaries and other endowed awards. During the last three years, the Foundation has transferred in excess of $2.4 million to the School for scholarships and bursaries. The Trustees of the Foundation are responsible for the oversight of the Endowed Funds, which are professionally managed by Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. The Funds have recovered from the significant downturn in the market in 2008 and 2009 so that at June 30, 2010, the Fund balances, net of additions and transfers to the School, totalled $21.3 million. This compares with $20.2 million as of June 30, 2009. Looking forward, the Trustees of the Foundation anticipate the generosity of its donors and prudent investment of the monies it receives will enable the College to increase the level of support for scholarships and bursaries, and contribute to a successful campaign to raise capital for the next phase of the Campus Master Plan.

During the last three years, the Foundation has transferred in excess of $2.4 million to the School for scholarships and bursaries.

John Rook â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 Chairman, SAC Foundation We welcome John as the new Chairman of the SAC Foundation. He has served as a Trustee since 1997. The Andrean 37

Headmaster’s 2010 Prize Day Speech I would like to wish a very warm welcome to all for this, the 111th Prize Day ceremony at St. Andrew’s College. Regardless of the distance you Kevin McHenry, at the 2010 have travelled to be here … it is wonderful to Prize Day event. have you with us at this special celebration of the Andrean community. As displayed by the many banners on the driveway to the campus, the theme for this school year is Pride. Today is the celebration that displays how proud we are as Andreans. This has been an exhilarating year for me, my wife Karan and our three children. I would like to thank the members of our graduating class for setting such a positive tone for the school year. On a daily basis, these 99 students have brought enthusiasm, commitment and a sense of pride to all areas of school life. In particular, thanks to Head Prefect, Kent Leslie ’10, Deputy Head Prefect, James Mildon ’10, and The Class of 2010 is a special the other eight Prefects collection of young men who for their tremendous leadership over the past are both tight-knit and very 10 months. They have set loyal to their school. the bar extremely high for the incoming Prefects, but I’m confident that this group will be up to the challenge. The Class of 2010 is a special collection of young men who are both tight-knit and very loyal to their school. Academically, this class has excelled. The latest report from our University Counselling Office indicates that our grads have won more than $1,000,000 in scholarship offers to universities in Canada, the United States and around the world. The average number of university offers per student is 4.4. Sixty percent of the class will attend university in Ontario, with The University of Western Ontario leading the charge. Fourteen boys will attend UWO next year; next is Queen’s with a total of 10 students. Twelve percent will attend out-ofprovince schools, and almost 20% of the class will attend university in the United States. The remainThis is an exerpt from the

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ing students will attend university overseas. In keeping with this very positive theme, I would like to take this opportunity to report briefly on the recent Parent Satisfaction and Engagement Survey that ended in April. I would like to thank everyone who participated. From the preliminary results, the 2010 survey indicated that 89% of parents have a high or very high level of satisfaction with St. Andrew’s. This is a 5% increase from the last survey conducted in 2007. There were huge increases in satisfaction in a number of areas, including the dining hall – I was hoping this would be the case, as we have doubled our per-meal cost in the dining hall. Obviously, this has been money well spent. I do want to share one other statistic that I found quite interesting … 98% of parents said that their sons enjoy going to school. This is great news, but that figure is hard even for me to believe! I would love to take all of the credit for this, but I know that it’s because of the people sitting behind me. The 2009-2010 school year would not have been as successful without the support of a number of individuals and groups. Thank you to the Board of Directors for their diligence and wisdom in many critical areas of school governance. When I was officially named Headmaster, one of the first things that I did was go to the current Chair of the Board, Mr. Jeffrey Chisholm, to ask him to stay on as Chair for an additional year. Mr. Chisholm had already completed his term as Chair, but he agreed to remain for my first year as Head. I have been extremely fortunate to have had such an experienced, intelligent and caring individual to support me throughout this school year. Mr. Chisholm was always accessible to me. He is an extremely humble individual and has been an absolutely wonderful mentor, confidant and friend to me this year. I would like you to join me in thanking Jeff for his service to St. Andrew’s College as Chair of the Board of Directors for the past five years. I am extremely pleased by the selection of Michael Sifton ’79 as the new Board Chair.

(Above) Headmaster Kevin McHenry presents the Headmaster’s Art Award to James Byun ‘10 (Gold), John C. Lee ‘10 (Silver), and Tony Yoon ‘10 (Bronze). Since 2001, the School has selected outstanding student art to become part of its permanent collection. From this year forward, SAC will proudly display three pieces of art work from each graduating class.

Stephen Kimmerer

(Left) Chair of the Board Michael Sifton ‘79 presents the Governor General’s Medal to Andrew Pitkin ’10, the graduating student with the highest standing for university entrance. Andrew’s final average was 97.7%. This prestigious award recognizes academic excellence among secondary school graduates across Canada.

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Michael is a graduate of St. Andrew’s, having attended from 1972-79. He has served as a member of the Board for the past 12 years. I have had the opportunity to get to know Michael much better during the past few years and I am thrilled that he has accepted the position as Chair of the SAC Board of Directors. [Michael will be profiled in the spring 2011 Andrean] It is my belief that St. Andrew’s has assembled one of the most experienced and visionary Leadership Teams of any school in Canada. Thank you to this tremendous group for your support and counsel. Also, thanks to our wonderfully dedicated faculty. It is the faculty who are on the front lines day in and day out. Their commitment to your sons and to this institution is second-to-none. Thank you, also, to the outstanding Administrative staff, Maintenance department, Grounds, Food Services, and Housekeeping for their commitment to excellence. Finally, a special thank you to my Executive Assistant, Gayle Petri, who has guided me through my first year. As you exit the front gates A couple of weeks ago, this afternoon – something Karan and I were happy to host more than 130 will have changed – you will volunteers at our home in be an Old Boy. appreciation of their collective efforts this year. Thank you to the Parents Guild Executive under the very capable leadership of Ludi Grant. Ludi’s diverse skill set and friendly personality have made her an ideal President this year. The Guild seems to be involved in everything at SAC, including playing a key role in last night’s wonderful Grad Dinner. Thanks to this very large group for their unwavering support of St. Andrew’s. I would like to make special mention of SAC’s Head of Visual Arts, Tino Paolini. Today marks the end of Tino’s 30th year at St. Andrew’s. I’m hoping that he will be here for another 30 years! I would like to end my first Prize Day address by sharing the words of one of our graduating students. Three days ago, I received a letter from a young man who has been an outstanding citizen as a boarding student for the past four years. He does, however, fly beneath the radar in many ways. He is quiet, unassuming and humble. I felt a strong sense of pride for St. Andrew’s College as I read the following letter:

Headmaster’s 2010 Prize Day Speech

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Dear Mr. McHenry, This year sees the culmination of my four years at St. Andrew’s College. Over this time I have grown into a completely different person. The things I have experienced and learned here are irreplaceable. What St. Andrew’s is to me, is a place in which people of many different races, cultures and personalities can develop together. This melting pot of attributes is what separates Andreans from other high school students. Every student is involved in something outside of class, and it is this atmosphere that drives people to be outgoing. It is the norm to stay late after school, and it is odd if you don’t. This school is truly great. The facilities are excellent and the community is ideal for fostering good traits. But the most important thing I will take from this school is the close friends I have made. They have had more influence on me than all of my experiences combined. I have found if you want to be somebody, you should seek out those who represent themselves in a similar way. Thank you for helping support me through my final year at St. Andrew’s. I know I can make a difference in the world. This place sets you up for changing people’s lives, and I intend to do just that. John Cherian ’10

To the Class of 2010, I cannot think of better words with which to send you on your way. Hold on dearly to the opportunities and experiences St. Andrew’s has given to you. May your journey in life to be the complete man, the well-rounded citizen, be a little easier because you are fortunate enough to call yourself an Andrean. As you exit the front gates this afternoon – something will have changed – you will be an Old Boy. Congratulations to each and every one of you. Please be sure to keep in touch with your school! Thank you. KEVIN MCHENRY

Kent Leslie ’10 Valedictory Remarks

Kim Sillcox

I speak today on behalf of the Class of 2010, a great group of guys through and through. For us, today can best be described as contradictory, very bittersweet. We’re happy to be leaving for the summer, sad to be leaving our friends; excited to be leaving high school to head to University, sad to be leaving St. Andrew’s College; excited to be meeting girls, sad to be leaving the boys. It is ironic that after seven years of the SAC experience, it is on this final day that I truly understand. The journey we complete today was certainly not a solo voyage. We have each had those spe-

Head Prefect Kent Leslie ‘10 celebrates with family members: his mother Betty Craig, Kent, brother Nick ‘06, and father Scott Leslie.

cial people throughout our time here who have helped us to reach this point. Our friends, our teachers, our advisors, and most importantly, I believe, our families. To my family, I say: thank you. A very, very, sincere thank you for all the time and support, and all the money. It will never be paid back. It just wouldn’t be possible to pay you back for everything you have given me, and what makes it special is that you don’t expect me to. I hope. A question often asked and pondered by many parents is, “What makes SAC so special, what is the SAC experience?” Maybe one of my

St. Andrew’s memories will help to explain. On the day I received my Prefectship, after I walked to the front of the Chapel to receive my badge and pin from the previous Head Prefect, he said to me, “Kent, take care of my second home.” SAC is a second home. It’s more than sports fields, more than classrooms, and more than residences. It’s more than just a school. All of these graduates are more than just teammates, classmates and roommates. They are more than just friends. They are family. That is the SAC experience. That is the brotherhood. We realize how fortunate we are to have had the opportunity to attend and graduate from St. Andrew’s, and we realize the responsibility that goes with this privilege. I believe that St. Andrew’s has prepared us well to be good men in society, to be leaders. Every day the world cries out for good leadership. We must take up the challenge. For all of us, a day will come that we will look back on this amazing place and understand the impact it has had on our lives and on our ability to impart positive change and leadership on the world around us. To my fellow graduates, thank you for making the tough days bearable and the great days even brighter. The obstacles we overcame, we overcame together. If I can thank St. Andrew’s College for one thing, and only one thing, it’s for bringing together such an amazing group of guys. The old adage, “your friends shape who you become” is something I hope is true because for seven years I have been surrounded by a group of people who exemplify what it means to be friends and Andreans. I will miss you all. I know we will keep all of the wonderful memories we have of St. Andrew’s in our hearts as we embark on the next phase of our lives. Of all the accolades and prizes to be won today, the one I am most proud of, the one I truly care about, is the ability to call myself a member of the Class of 2010. You have made that so special to me. Thank you. The Andrean 41

How is SAC Funded? The audit for St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College was conducted in August 2010 by Smith Sykes Leeper and Tunstall for the year ending June 30, 2010.

Statement of Operations The breakdown of expenses and revenues is shown in graphical format below. For our internal purposes and for the purpose of setting tuition fees, the Board does not budget for depreciation and amortization of deferred capital contributions. Instead of doing this, we include a $600,000 transfer to Capital.

purposes (net of capital gifts) were $1,451,696. Approximately $900,000 of this amount came from the Endowment with the balance from annual gifts. SAC Expenses 2009-10 The expense chart below depicts expenses based on a functional division. Salaries and wages represent approximately 60% of our total budget but are included within the functional areas. Food services costs include meal allowances, special functions, catering, cleaning supplies, dishes, etc. Actual food costs account for approximately 50% ($1.15 Million) of the total Food Services expenditures. Building, Grounds and Maintenance costs have actually declined in the past year, primarily due to reduced utility costs (in particular natural gas) partly attributable to a mild winter. Other Administrative costs account for the balance and are roughly equally divided between Administration, Admission and Advancement.

SAC REVENUES 2009-10 Tuition revenues are comprised of $18.7 Million in Tuition fees and $2.5 Million in other mandatory student fees. Ancillary revenue is comprised of interest income, housing rentals, summer program revenue, campus shop revenue and rental of facilities. Our interest income has been declining because of poor interest rates, and although our summer program revenue is up from previous years, we are still anticipating that it will improve again for the coming year as our own day camp registrations grew in 2010. Transfers from the Foundation for operational

SAC Revenues 2009-10 Donations

Ancillary Revenue

6% 4%

SAC Expenses 2009-10 Administration, Admission & Advancement

19%

Buildings, Grounds & Maintenance

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44%

18%

11%

90% Tuition Revenue

Academic Expenses

Food Services

8% Financial Aid

SAC Foundation Statement of Operations 2009-10 Year Ended June 30

2010

Donations

REVENUE Donations

1,993,163

Interest & Dividends

673,874

Realized (Loss) on sale of Investments

(231,217)

Total Revenue

Annual Giving

60%

29%

$2,435,820

11%

DISTRIBUTIONs Scholarships & Bursaries

Unrestricted Donations

354,094

Designated Donations

262,658

Total Distributed to St. Andrew’s College

Donations by Constituency Directors & Trustees

29,216 $645,968

Capital Projects (CMP & Major Renovations)

Capital

$893,742

School’s Priority Needs & Designated Gifts

Gifts in Kind

Endowment

11%

Other

14%

42%

$397,871 $1,937,581

Old Boys

Current Parents

33%

Other DISTRIBUTIONs Investment & Custody Fees

112,033

Planned Giving Expense

133,726

Distributions

$245,759 Total Distributions

$2,183,340

Excess of revenue over expenses for the year

252,481

Fund Balances Beginning of Year Unrealized Gain on Investments Fund Balance End of Year

20,541,357 757,871 $21,551,709

Investment & Planned Giving Expenses Capital Projects

45%

Scholarships, Bursaries & Awards

13% 7% 35%

School’s Priority Needs & Designated Operating Items

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Summary of Endowed Funds Thank you to the generations of Andreans who cared so much for the School and its mission that they have passionately supported endowed scholarships, bursaries and awards. These sponsors have guaranteed the very best in education for students they will never know. The Directors and Trustees, along with the Headmaster and his staff, are truly grateful for this high level of commitment and trust in the School and its future. In addition to gifts made to already established endowed scholarships, bursaries and awards, we are proud to announce the establishment of several new awards during the 2009-2010 academic year. The Edward Roberts Prize in Politics has been endowed by Edward M. Roberts, Class of 1957, to recognize outstanding achievement in the study of politics. Mr. Roberts has spent his life in the public and political arena. He was Lieutenant Governor Thank you to the generations of Newfoundland and of Andreans who cared so much Labrador from 2002 to 2008. Memorial University for the School and its mission. awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in 2003, and he subsequently earned the Degree of Master of Arts in Newfoundland History there, in 2006. He is a Member of the Order of Canada, and of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. This award was presented for the very first time at Prize Day, June 18, 2010. The Steven R. Creber Memorial Trophy Steven Creber ’90 was undeniably a leader. As a Prefect, a Major in the Cadet Corps, and a recipient of the prestigious Macdonald Medal, he led by example. He played 1st Football, Hockey and Rugby, and was named Most Valuable Player on the 1990 Saints First Hockey team; truly the complete man, the well-rounded Andrean. Steven remained loyal to St. Andrew’s College and became an outstanding volunteer and financial supporter. With Steven’s passing in October of 2009, we lost a good friend and a true Andrean. The Steven R. Creber Memorial Trophy was named in his honour. Listed on page 46 are the 44 Winter 2010

names of Steven’s family and friends who made gifts to help create this award. If you wish to contribute to the Memorial Trophy in Steven’s name, you may do so by contacting the Advancement Office. The Gordon Marshall Cadet Leadership Award Gord Marshall proudly graduated from St. Andrew’s College with the Class of 1984. During his seven years at SAC, he served as a Prefect, member of 1st Soccer, MVP 1st Hockey and 1st Rugby. He spent an exchange term at Fettes College in Scotland, earned the Best Lower School Cadet Award, and was a Cadet Captain in his graduating year. In honour of Gord’s many contributions to the SAC Cadet Corps, The Gordon Marshall Cadet Leadership Award was established in his memory. This award will be presented at the Annual Cadet Inspection to the graduating Staff Cadet who has demonstrated outstanding leadership for the Cadets under his command. Listed on page 46 are the names of the many friends who supported this award. We are very grateful to those Andreans who include planned gifts to St. Andrew’s College in their estates. Whether these gifts are life insurance policies, bequests, or gifts of property, all are beneficial to the continued strength and stability of the School. A Bequest for the Charles U. Haywood Scholarship Fund In 1992, Ruth Chisnell, daughter of the late Charles U. Haywood, SAC 1904-1907, established a scholarship fund at St. Andrew’s College in his name. Initially Mrs. Chisnell donated funds to purchase books for the library, but after careful consideration chose to set up a scholarship fund. This scholarship was specifically established to support a student with proficiency in writing skills and the use of the English language. The St. Andrew’s College Foundation has recently received a very generous bequest from the estates of Ruth and John Chisnell to fully fund the scholarship that is presented each year in Mr. Haywood’s memory. Their love of St. Andrew’s College and trust in our mission led them to plan for the future of the School by including a gift in their will.

The Stan Macfarlane Scholarship Fund The Stan Macfarlane Scholarship Fund was created at the request of the Classes of 1956 and 1957 when they celebrated the 50th anniversary of their graduation year. It is an ongoing tribute to Stan Macfarlane’s outstanding contribution to St. Andrew’s students over his 35 year teaching career at the School (1947-82), and was dedicated to him on his 90th birthday in November 2006. Continuing to honour his memory and preserve his legacy, many more have contributed to this fund since his passing in July 2010 (his obituary appears on page 69). If you would like to add your name to this growing list of donors, please send your gift to the SAC Foundation at: 15800 Yonge Street, Aurora, ON L4G 3H7, or donate online specifying “The Stan Macfarlane Scholarship” at www.sac.on.ca.

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Stan and Marie-Madeleine Macfarlane in Towers Library, May 2006.

Michael Adamson ‘44

George Cumming ‘67

John Letts ‘59

Gordon Alexander ‘53

George Dangerfield ‘66

Tim Macdonald ‘67

Bill Andrews ‘53

Wilf Dinnick ‘57

Marie-Madeleine

Joyce Barrass

Jan Doherty

Richard Bates ‘72

David Dunlap ‘56

Jim McClocklin ‘66

Bob Bechtel ‘58

Jim Dunn ‘59

John McCrea ‘55

Peter Bedard ‘83

Jaime Dunton ‘50

Gail McIntyre

Barry Black ‘56

Graham Dutton ‘54

Peter McLean ‘51

John Brown ‘69

Pat Eagar ‘61

Roy McMurtry ‘50

Graham Brunke ‘68

Jim Empey ‘73

Bill McNeil ‘66

Michael Burns ‘56

Woody Fisher ‘52

Sheila Milne

George Butterfield

Sally Frith

John Mueller ‘57

Ian Carlsen ‘78

Marc Germain ‘78

Joyce Mulock

Dave Cathers ‘66

Peter Gordon ‘53

Sandy Munro ‘70

John Cathers ‘54

Bill Graham ‘53

Coulter Osborne ‘52

John Clarry

Doug Grant ‘54

Michael Perley ‘65

Edna Collins

Herb Gregory ‘62

Ian Purdie ‘55

Chip Comstock ‘56

George Guy ‘51

Larry Roberts ‘65

Jock Coulson ‘59

Tony Guzman ‘54

Sidney Robinson

Hugh Coulson ‘59

Susan Hally

Basil Rodomar ‘51

Ian Haryett ‘62

Dan Routledge ‘61

George Hathaway ‘70

J.L.G. Shelley

Garth Hazlett ‘53

Bob Simpson ‘54

Mike Heath-Eves ‘60

Bill Skinner ‘47

Jim ’64 & Gail Herder

Chris Smith ‘51

Tom Hickey ‘60

Walter Somerville ‘54

John Hill ‘57

Tony Stapells ‘50

Fred & Doreen Hiltz

George Tejada ‘57

John Hodges ‘74

David & Mary Timms

Richard Holbrook ‘63

David Trent ‘50

Andy Holliday ‘57

Martin Twiss ‘82

Harold Hough ‘62

Deolinda Viana

Derek & Bettyne Inglis

Reinhilde Walwyn

Carl Ingwalson, Jr. ‘61

Gary & Wilma West

Jim Irwin ‘78

Rob Wilkie ‘72

‘J.S.’ Jackson ‘69

Ken Willoughby ‘55

George Jackson ‘81

Andrew Wood ‘60

Robert Jones ‘67

Michael Wood ‘56

Craig & Mary Louise Kamcke

Douglas Worling ‘50

Robbie Keith ‘56

Jim Wyse ‘57

Peter Ketchum ‘56

Peter Young ‘50

Macfarlane

David Kitchen ‘56 Andy Knox ‘64 Bill Lawrence ‘49 The Andrean 45

The Steven Creber Memorial Trophy Donna Armstrong

Jim ’64 & Gail Herder

R. David ’60 &

Robert Katic ’90

Pat Armstrong

Jack & Barbara Millar

Andrea Carvalho

James & Violet Moore

Al & Mary Bergeron

David & Bev Mothersill

Jim Boyle

Nicola Palframan

Catherine Broughton

John Peaker

Frank Butters &

G. Scott ’90 &

Bari-Lynne Butters Stephen Kimmerer

Carol Matson

Patrice Bansa ’90 &

Andrea Pearson

Keith & Sandy Caldwell

Donald Price ’90 &

Ross & Roberta Creber

Alba Valetta

Garry & Carolyn Dickinson

Margaret Shiner

Garry Ford The Creber Family attended the winter Athletic Assembly to present for the first time, The Steven R. Creber Memorial Trophy to Mark Belvedere ‘10, the Most Valuable Player and co-captain on the 1st Hockey Team. From l to r are Steve’s sister Dawn O’Dwyer, his mother Roberta, Mark Belvedere ‘10, his father Ross and brother-in-law Dan O’Dwyer.

A. B. Gerrard Shirley Hardy Lucille Hazell

The Gordon Marshall Cadet Leadership Award The Gord Marshall Cadet Leadership Award was presented for the first time to Conor Sheridan ‘10 at the annual Cadet Inspection last May by Gord’s brother Ken ‘81. It is a silver quaich brought over from Scotland by Gord’s father Tom.

Thomas Arkell ’84

Stefano Lizzola ’84

Paul ’79 & Jane Bedard

Martin MacDonald ’84

Peter Bedard ’83 &

Ken ’81 & Sana Marshall

Jane Kravchenko Ken Chitolie Robin ’84 & Paula Comfort Mark ‘84 & Stacey Ellerbeck David ’84 & Melissa Faulkner William Glover Max ’84 & Shelagh Gundy

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Michael ’84 & Christina Maura Robert Nourse ’84 Justin O’Connell ’84 Ralph ’84 & Melanie Rossdeutscher Warren ’81 & Catherine Stoddart

Henry & Anne-Heide

Margaret Strachan

Hundertmark

David Wilson ’84

David ’83 Isaacson

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Thomas & Margot Marshall

George Jackson ‘81 David ’81 & Diana Lawrence Joseph Little

Philip ’84 & Jennifer Wood

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Old Boys 1932 A. Scott Montgomery 1934 William A. Neal 1935 Richard J. Boxer the late Peter C. Rea 1938 James A. O’Brian

Edna Collins

1940 David P. Flemming William J. Shields 1941 John R.M. Kilpatrick 1942 Edward M. Ballon Rev. C. Graham Cotter Keith C. Pilley 1943 Edward H. Crawford Alexander G. Hyde R. McLeod Lightbourn 1944 T. Michael Adamson Rev. Charles W. Eddis F. Murray Hall John M. Lowndes Q.C. 1945 Roy E. Eddy Garrison Rapmund 1946 Ernest C. Frey Frederick A. McKenzie R.A.F. Montgomery Liam S. O’Brian Anthony E. Weldon 1947 Thomas B. Chipman Allan N.W. Shaver Donald C. Shaw William P. Skinner

1948 W. David Henderson Joseph J. Nold Robert T. Putnam Frank M. Rolph Ian S. Wishart 1949 William C. Lawrence David W. Wilson 1950 Richard J. Clavell W. Farrell Hyde R. Roy McMurtry Thomas M. Munn Joseph G. Paterson Richard L. Read Tony Stapells David G. Trent J. Christopher C. Wansbrough Douglas G. Worling

B. Anthony King Gerald E. Omstead Coulter A. Osborne Roger Strand 1953 Gordon J. Alexander Michael P. Dunn Paul D. Esson William D. Graham Garth E. Hazlett Ian D. Isbester James M. Mylrea David L. Rea Derek J.S. Shenstone

1951 George H. Guy S. Warren Ritchie William P. Somers

1954 Robert H. Bradshaw John D. Cathers W. Graham Dutton Q.C. J. Douglas Grant Frederick T. Leslie Michael A. Mann Albert E. Matthews Robert D. Morrison James A. Munro Walter A. Somerville Robert G. Wade

1952 John S. Auld M. Malcolm Fisher Gordon D. Kelly

1955 Gonzalo Gutierrez U. John C. McCrea Ian A. Purdie

D. Gordon M. Robertson 1956 Barry J. Black William H. Comstock David M. Dunlap Robert F. Keith Peter A. Ketchum W. Ross Reucassel John M. Swinden Reilley D. Tapley Kirk Thompson Bruce W. Thomson J. Michael P. Wood 1957 G. Malcolm Darroch James R. Guy John M. Hill Andrew H. Holliday John H. Hough David B. McLean Andrew D. Milne John C. Mueller Edward M. Roberts James W. Wyse Bill H. Yuill 1958 the late Cassius Belden James G. Godsman R. Thomas Orr James P. Stronach

The Class of 1960 Group at the 50th Reunion Dinner on April 30, 2010 l-r: John L’Aventure, Les Filotas, Executive Director of Advancement Scott Hayter, Kirk Gardner, Robert Metcalfe, Rupert Dobbin, John Morse, Chris “Chips” Campbell, Andrew Wood, David Armstrong, Tom Hickey, Chris Brand, Hugh Robinette, David Gist, David Stamper, Gord Stonehouse, Mike Heath-Eaves, Ron Walker, Bob Isserstedt, Allan Wilson, Headmaster Kevin McHenry.

P. Douglas Turner Q.C. 1959 John D. Buchanan W. Adam Clatsoff James E. Dunn Anthony S. Fell Frank Metcalf Q.C. Donald M. Rogers The Andrean 47

Robert B. Russell William F. Snyder Alfred G. Wirth

Old Boys with their Sons

1960 R. David Armstrong Kirk Gardner Michael J. Heath-Eves Thomas A. Hickey Robert R. MacLeod John L. Morse David R. Stamper Gordon S. Stonehouse Andrew D. Wood

Left (l-r): Jonathan Harris ‘92, Alex Harris ‘11, Harrison Kane ‘10, Kelsey Boland ‘12, Douglas Kane ‘73, Lawrence Boland ‘66, John Hawke ‘10, Gordon Hawke ‘72, Brett Wilson ‘10, Gordon Wilson ‘72, Scott Rowntree ‘79, Conner Rowntree ‘13, Dylan Hussey ‘12, Thomas Hussey ‘85, Michael Sifton ‘12, Michael Sifton ‘79, Christopher Houston ‘12, Bill Houston ‘77, C.J. Sifton ‘13, Cliff Sifton ‘77, Rodger Leslie ‘82, Brennan Leslie ‘11.

1961 Brian G. Armstrong Ronald V. Belden Carl F. Ingwalson, Jr. D. Ronald F. Rea W. Michael Rothery Dan Routledge

Bottom (l-r): Aidan Calverley ‘15, Peter Calverley ‘73, Luke Sifton ‘14, Derek Sifton ‘85, Derek Sifton ‘16, Alfredo Solloa Garcia ‘83, Alfredo Solloa Camara ‘15

1963 Gage E. Love Jr. 1964 Jim Herder Raymond J. Osborne John D. Pennal John F. Rook William E. Westfall Robert C. Williams John R. Zurbrigg 1965 Robert B. Emerson Laurence J. Henderson Douglas C. McKeen W. Gregory Pritchard Hubert G. Pritchard Raymond S. Pyfrom 1966 Lawrence A. Boland W. Graham Butler David P. Cathers James P. McClocklin William H. McNeil Douglas A. Simmonds James de P. Wright

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1962 Herbert T. Gregory J. Terrence Joyce Douglas K. McMullen Michael B. Sommerville

1967 Michael G. Barrett Robert C. Kilgour Jr. Peter F. Love Timothy I. Macdonald A. Fraser McTavish J. Murray Shields 1968 Guy M. Baker Peter C. Bates Graham F. Brunke John F. Housser 1969 David A. Blanchard Barry A. Brackley John H. Brown James D. Gear James M. Jackson R. Scott Jolliffe George M. Leitch Michael B. Manchee

Robert R. McEwen 1970 George D. Hathaway Jeffrey D. Hayes S. Brian A. Levett Donald J. MacKay C. Philip Manchee C. Alexander F. Munro John R. Percival Robert E. Pritchard Peter F. Thompson A. Norman Wilkie John J. Wood 1971 Gordon C. Dobbin William M. Haust Paul H. Morón Edward D. Ruse John L. Walden

1972 Richard C. Bates William Boyd Dayna J. Broadfoot Chesley F. Crosbie Dennis J. Daly Gordon D. Hawke Michael F. Hogg Robin J. Wilkie 1973 Timothy P. Boland Peter R. Calverley Raymond H. Leung Ian Tait 1974 Paul D. Hutton D. Randall Kline C. James McTavish Douglas M. Pickard T. Stuart Rutherford Robert P. Topping

1975 David J. Durant Andrew J. Kilpatrick Stephen T. Manchee G. Richard Mann 1976 Michael A. Earle Craig D. Farrow Gary M. Lawrence Gregory W. Miklas Paul R. Seay Matthew L. Shinkle 1977 William C. Houston Brian R. Mitchell John E. Omstead Myles H. Pritchard Clifford M. Sifton Scott L. Sillcox

1979 Stephen G. Bagworth Andrew A. Beckwith Paul E. Bedard Stephen M. Dewis Michael M. Edwards Robert C. Fawcett Joseph W. Heit John F. Mortimer Jeffrey W. Richmond Michael G. Sifton Barton N. Wong 1980 K.Y. Michael Chau Douglas Crawford Murray A. Hyde Robert J. Minialoff David C. Plaxton H. Glenn Stanley-Paul John C. Stevenson 1981 Christopher P. Ball Kirk W. Brown George M. Jackson David C. Lawrence Richard A. Peters Scott H. Smith Paul E. Stanborough J. Warren Stoddart F. Guy Wigston 1982 Paul E. Berrevoets Michael G. A. Elliott J. Rodger Leslie David G. Merkel 1983 Peter Bedard John F. Coupland David S. Isaacson Stewart R. Kiff Stephen J. Suarez J.R. Kingsley Ward 1984 Thomas R. Arkell Jonathan Barker

Lawrence P. Biricz Robert M. Caldwell Robin J. Comfort Mark A. Ellerbeck David G. Faulkner Max A. Gundy Christian L. Jeppesen Stefano Lizzola Martin C. MacDonald David J. Mahr Michael J. Maura Jr. Robert E. Nourse Justin M. O’Connell J.S. Struan Robertson Ralph H. Rossdeutscher N. Peter Smith David A. Wilson Philip S. Wood 1985 W. David Campbell Duncan N. Jackman

Paul M. Morgan Michael J. Paletta Robert S. Pollock Anthony H. Reid Robert D. Skinner Kenneth Wong 1989 Hugh J. Barton Roderick D. Boothby David P. Bradfield Jason K. Bullen Jason C. Callender Steven M. Cathcart Mark D. Ellinger Bradley J. Harrison William Hill Jr. Christopher P. Kelly Brian W. Ledson David A. Mason Jonathan A. Morgan Michael H. O’Connor

“Hopefully one day I can make as valuable a contribution to someone else’s life and dreams as you have made to mine.” – Grade 12 Student Shawn D. Omstead Jason T. Pugliese Michael D. Roy Derek A. Sifton

Derek G. Plaxton Dirk H. Radeke Robert K. Vogel Michael Weider

1986 James E. Austin Jr. Gregory S. Dunlap John R. Morgan Stephen G. Pitel Timothy W. Watson

1990 James C. Barton Trevor R. Fuller Robert P. Katic Ronald D. Kopas Joseph D. Morin John W. Morris Cory S. Oliver G. Scott Pearson Donald C. Price

1987 Timothy P. Callaghan Michael P. Chen-Young Jean-Paul G. Hoffman Ian G. Howey 1988 Michael C. Brewer Oliver D. Herbst Christopher C. Hind Duff J. McDonald

1991 James A. Biggar Simon A. Corman Ian M. Davidson Jamie R. Inglis James E. Morgan

1992 F. W. Will Bijl James W. Dennis Mark K. Etherington Jonathan A. Ginou Ian C. Michael Carl R. Milroy Brent J. Riopelle Mark A. Shillum Stuart M. Smith 1993 Jhad J. Friesen Marcus Gillam Jason P. LaMarche-Hunderup Robert A. Leckey James F. Menlove Jayson J. Mulcock James A. Nichols Nathaniel J. Smeenk Barton C. Sommerville Peter A. Wardell 1994 Otto F. Schuemer Alfredo Villegas-Camil 1995 Ojus Ajmera Paul S. Etherington Anthony M. Farr C. Christopher L. Foster Christopher S. Gafoor Jeffrey L. Lewis Alexander P. Wood 1996 Santiago Barona David M. Dunlap Jr. Martin C. Landry Justin K. Lindquist Edward C. Mercer Graham B. Munro David C. Parent Brian P. Wills

Mathieu Mallette Paul F. O’Hea Ben M. Rogers Daniel A. Wells Leslie K. Wong 2000 Tejus Ajmera Benjamin J. Craig Boris Kholodov Iain D. Myrans 2001 Gordon A. Birkett Jonathan Cheng R. Michael Craig Matthew B. Fullerton 2002 Randall H. Blom Adam D. Brander Aladdin Diakun Kevin T. Fullerton Jeffrey V. Ginou Richard G. Goldhar James P. Healey Ryan P. Kelly Peter G. McClelland Nicholas J. Weedon 2003 David F. Banwell Allan L. Bean Hugh P. Dowell Campbell D. Gordon Michael A. Tzimas

2004 Michael R.P. Adamson Andrew S. Carnovale 2005 Ryan A. Bryce Ryan A. Luther Robert J. Mackay

1997 Carey L. Chow Michael G. Foy Graeme W. Martin

2007 Michael A. Fedorov Cameron M. Healy Nicholas M. J. Lee

1998 James P. Taylor Benjamin Wood

2009 Alexander R. Culp

1999 Russell J. Fraser Mark D. Gooderham

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1978 Ian M. Carlsen P. Andrew Dalton Steven G. DeNure Philip J. Henderson Brian D. Miklas John D. Stewart

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Current Parents Rajiv & Mamta Agarwal Luis Miguel Aguirre Cristiani & Santa Colorado Solis Moo Young Ahn & WonJo Lee William & Donna Allison Mohammed Alotaibi & Nabiha Alroogi Alain & Kim Amar Peter & Brigitte Anderson Ayokunnu Are & Emiko Yoshida Jorge Arozarena & Maritere Marquez Vali Ashoori & Mitra Vakili Jason & Kelly Atkins Chin Lun Au & Suet Chun Leung Henry Au & Angela Sun Bong Ki Baek & Seung Jin Han Stuart & Kate Bahen Keith Barber & Diane Purser Paul & Mary Barker Jeffrey & Annabel Begg Asha Bhardwaj Nick & Catherine Biase Sandra Bicknell Michael & Patricia Virc Blair Thomas Bogdanow & Inge Michaelsen-Bogdanow Lawrence ’66 & Yvonne Boland Paul Breda Paul & Mala Brindley George & Janice Brown David & Karen Brown Bruce & Lorraine Buchan Peter ’73 & Vickie Calverley Rick & Sylvia Cannon Douglas & Margarete Carr Joseph & Brenda Carter Alfonso Celis & Lilia Enecoiz Kin Chung Chan & Daphne Lai Perry & Kelley Chappell Xin Cheng & Xiang Zhou John Cherian O-Ryong Cho & Hye-Ryun Kang Young Ho Cho & Hee Nam Chung Sam & Erika Coetzer Eric Cook & Kathleen Casey 50 Winter 2010

Bradley & Beverly Lynn Coverdale John & Maria Cumming Carlos & Paula De Sequeira Paul & Carrie Denton Andrew & Anne Dunin Michael & Cathy Durisin John & Jane Evans Yu Feng Fang & Liu Hong Michael & May Fang Amedeo & Erminia Fattore Brian & Mary Jayne Feeley Michael & Lisa Ferras Igor & Oksana Filipenko Sam & Reem Finan Don Finlay Abu & Shevli Firoz George & Leslie Foegele Sandy & Nina Forte David & Veronica Galajda Nick & Josy Gallo Richard & Julie Glen

Greg & Susan Hergott Filiberto Herrera & Aida Garcia Ossie Hinds & Anne LaRocque William Houston ’77 & Teresa Morneau Javid Iqbal & Farzana Hussain Bruno & Betty Iaboni Alex & Iryna Ivanchenko Dean & Kelly Iwai Seon Ik Jin & Myung Yeon Hwang David & Louise Joiner Douglas & Christine Jones Curtis Joseph Paul & Tejinder Kahlon Jangan Kang Arun & Anjela KC John & Annette Keenleyside Shu Wing Andy Keung & Pau Siu Mei Chris & Erica Kim

“St. Andrew’s College is a band of brothers and family that grows with every passing year.” – Old Boy, Class of 2005 Corey Goldman & Judi Barnes John & Iwona Gordon Gregory & Cindy Govedaris Guery Goyo & Loretta Fantin Ludi & Russ Grant Spencer & Sacha Green Daniel & Maria Guizzetti Andrew & Marianne Guizzetti Emma Guizzetti Breda Daniel Hajj & Vanessa Slim de Hajj Laura Hammer Bentley Hammer Michael & Kim Wilkinson David & Jayne Harvey Barry Hasler & Deanna Wootton Mohamad Hassani & Diana Korn-Hassani Gordon ’72 & Jane Hawke Mark & Cynthia Healy

Yu Sung Kim Hye-Lyun & June-Mo Kim Pil Su Kim & Kyung Sun Jung Jieun Kim & Sanghyun Ji Dae Hee & Kyung Min Kim Stephen & Pauline Kimmerer Jonathan & Catherine Knowles Spiro Kontos Andy Lai & Lilian Loo Sze Lui Lai & Chi Mei Yeung Neo & Helen Lakkotrypis Patrick & Sondi Lance Hyuk Yong Lee & Youngmee Choi Kam-Ting Lee & Mei-Yuk Tsang Sang Woong Lee & Young Hwa Choi Hojae Lee & Jinok Cho Rodger ’82 & Marion Leslie

Kwong Hung Carman & Sau Wan Li Wenyan Lin & Huifang Zhao Frank & Lorna Lippa Mykola Lisin Raul Lopez & Leonor de Lopez Charles & Fong Lum Zhi Min Luo & Jin Fen Hu Kevin MacDonald & Susan Kelly Robert & LiAnne MacFarlane Keith MacKenzie & Janice Fischer Paul Mackin Krzysztof & Jadwiga Mackowiak Charles & Terri MacLean Kam Ming Mak & Connie Chu Robert McGavin & Kerry Adams Arnold McMillan & Jacqueline Buckley-McMillan Ted & Barbara McNab David ’82 & Sanysa Merkel Gordon Meuser Christopher Mildon & Ruth Heaven Derrick & Hélène Milne Bruce & Nancy Moody Changsoo Moon & Eunha Kim Nagy & Rhonda Moustafa Doug & Barbara Munro Raza & Afsaneh Nasser Mohsin & Uzma Nathani Mark & Susan Nice Kenneth & Viola Nickerson Stephen & Sandra Noxon Rory & Karen O’Connor Timothy & Ann O’Connor Stephen & Lynda O’Neill Leslie Omstead George & Wendy Palmieri Andrew Pang & Sio Wai Choi Junghyun Park & Jung Lim Lee Michael Partridge & Sudha Rajagopal Guo Hui Peng & Yan Fang Jiang John & Valerie Petrachek Roy & Betty Philbert Michael & Heather Ann Pilmer George & Liliana Polemidiotis John & Barbara Pollock David Porter & Robin Harris Jason ’85 & Beth Pugliese

Joe & Enza Pulla Gregory & Christine Reid Scott & Kim Ritchie Anthony & Mary Jo Romanin Richard & Karen Ruddock Surrinder & Neelam Sahota Norman Sandham & Hilary Laidlaw Barbara Schwarze Do Yeon Seo & Yeong Suk Kim Rodney & Sandra Sheridan Gregory & Anne Shields Abuali & Mehejeben Shroff Eddy Si & Jocelyn Cochingyan Lee-Si Clifford ’77 & Terra Sifton Derek ’85 & Sheila Sifton Michael ’79 & Julie Sifton Brian & Vija Sirbovan Steven & Pamela Smith Georgios Sotiropoulos & Helen Michalakakou Scott & Vicki Stafford Scott & Judy Stirling David Su & Anita Huang Brian & Anne Sutton James & Cindy Tam Yiu Wah Tam & Yuk Han Lo Emiko Tanabe Gilbert Tang & Ching Cheung Sen Tao & Xuan Chen Gary Townsend & Yvonne Woloszczuk Andrew & Janine Turner Ejaz & Salima Vastani Ai-Rui Wang & Ai-Zhu Chen Hao Wang & Lihong Xu Barry & Judy Ward Brian & Mary Whitelaw Michael & Margaret Sousa Witt Po Chun & Yin Ching Wong Roland Wong & May Ho Vincent Wong & Christine Ma Eric & Dianne Wong Tony Wong & Gidget Lun Chee Tim & Siu Ki Wu Stanley Yan & Mo Yin Lau Min Yu & Weihong Fu Jian Biao Yuan & Yan Sun William & Lynda Zacharuk Kevin & Sally Zhang Huichun Zhang & Subo Li

Gordon ’53 & Donna Alexander Malcolm & Carolyn Archibald Brian ’61 & Heather Armstrong David ’60 & Pat Armstrong Stephen ’79 & Linda Bagworth Guy & Lydel Barton Robert Bauer & Sandy Pullin Robert & Anne Bedard Robert ’54 & Soledad Bradshaw Patrick & Marilyn Callaghan Peter ’73 & Vickie Calverley Robert & Lucy Camargo John Cathers ’54 & Delia McLeod Sik Cho Chan & Sui Yin Chan Daniel Chicoine & Barbara Egli Jeffrey & Mary Ellen Chisholm Gillian & Basil Clark Edward Crawford ’43 Ross & Roberta Creber Andrew ’78 & Julie Dalton David Dunlap ’56 J. Stefan & Anne Dupre Deborah & Margaret Eaton-Kent Larry Fedorov & Nancy Farrer

C. William & Karen Foster Chris & Barbara Fullerton Duncan Gordon Herbert ’62 & Patti Gregory James & Carmel Healey Jim ’64 & Gail Herder Filiberto Herrera & Aida Garcia Thomas Hickey ’60 John ’57 & Jill Hill Fred & Doreen Hiltz Thomas & Mary Hockin Glenn & Carol Hoffman Michael ’72 & Marion Hogg Gilbert Howey Eli & Sylvia Hussey W. Farrell ’50 & Marguerite Hyde Kevin & Heather Jenkins Arun & Anjela KC Peter ’56 & Susannah Ketchum John ’41 & Jean Kilpatrick William ’49 & Jean Lawrence Vernon & Gabriele Lee George & Dawn Leggett Frederick ’54 & Donna Leslie

Marcel Lessard Brian ’70 & Louise Levett Sylvain & Michelle Lord John & Irene Lowe Scott & Ann Luther Harold & Shelley MacDonald Charles & Terri MacLean James & Gladys MacPherson Jeanne Manchee Stephen Manchee ’75 Thomas & Margot Marshall Gary & Jane Martin Ian & Barbara McClelland James ’66 & Susan McClocklin Patrick & Teresa McGrath Beth McKay Neil & Leslie McLean Roy ’50 & Ria McMurtry John & Linda McNally Gordon Meuser Dusan & Anne Miklas Scott Montgomery ’32 Edward & Maria Morgis Thomas ’50 & Sandra Munn Sandy ’70 & Lynn Munro Donna Munro Thomas Murphy & Geri Smith John & Nancy Near Anthony & Rosemary Nichols

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Past Parents Gerry & Marsha Nudds Stephen & Lynda O’Neill Anna O’Rourke Donald Oliver Jake ’52 & Marilyn Omstead Leslie Omstead Thomas ’58 & Connie Orr John ’64 & Mary Ellen Pennal Ron & Gail Perowne Robert & Ann Perrier David Pidduck & Bonnie Best Sam & Maria Pilieci Keith ’42 & Margaret Pilley James & Patricia Rankin Sandra Rea David Rea ’53 Gordon Robertson ’55 & Jane Robertson Donald Rogers ’59 Frank ’48 & Katherine Rolph John ’64 & Beverley Rook William Shields ’40 Nancy Simpson & Graham Smith William ’47 & Connie Skinner Larry & Leesa Smith Bruce & Jackie Somerville

Michael Sommerville ’62 George & Lynne Steeves Volker & Oksana Stein Basil & Helen Stevenson Kenneth & Davetta Stock Dan & Joanne Stock Richard & Nancy Stoneman John & Julie Symmes Ian ’73 & Catherine Tait Reilley Tapley ’56 J. Gordon Taylor Helen-Claire Tingling G. Kingsley & Adele Ward Beverley Westcott Marjory Wilkie David & June Williams John & Lynne Wills Ron & Cynthia Wilson David ’49 & Terry Wilson Ian Wishart ’48 Philip & Betsy Wolfenden Barton ’79 & Wai Wai Lee J. Michael P. ’56 & Suzanne Wood Andrew ’60 & Ingrid Wood

Terry Prezens Melissa Ramon Keith Ramon Gregory Reid John Richardson Danielle Richer Bruce Roffey Claudia Rose-Donahoe Michael D. Roy ’85 Steven D. Rush Ken Ryan Salwa Saeed William Scoular Mark Service Gregory P. Shields Courtenay Shrimpton Kim Sillcox

Rebecca Staunton David D. Stewart Natascia Stewart Joanne Stock Stuart Swan Melissa Tackaberry Amanda Thorne Sharen J.S. Turner John L. Walden ’71 John Walsh Nicholas J. Weedon ’02 Julie M. Wilson Rena Wiseman

Faculty & Staff Ramesh Ari Jane Bedard Randi Berman Trevor Biasi Carolyn Bilton Ryan A. Bryce ’05 Mark R. Burton Michael Chadsey Sandi Chasson Edna Collins Robert Costanzo Sabrina D’Angelo David Dawson Nicholas Day Michele Derwin Whitney Elliott Don Finlay

David Galajda Gary Godkin Klaus Griese Teri Groves Len Gurr Michael J. Hanson Sue Hayter Scott Hayter Jamie R. Inglis ’91 David Joiner Marke Jones David Josselyn Stephen Kimmerer Margaret Kirkby Sherrill Knight David Kyle Julie Lamb

Scott Lewis Sean Ludwig Felisha Martin Brian McCue James McGillivray Kevin McHenry Beth McKay Dolly Moffat-Lynch Wendy Muratoff Claudio Numa Michael Paluch Tino Paolini Ann Perrier Robert Perrier Gayle Petri Maria Pilieci Carrie Praught

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Former Faculty & Staff T. Michael Adamson ’44 Marlene Ash Robert P. Bedard Paul E. Bedard ’79 Shawn Dunford A. Dennis Hemmings Jim Herder ’64 Fred & Doreen Hiltz Thomas A. Hockin

Craig T. Kamcke James Mainprize Jeffrey McGee Lisa Picerno Sandra L. Scott William P. Skinner ’47 Geoffrey & Ginny Smith Bruce Somerville Ted Staunton

Howard S. Tetlock David Timms Marinus C. Van Dyk Hugh Warburton Gary West David G. Whitehead Douglas G. Worling ’50

Grandparents & Friends Les & Elaine Andrew Donna Armstrong Joyce Barrass Al & Mary Bergeron Jim Boyle Catherine Broughton Harold Browne George & Martha Butterfield Frank Butters & Bari-Lynne Butters Keith & Sandy Caldwell Ken Chitolie Marlene Clarke John Clarry John Couse Cecil Crosier Garry & Carolyn Dickinson

Leslie Ewing Lesley Featherstonhaugh & David Martin Sabina Feeley Nadine Foerster Garry Ford A. B. Gerrard William Glover Betty Hamilton Shirley Hardy Roy Harvey Lucille Hazell Vivienne Hill Dawn Holdinga Henry Hundertmark & Anne-Heide Hundertmark Joshua Kearley

James Keenleyside M. A. Lander Dong- Gul Lee Joseph Little Jim Lyle Marie-Madeleine Macfarlane Donald Manchester Carol Matson Nancy McCowan Brad McMullen Jadwiss Meckoniniek Jack & Barbara Millar Allison Mol James & Violet Moore David & Bev Mothersill John Newman Nicola Palframan

Virginia Pang Ruth Patterson John Peaker Irene Purser Epifania Quimson Katherine Roffey Dampier Anthony Rolph Rena Romanin J.L.G. Shelley Norma Sheridan Gloria Sherrard Margaret Shiner Jeanne Sloane Debra Smith Gladys Smith John & Mary Stirling Margaret Strachan

P.S. Sun Arlene Tanashi Robert Teichert Deolinda Viana D. Whitfield & J. Whitfield James Wood & Mary Wood Monica Yang

Corporations/Foundations APPS Transport Group Brown’s Fine Food Services Inc. Chemline Plastics Limited Cintas Corporation Cowan Insurance Group CSI Leasing Dalton Engineering & Construction Ltd. Diamond Groundkeeping Services Ltd. Don Russell Drugs Ltd. Frank Cowan Company Limited FRISBE G. A. Birkett Enterprises Inc. 52 Winter 2010

Gwillimbury Investments Limited Health Source Plus Hempen Jewellers Ltd. J.D. Strachan Construction Limited JP Morgan Chase & Co. Larry Wilson Contracting Ledson Holding Inc. The Manchee Foundation Merit Travel Group Inc. N.S. Smith Real Estate Ltd. Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP R. Howard Webster Foundation

Shaw Windows & Doors Ltd. Smith, Sykes, Leeper & Tunstall LLP St. Andrew’s College Association Telus Communications Co. The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation The Dunin Foundation The Harold A. Kopas Family Foundation The Jilla & Robert Williams Foundation The Leslie Peter Foundation Vancouver Foundation

SAC Charitable Giving UK/EU Chapter Charitable Giving Status and the UK Endowment Fund

l-r Kurt Alfrey ‘94, John Morgan ‘86, Jason Campbell ‘88, Scott McDonald ‘86 at the recent Old Boys UK Chapter Dinner

Last March, John Morgan ’86, then President of the SAC Foundation UK/EU Chapter, together with Ron Kopas ’90 and Conrad Bona ’87, set out with the Advancement Office to create a UK tax-effective conduit for giving to St. Andrew’s College. One of the outcomes of this is the establishment of UK Endowment Fund. This fund will reside with the SAC Foundation and will, over time, fund one or more SAC boarding students. At the 29th November 2010 annual dinner of the UK/EU branch of the SAC Old Boys Association, to kick-start the fundraising, Ron and Conrad challenged their fellow Andreans to donate to the UK Fund by generously agreeing to match donations made in order to reach the first funding goal. Not only do they want to launch this fund to financially support boys to attend SAC, but they also

wish to challenge other SAC Old Boys Association chapters to follow their lead and create their own endowment funds. Below are excerpts from the statement of intent from the application to the UK Fund for Charities: The true measure of ‘red + white’ spirit is that the ties and brotherhood that are formed as a student do not end at graduation. Old Boys retain a bond that spans both generations and continents. The School’s Foundation (formed in 1962; CAN reg. charity 1967) fosters this relationship on many levels. It maintains a channel of communications via the SAC website, social networks and the bi-annual magazine, The Andrean. A live presence is also

maintained through 10 active Alumni Chapters worldwide. Of the latter, the UK/ EU Chapter in London represents one city amongst such diverse locales as Hong Kong, New York, Mexico and the West Indies. This serves a mutual interest: Andreans benefit from local contact and fellowship, and the School extends its outreach globally. The Foundation’s overarching mission is to support the School financially. This effort is vital to the School’s continued success because, as an independent school, it receives no state funding. Instead, all costs are covered by tuition fees, some ancillary revenue generation, and from the generous support of its benefactors. The UK Fund for Charities (UKFC) has accepted the SAC Foundation’s application for membership to its International Program. This arrangement allows UK residents (payers of domestic income tax) to make donations to the SAC Foundation. UKFC, as a local charity, acts as an enabling organization for other charities deemed to provide ’public benefit’ in the UK and abroad. In practice, the difference is that you (the donor) will now be able to claim back the amount donated to the foundation as tax relief on your annual UK Tax Return. While that should not be the incentive for giving, it does reach parity with donations you could make to other UK registered charities. This initiative is intended to enable members of the UK Chapter to make charitable donations to St. Andrew’s College’s Foundation. It is in recognition of some of our chapter members’ desire to “give something back to the school” that laid the foundations from which they have made successful careers. All of this will support the SAC Foundation’s priorities for expanding and maintaining its scholarship and bursary program, while also being open to any other charitable projects you may have in mind. As of November 2010, Jason Campbell ’88 has taken over as President of the SAC Foundation UK/ EU chapter. To learn more about the SAC Foundation UK/EU Chapter, including its “Three Tiers of Giving” initiative, please visit: www.sac.on.ca/support-sac/make-a-gift and click on “UK Old Boys.” The Andrean 53

Stephen Kimmerer

News from the Parents Guild

Parents Guild Executive members l-r: Margarete Carr, President, Terri MacLean, Vice President, Diane Purser, Gala Chair and Ludi Grant, Past President at last April’s Red & White.

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RED AND WHITE 2010 “UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN” GALA The 38th annual Red & White Gala “Under the Tuscan Sun” was held on Saturday, April 17th at the Terrace Banquet Hall in Vaughan. Close to 400 guests enjoyed the wonderful dinner, danced to the Nu-Rhythm band and bid on numerous silent and live auction items, contributing to a terrifically successful “friend-raiser” and fundraiser for St. Andrew’s College. The Gala is the largest annual fundraiser for the Parents Guild, raising over $115,000 this year. These funds will support scholarships, the endowment fund, bursaries and grants for clubs and activities. Many exciting new features were introduced at the Gala this year. Touchstone Resort provided tasty hors d’oeuvres during the cocktail reception and 30.50 Wine Imports hosted a wine tasting station, allowing guests to sample the upgraded wine available for purchase. SAC students dressed in kilts greeted guests. Others dressed as gondoliers sold “diamond” ring packages for the opportunity to win an exquisite

diamond necklace, $1000 in cash or a Swiss Army Watch engraved with the SAC logo. Still others entertained the capacity crowd with their jazz ensemble and guests were drawn to their seats by the sound of bagpipes and drums. The live auction received an introduction that brought tears to many an eye as six Prefects sang “Brotherhood of Man” as the “Day in the Life” video told the story of life at St. Andrew’s. The evening was a success in every way due entirely to the enthusiasm, commitment and energy of the many volunteers, donors and sponsors. More than 80 moms and dads provided hundreds of hours of their time and talent, as did staff, faculty and students. Community members donated more than 200 items to the silent auction and live auction tables, and the many sponsors generously showed their support of St. Andrew’s . Thank you to all our guests for joining us “Under the Tuscan Sun” and for supporting SAC and our sons. We look forward to seeing you at the ‘Not an Ordinary Place’ Gala on April 16, 2011! Terri MacLean, Gala Chair and Diane Purser, Gala Vice-Chair

New Appointments Board Members

Peter Anderson is the Executive Vice President of CI Financial, a Canadian asset management firm, with $64 billion in assets under management. He is also a Director of CI Financial (CIX-T), a publicly traded company on the TSX. Prior to his current role, Peter was President and CEO of CI Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of CI Financial. He held previous executive positions at ScotiaMcLeod and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Prior to joining the Board of Directors, Peter served as a Trustee of the SAC Foundation for three years. He is married to Brigitte, the Interguild Chair of the St. Andrew’s Parents Guild. They live in Unionville with their two sons, Michael ’09, a second year student at The University of Western Ontario, and David ’13. Peter holds a B.BA. from the University of New Brunswick.

Scott Cole ’80 is President of Cole Engineering Group Ltd., a Markham-based consulting engineering firm which provides public and private sector clients with a comprehensive range of engineering services. Cole Engineering has grown to more than 150 employees and was named one of the Top 50 Best Managed Companies in the GTA regardless of size for 2010. He has held executive positions in both the Toronto Construction Association and the York Chapter of BILD, is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, and has his designation as a Consulting Engineer. Active in his community, he holds a seat on the Board of Crime Stoppers York Region and sits on the Advisory Round Table of York University. Scott holds a B.A.Sc. from Queen’s University and lives in Aurora. He is the brother of Brett ’80 and uncle of Ryan ’09.

Bob Williams ‘64 began his career with Scotia Capital’s predecessor firm, McLeod Young Weir in 1967. He joined the Equity Capital Markets group during the late 1980s before his promotion to department Co-Head in 1995 and to department Head in 1997. Bob assumed the role of Vice Chairman, Equity Capital Markets for Scotia Capital in 2007, a position he held until retiring October 31, 2009. Among his many achievements, Bob was pivotal to the development of the income trust market in Canada from its origins in the 1980s. Bob was also a key player in the evolution of the retail structured product market for over 25 years. Prior to his appointment to the Board of Directors, he served on the SAC Foundation Board of Trustees from 19952010, and chaired it for the past seven years. In retirement, Bob remains active in the financial community and lives in Toronto with his wife Jilla.

Thank you to David Rea ’53 (1982-2010), Andrew Dalton ’78 (2005-2010) and Ted Parent (1998-2010) for their ongoing dedication and outstanding years of service on the St. Andrew’s Board of Directors.

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New Appointments Foundation Trustees

Ian Michael ’92 is a partner in the Business Law Group at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto. He has a general corporate and securities practice with a focus on public mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Ian provides ongoing advice on securities law, corporate law and corporate governance matters to public and private companies in a variety of industries, including consumer goods manufacturing, aviation and investment management. At St. Andrew’s, he was the recipient of the Macdonald Medal and a national medallist cross-country skier, having competed extensively for St. Andrew’s and the Ontario Ski Team. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Queen’s University and now lives in Toronto with his wife Sarah Facey, their three-year-old daughter, Hadley, and one-year-old son, Fergus. The Michael Family, comprised of Ian, his parents Kathy and Paul, and brothers David ’94 and Andrew ’96, have endowed a history prize at SAC in honour of their grandmother. The award is presented annually on Prize Day.

Jeff Chisholm On behalf of the entire St. Andrew’s community, we would like to offer a heartfelt thank you to Jeff Chisholm for his unwavering leadership and superb guidance during his five years as Chairman of the Board of Directors. As the father of two Andreans, Matthew ’98 and Brian ’00, Jeff served his term with great dedication.

Board of Directors Michael G. Sifton ‘79, B.Comm. Chairman James C. MacPherson, BA, LL.B., LL.M.

Vice-Chairman Beth A. McKay, BA, C.M.A. Secretary to the Board Peter Anderson, B.BA. Board Member

Margarete Carr, B.Comm., C.A. President, Parents Guild Scott Cole ‘80, P.Eng., B.A.Sc. Board Member Sabrina D’Angelo, BA, B.Ed. Faculty Mark K. Etherington ‘92, BA Board Member William D.L. Graham ‘53 Board Member

Jamie R. Inglis ‘90, B.Sc., M.Sc. Faculty D. Eric Jolliffe ‘76, BA CMM3 Board Member Kevin R. McHenry, B.BA.(Hons.), B.Ed., M.Ed.

Headmaster C.A.F. Sandy Munro ‘70, BA Board Member

Nancy A. Near, R.N. Board Member Donald M. Rogers ‘59 Board Member John F. Rook ‘64, BA, LL.B. Chair, SAC Foundation Maritta Rothwell, BA, B.Ed. Board Member Stuart M.C. Smith ‘92, BA (Hons.) President of the SAC Old

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John F. Housser ‘68, Trustee Ian C. Michael ‘92, Trustee Alfred G. Wirth ‘59, Trustee John J. Wood ‘70, Trustee W.H. (Bill) Yuill ‘57, Trustee

Ex-Officio Members Michael G. Sifton ‘79, Chairman, SAC Board of Directors Stuart Smith ‘92, President, SAC Old Boys Association

Kevin R. McHenry, Headmaster, St. Andrew’s College

Boys Association Dan G. Stock, BA Board Member Julie I. Symmes, R.N. Board Member Robert C. Williams ‘64 Board Member G. Kingsley Ward, BA, B.Comm., F.C.A.

Board Member

OldBoys’News 1948 Ian Wishart

The Rev. Ian Wishart ‘48, former Padre of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, is pictured above at the war memorial in St. John’s, NL following commemorative services last July to remember the members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who died in the battle of Beaumont Hamel, France, on July 1st, 1916. Ian received a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) degree from Knox College in Toronto last May and recently published a book: Common Order, A Canadian Book of Services of Worship. He lives in St. John’s, NL.

1949

David Wilson (seen below in his father’s chair) visited the campus with his wife,

1953 William Crane

and his wife Maria started a foundation for abused and mistreated children between the ages of 3 and 16 in 1988 on a farm one hour outside of Bogota, Colombia. The Foundation of the Holy Cross (Fundacion de la Santa Cruz) receives hundreds of applications every year for children in desperate need of help. It has developed a new project called “New World Homes” in the small village of San Francisco aimed at creating foster homes for these children. Each home is headed by a foster ‘mother’ and aided by a foster ‘aunt’ who work together in the comprehensive development of 15 children. The children go to public school and get work experience on the 14-acre farm. There are presently three of these homes already functioning, with the goal of creating a fourth home, a Joint House, additional farm activities and assorted shops to offer the children work experience in other areas. Gonzalo Gutierrez ‘55 and his wife Carmen recently visited William and Maria in Colombia.

Terry, and sister, Judy, and her husband, Lloyd. David and Terry were visiting Judy and Lloyd for the Thanksgiving weekend and decided to stop by and see the many changes to the campus. David and Terry live in Florida for the summer months and in North Carolina for the winter months.

1955

Ken Willoughby and his wife Shirley visited with Gonzalo ‘55 and Carmen Gutierrez in Barcelona in September. They en-

joyed reminiscing about their time at St. Andrew’s and about old friends. Ken and Shirley have been married for 53 years and have three sons, five grandchildren and one great grandson. They live in London, ON.

1956 John Swinden was recently appointed Director of Infrastructure Ontario, the provincial government agency responsible for procurement and management of large capital projects and for the financing of smaller municipal projects. He and his wife Helen live in Loretto, ON. The Andrean 57

Old Boys’ News

1957 Carlos Kepke

and his wife Marleen visited the campus in October for the first time in over 10 years as part of their travels around North America. They toured the new and old parts of the School and enjoyed lunch in the Great Hall. Carlos and Marleen live in Houston, Texas.

1974 Pedro Martin

was back on campus in September to drop off his son Andres ‘12 for his first year at SAC. Andres represents the fourth generation Andrean in the Martin family, following in the steps of his father, grandfather Pedro ‘47, and great grandfather Pedro ‘10. Pedro and Andres delivered a special gift to the Class of 1954 Archives when they were both here in September – Andres’ great grandfather Pedro’s red St. Andrew’s blazer. Andres’ grandfather, Pedro ‘47, is alive and well in Mexico City, and he looks forward to returning to St. Andrew’s in June to attend Andres’ first Prize Day. Pedro ‘74 is a private venture investor and has an estate planning firm located in Bermuda. He lives with his wife Magala in Monterrey along with their son Pedro, who attended Proctor Academy in New Hampshire, and daughter Magala, who will be attending boarding school next year. 58 Fall 2010

1960

1970

Chris Allworth and his wife Carolyn visited SAC in early June. Chris was unable to attend the 50th reunion last spring for the Class of 1960. During his visit, the School presented him with his 50th tie to commemorate the occasion. In the mid-1960s, Chris was a music Master at SAC and then continued his career for more than 35 years as a church musician, 20 of them as Director of Music for the Atlantic School of Theology. Chris and his family live in Halifax.

Jeff Hayes writes that after spending the past 30 years in the investment industry, he has founded Canadian Energy Partners where he serves as Managing Partner. Although it is a Texas-based company, it invests primarily in Alberta’s heavy oil sands, as well as in conventional oil and gas in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Jeff is enjoying this new role and the opportunity to visit Calgary and Toronto many times throughout the year. He was back on campus in September to attend his 40-year reunion and ran in the Columbus Marathon on October 17th. Life is very good indeed, and he invites any and all Andreans to visit and stay at his family’s horse property when traveling through Cincinnati, OH.

1963

Bryan Waller son of Old Boy Robert Waller ‘32, retired from his position as a Master in Chambers for the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in 2009, but he occasionally returns to work on an ad hoc basis. Although he has sold his cattle herd, Bryan continues to farm in the Okotoks region outside Calgary. When he was no longer able to vault over a four-board corral fence, he knew it was time to get out of the cattle business.

1968

Peter Bates is General Manager of The Sign Man Co., Ltd. in Nassau, Bahamas. The company recently celebrated its 20th year in business and Peter writes that “all is well and life is good.” He and his wife Kate live in Nassau.

1972

Gordon Hawke is enjoying semi-retired life in Toronto and continues to do some consulting and serve on a few corporate and not-for-profit boards. His son John ‘10 graduated from SAC last spring and is attending Bishop’s University. Doug Willock is President & CEO of Polar Star Mining Corporation, an emerging exploration company with a focus on building value in Chile through discovery and development. The company has approximately 258,000 hectares of mineral claims prospective for gold and copper in Chile. In September,

Polar Star announced results from its current diamond drill program at its 100% owned Montezuma Project. Doug continues to call Toronto home.

1973

Raymond Leung was recently appointed an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He continues to serve as CEO of C&L Holdings and to live in Hong Kong.

1974

Clyde Urquhart visited the School in June after a long absence. Clyde enjoyed seeing both the new buildings and the old familiar surroundings as well as having lunch in the Great Hall. He lives in St. Mary’s, Georgia.

1976

Gary Lawrence and his wife Soon Ok’s daughter, Jennifer, graduated from Havergal College last spring and is a freshman at Yale University this fall where she will play hockey for the Women’s team.

1981

Paul Stanborough was recently promoted to Senior Vice President, Call Center Operations with HSBC’s Credit Card and Retail Services business. He and his family moved to Wilmington, Delaware in July. Paul and Eliza-

beth’s oldest son, Ben ‘12, entered SAC in grade 11 this September.

1984

Michael Koopmann took on a new assignment last April as Regional Sales Director, Central Europe with Emptoris, Inc. – a leading U.S. provider of strategic supply and enterprise contract management solutions. Prior to joining Emptoris, Mike took some time off to focus on his family. Mike, his wife Stephanie, and two year-old son Frederik, live in Frankfurt, Germany and invite old classmates to drop by for a visit.

1985

Brian Thomson lives in Rapperswil, Switzerland and is Chairman and CEO of Hardcastle Trading, a company he founded in 1999. He is married to Sabine and they have two young children, Leonardo and Saphira. Brian and his family enjoy returning to their cottage in Georgian Bay each summer.

1986

(l-r) Classmates Tom McNally, Scott Byberg, Scott Cole, Larry and Doug Crawford.

1980 Larry Dill

visited friends and family in Ontario this past summer, and included a trip to campus. Larry also enjoyed dinner with classmates hosted by Tom & Michele McNally. Larry has been living and working in Princeville on the north shore of Kauai for the past 20 years, where he and his wife Lori have raised two sons and two daughters. Larry manages a small utility company. Andreans visiting Hawaii are welcome to stop by and say ‘aloha’!

1981 Darrick Thomson

spoke at an Upper School assembly in October with his colleague and new wife, Lek Chailert, Founder and Director of Elephant Nature Park, a sanctuary in Thailand dedicated to rehabilitating abused and neglected elephants. Darrick and Lek were in Ontario for a week in October to visit with family and were married on October 9, 2010. This was a stopover in between meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, D.C. and with Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, in London, England to discuss their cause. Darrick has worked at the sanctuary for the past two years and is the Director/Editor of The Elephants’ Voice magazine.

Tim Watson joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in September 2010 as Head of the Canadian Energy & Power Investment Banking Group, based in Calgary.

1987

Tim Callaghan and his wife Lea welcomed a daughter, Kate, on May 22, 2010, a sister to Will (4) and Matthew The Andrean 59

Old Boys’ News (3). He is a Marketing Systems Consultant for Vale (formerly Vale Inco), the world’s second largest nickel mining company, and he works out of the company’s head office in Toronto. Tim lives with his family in Oakville, ON.

1990 Shane Manning

met his wife Kristyn at a friend’s wedding in Toronto in 2006, and they have been happily married since March 28, 2009. His best man was Robert Katic ‘90. Shane and Kristyn had a little boy, Deagan Rory James Manning, on March 30, 2010. They live in Redondo Beach, CA where Shane is involved in engineering consulting.

Patrice Bansa

and his wife Andrea welcomed their first son and third child, Tristan Matthias, on July 28, 2010. Tristan is a younger brother to Bianca (6) and Serena (3). Patrice and his family live in Oakville, ON.

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Paul Mantrop and wife Andrea welcomed their second child, Clayton, on May 14, 2010. Clayton is a younger brother to sister Stella. Paul recently completed a large mural for St. Andrew’s College, celebrating the historical evolution of a new student into a ‘complete man and well-rounded citizen.’ It is part of the new archival display on the first floor of Dunlap Hall, a must-see the next time you’re on campus! Paul and his family live in Collingwood, ON.

1988

Blair Agar is Senior Director of U.S. Business Development for PC 350, a manufacturer of pre-finished aluminum doors and window framing for commercial interiors. Blair’s father founded the company more than 35 years ago as the first re-usable, non-progressive moveable office wall system in Canada. The company’s success continues to grow, and it now celebrates a new LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified product line. He and his oldest sister remain focused on flexible design and answering the needs of the industry. Blair is in his first year with PC 350 and remains extremely optimistic about its future.

1989 Mike O’Connor is a Project Engineer working for Bombardier on driverless public transit projects, including jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Mike, his wife and their daughter live in Kingston, ON.

1990

Alex Stein is Assistant Coach for the Lausanne Hockey Club in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is in his ninth season at the professional level and has coached numerous teams in Europe, the U.S., and Canada. Alex has the unique opportunity of coaching with former NHLer John Van Boxmeer.

1991

Blair McPherson and wife, Karen, along with sons, Lynch and Briggs, happily announced the arrival of Callie (Calista Sylvie Gale) on June 24, 2010 in London, England, a sixth grandchild for John and Gail Patterson, and a tenth grandchild for Don and Gayle McPherson. Shiraz Mottiar married Isa DiIorio on June 29, 2010 and the two welcomed a baby girl, Neva Marie, on September 18. Shiraz is the winemaker for Malivoire Wine, and he lives with his family in Beamsville, ON.

1991

Vincent Wong with Madison and Karen

Vincent Wong visited the campus in July with his wife Karen and daughter Madison. Vincent is an Investment Banker with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong, where he lives with his family.

1992

Darren Katic and his wife Millie welcomed a daughter, Petra Fallon, on August 8, 2009. Darren has lived in California since graduating from the University of Southern California in 1996. He and his family call Hermosa Beach home and have frequent visits with Shane Manning ‘90 and Andy Kawai ‘92. Ian Michael and his wife Sarah welcomed son Fergus on October 15, 2009, a brother for Hadley (3). Ian is a new addition to the SAC Board of Trustees, and is profiled on page 56. Toby Reid has had numerous adventures since graduation, from starting out as a young stockbroker, to becom-

Sean Ralph

ing a certified avalanche guide, to launching a multi-million dollar e-commerce channel, to now leading his own company. The biggest opportunity has been the business he founded in 2006: SOLEGEAR Bioplastics Inc. The company makes plastics from plants – 100% natural, high performance, biodegradable plastics. For four years, with the help of the Univeristy of British Columbia and the National Research Council of Canada, they have been developing the technology behind engineered bioplastics, and in June, they announced their launch. Global BC TV picked up their story the same day, as did local Vancouver media. Solegear Bioplastics has since received four awards: three were awarded at the BC Innovation Council’s 10th annual awards ceremony in September for New Ventures, Economic Impact and Sustainability; the first time ever that the jury has awarded three prizes to one company. Solegear was also recently recognized by Frost & Sullivan, one of the world’s leading market research firms, with the 2010 New Product Innovation of the Year Award in Biopolymers.

and his family were proud to be Canadian as they watched the St. Andrew’s Pipes & Drums Band march in the VE Day anniversary celebration parade in Wageningen, Netherlands on May 5th; they also attended the parade on May 9th in Apeldoorn (see story on page 16). Sean is Senior Legal Counsel for Shell International and lives with his family in The Hague, Netherlands.

(l-r) Mark ’92 and his wife Katie, Andrea and Sean Etherington ’94, and Nycki and Paul Etherington ’95

1992 Mark Etherington

and his brothers Paul ‘95 and Sean ‘94 were the recipients of the 2009 Queen’s University Alumni Humanitarian of the Year Award for their efforts with motionball. The brothers created motionball with a mandate to introduce the next generation of donors, sponsors and supporters to the Special Olympics, and since 2002 it has donated in excess of $1,850,000 to Special Olympics Canada and introduced tens of thousands of new people to the movement. The focus is to ensure that giving back, getting involved in the community, and making a difference can be fun. They have hosted five annual events in Toronto, two in Vancouver, two in Calgary, one in Halifax, one in Ottawa and an innaugural event in Montreal beginning in 2011. motionball is a 100% volunteer organization and, according to Mark, it could not have achieved such success without the support of all the volunteers and, in particular, their fantastic Board and Council which includes three other Old Boys: Darcy Montgomery ‘92, Derek Bulas ‘95 and Stuart Smith ‘92. The Andrean 61

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1995 Jason Worry

married Kei Arita on April 21, 2009 in St. Lucia. Old Boys in attendance included brothers Kevin ‘89 and Michael ‘92, as well as Jeff Lewis ‘95 and Geoff White ‘92. The couple lives in Palo Alto, California.

Stuart Smith and his wife Kimberly welcomed Jordyn Alexa Smith on June 15, 2010, a little sister to Zachary (2). Stuart is President of the Old Boys Association and lives and works in Toronto.

1995

Darren McNair and his wife Danielle proudly announce the birth of their third child, Jake Ryan, on October 1, 2010. Jake is also welcomed by brother James, 4 and sister Farrah, 2. The family lives in Kleinburg, Ontario.

1997

1996

Jonathan Hui

married Joyce Chang on March 20th, 2010. The ceremony was held in a garden setting at the home of Jonathan’s family in Shek O, Hong Kong. Old Boys in attendance included: Best Man Ronald Ho ‘97, Jonathan’s roommate from grade 7 at SAC, with Jonathan’s brother, Justin Hui ‘96 and Benjamin Kwok ‘97 as the groomsmen. Other Old Boys who joined the celebrations included Kevin Siu ‘97, Duane Gafoor ‘97, Andrew Cheung ‘95, Eric Lo ‘93, Gerald Li ‘97 and Edwin Lo ‘98. Jonathan also changed careers after six years in the advertising/ brand consulting field. In 2006, Jonathan left his position as Account Director at Eight Partnership, a Hong Kong-based brand strategy and communications company, to look after his family’s real estate investment and management businesses.

Andrew Wilson

and wife Leigh welcomed their first child Hunter Andrew on June 20th, 2009. The happy family lives in London, England.

Jeff Slightham and wife Stacia, along with daughter Callie, welcomed Avery Walter Slightham on Sept. 6, 2010. Jeff and his family live in Toronto.

1997

Ron Ho and gang attended a Hong Kong Rugby Sevens’ game last spring.

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Ron and Justin ’96 both live in Hong Kong with their respective families and Karl ’96 stopped by during a business trip.

Coach for 1st Hockey. Jamie is an outstanding addition to the faculty and is well-respected as a teacher, coach, colleague and mentor.

1998

Antonio Riva Palacio L. joined the firm Curtis, MalletPrevost, Colt & Mosle in July and continues to practice international law and international arbitration. Antonio lives outside of Mexico City in Cuernavaca.

Chris Wakefield is living in Langley, BC with his wife Jennifer. They coach ringette at the national level and Jennifer plays centre and is Captain of Team Canada. Chris works for Tim Hortons as the Regional Marketing Manager for British Columbia and the Yukon.

1999

2000

Michael Choi

married Aimee Park in Toronto on May 23, 2008. James Lee ‘00 and Brian Lee ‘01 were his Best Men. Michael is an Educational Consultant representing international boarding students and is working with St. Andrew’s College as a parent and student liaison. “I cannot believe that I am back at SAC. It feels like going back home,” says Michael. He and Aimee live in Toronto. Jamie MacPherson has been hired as a full-time faculty member in the Middle School teaching history and English. He is coaching U16 Football and is an Assistant

Iain Myrans has accepted a new job serving as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Research and Innovation at Queen’s Park. Iain has served as a Senior Planner and Project Manager for the Torontobased urban policy think-tank, the Canadian Urban Institute, since 2006. He lives in Toronto.

1998 Brook Dyson

married Carrie Hoto on June 12, 2010 in Delhi, ON. Old Boys in attendance included: Peter Dyson ‘99, Jon Price ‘98, Chris Fusco ‘98, Doug Mac Con ‘98, Max Woods ‘98 and Richard Lai ‘98. Brook and Carrie live in Burlington, Ontario.

Iain Rogers has begun a Cornell-Queen’s Executive MBA and expects to graduate in 2012. Iain currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC. Sammy Rothwell married Melissa in Halifax on May 22, 2010. The happy couple live in Bagot, Manitoba.

2001

Joshua Kelson and his wife Helen welcomed the arrival of their first child, a daughter, named Penelope Jane on July 13. They live in Newmarket, ON.

2001 Adam O’Meara

married Mari Kushino on May 2, 2010 in Victoria, B.C. Jeff Ovens ‘01 was among the guests in attendance. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and have made their home in Victoria. Adam works in the recreation industry and has recently competed in several Ironman competitions in Penticton. The Andrean 63

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Back row (l-r) Ryan Kelly ‘02, Peter McClelland ‘02, Bob Perrier, James Gideon ‘02, D.J. Bennett ‘02, Scott Hayter, Scott Sillcox ‘77 Middle row (l-r) Anne Perrier, Nick Tsioros ‘88, Andrew Malloy ‘98, Ryan Bryce ‘05, Mark Service Front row (l-r) Giancarlo Trimarchi ‘02, Travis Beatty ‘98, Nick, Ashley, Andrew Weedon ‘98, Jason Perrier ‘98, Marshall Starkman ‘89

2002 Nick Weedon

married his high school sweetheart, Ashley Hogue, in Newmarket on June 26, 2010. The reception was held on campus in the Great Hall with numerous Old Boys and friends in attendance. Nick and Ashley are living in their new home in Aurora with their dog Tessa.

2002

2003

Michael Faulds completed his first season as offensive coordinator for the York University Lions men’s football team. Michael is the all-time leading passer in Canadian Univeristy football history with 10,811 passing yards. The former two-time Yates Cup MVP and OUA MVP hopes to instill his winning attitude in a York football team that has underachieved over the last number of seasons.

Michael Bottomley and classmate, David Nudds, are the proud new owners of a premier fine cheese and food shop in Toronto. The Village Cheesemonger officially launched on April 24th and Michael and David have been overwhelmed by the response of both friends and family, as well as the local community.

John Knutton passed the Florida State Bar and was sworn in as an attorney on September 24th. He is the Assistant State Attorney for the State Attorney’s Office – Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange County and Osceola County) and has been arguing motions, negotiating plea bargains, and doing arraignments. John writes that he is learning a great deal while having lots of fun living in Orlando, 20 minutes from all the big theme parks – Seaworld, Universal Studios and Disney!

Nicholas Caron is working toward his PhD in Neuroscience, with a focus on Huntington’s disease research, at McMaster University. Mervyn Frame spoke at the Annual Cadet Church Parade in Aurora on Sunday, April 18, 2010. Mervyn addressed the Cadet Corps as an Old Boy and as political staff member working in the Office of the Minister of National Defence. He spoke about his years at St. Andrew’s and fondly remembered his school as being steeped in tradition, including the Cadet Corps. Mervyn lives in Ottawa.

Oliver Radley-Smith

left his position at PLM Group to join Digital Edge Services as an Account Manager. He lives in Toronto.

Jeff Ginou

is working as Production Manager at Art Printing, his family’s printing company that his grandfather started in 1932. The business supplies placemats and trayliners to fast food restaurants such as Tim Hortons, Burger King and Harveys. Jeff keeps the presses running. He lives in Toronto.

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2005 Tristan Benson

married Heather Victoria Pirrie on August 21, 2010 in the SAC Memorial Chapel. The wedding party included classmates Andrew Macdonald, Justin Au and Kyle Jackson. Tristanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister Ashleigh was a bridesmaid, brother Ethan â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 played the pipes, and brother Evan read a lesson. Tristan and Heather are living in Mount Albert, ON.

Michael Tzimas became a fully qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) on September 14, 2010. Mike works for Deloitte in Toronto.

2004

Simon Lau graduated in May 2010 with a BSc Pharmacy degree from the University of Toronto. After completing an internship with Shoppers Drug Mart, Simon is pursuing a career in both community and hospital pharmacy.

2005 Ryan Bucci graduated from St. Francis Xavier University last spring with a BA and dual major in History and Political Science. He coached at the SAC Summer Camp last summer and was then hired as a Resident Don in Flavelle House. Ryan is assistant coaching 1st Volleyball, U16 Basketball and 1st Baseball this year. Sean Dinsmore continued to play junior hockey in Ontario after graduating from SAC. He attended an NHL draft camp in Boston in 2006 and signed a pro contract for a team in Finland where he studied international business

and marketing at Savonia University. After extensive knee surgery, he returned to Ontario and decided to pursue his commercial helicopter

license in 2008. He is now licensed to fly rotary aircrafts. He began a leasing business, Hald Vertical Inc., before graduating from the Essential

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2005 Ryan Bryce

graduated from Queen’s University with a B.Comm. in spring 2009 and was coaching a York Simcoe Express AAA hockey team while looking for the perfect job. That job found him last March when he was approached about joining the SAC Advancement team as the Annual Fund and Planned Giving Officer (a maternity leave replacement). Ryan is enjoying being back on campus and is a wonderful addition to the Alumni and Advancement Office.

2006 Bang Liang Zhao

graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA last May. His commencement ceremony involved a special guest speaker, President Barack Obama. Bang returned to Hong Kong shortly after graduation where he began working as a Project Officer for the Hong Kong Human Resources Exchange Center. 66 Fall 2010

Helicopters Flight Training Program and is working on increasing the fleet over the next two years. By day, Sean is a Branch Director for Crownhill Packaging, one of the largest privately-owned packaging companies in Ontario. In late 2009, he purchased a 46-acre horse and small produce (mainly garlic and soya beans) farm in Clarksburg, near where he grew up. The farm, coaching girls’ hockey, teaching power skating, and the bagpipes take up most of his time. Sean stays in contact with his first roommate, Brett Galbraith ’05 in Barrie and Pat McBane ‘05, who lives in Sudbury. Jordan Ekers has taken on the role of National Program Coordinator for LoyaltyOne – AIR MILES for Social Change. In this role, he will facilitate partnering with government agencies, energy utilities, transit service providers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to leverage the value of AIR MILES reward miles and the program’s reach into more than 10 million Canadian households to create incentives for energy conservation, public transit, waste reduction and other sustainable choices to shift the attitudes and behaviours of Canadians in favour of healthy living and the environment. Jordan is living and working in Toronto. Robert Mackay was a fifth-year quarterback with the Concordia Stingers and received a bursary in recognition of his athletic excellence from the Montreal Alouettes at a pre-game ceremony at Molson Stadium earlier in the season. He was one of seven Quebec university football players to be recognized. Rob was a 2009

Quebec conference all-star. With 2739 yards passing and 18 TDs he set two Quebec University Football League single season records. He led the QUFL in TDs, passing yards, completions, attempts and yards per game (342.4). His 2739 yards was second best in the CIS last year. Basim Mirza graduated from Acadia University in 2009 with a double major in Economics and Business. He now works as a Business Associate for ScotiaMcLeod at their head office in Toronto. Basim is also a Business Development Executive for Catalyst Canada Market Expansion, a company that helps businesses overseas expand into Canada. More than a year ago, he started basim. ca, where he regularly posts original video lessons and articles focussed on business development solutions. Basim also serves on the Old Boys Association for St. Andrew’s.

2006

Adrian Bruno recently graduated from York University with a B.Sc. in Psychology and has been working at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto doing research in psychiatry for the last three years. He began his first year at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in August 2010. Jesse Cohen graduated last spring from the University of Toronto (on the Dean’s list) with a BA in Political Science and History and a minor in Writing & Rhetoric. He worked as Program Director at Camp Katonim for the summer and is living in Toronto.

Dean Hamann graduated from Queen’s University with a BFA (Hons). He plans to travel throughout Europe this spring before focusing on his master’s degree. Vello Keelmann graduated from University College London in 2009 with a BA (Hons) in Economics and Business with East European Studies. Since then he has been at the University of Oxford completing a M.Phil. in Russian and East European Studies, specializing in the economies of that region. In July, Vello was awarded a Gold level Duke of Edinburgh Award presented by Prince Philip at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto (see photo on page 68). Adam Laing received his MA in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and has returned to Jamaica to work in the family business with his parents and sister. Classmate Chris Simpson visited Adam in the UK during his graduation from St. Andrew’s. Adam said it was very special to share his graduation with a friend and Old Boy. Tony Lau obtained his BBA degree from York University’s Schulich School of Business last spring and is staying on to pursue his MBA in Finance this fall. David Luther works for GWL Realty Advisors as a consultant under their property management division “Vertica Resident Services.” He is adjudicating muti-residential and commercial leases on behalf of the Great West Life in the uptown Bayview

David Luther

Village area of Toronto. David and his partner Chelsey Shaw have been living together for three years with their Golden Retriever Rylie. David began studying at Ryerson University in September, concurrent with his work for GWL. Karl McCartney finished a solid season with the Saint Mary’s University Huskies in 2009 and, despite not being invited to the CFL’s Evaluation Camp, he fully expected to be picked at the May 2, 2010 CFL Draft. While surfing the internet at home in the Bahamas, Karl read an article by a respected CFL analyst who referenced Karl’s future in football. Karl was stunned to read the following line: “Once a prized recruit, he [Karl] is now done with football.” However, thankfully for Karl, the Calgary Stampeders decided to do some research of their own. They got in touch with Karl, who assured them that he was still very interested in playing, and to prove it, he paid his own way to a football camp in Florida where he was put through two days of drills. The tape of those drills was sent to Calgary, and the Stampeders liked what they saw enough to pick him in the fifth round, 37th overall – a selection they hope can turn into one of the steals of the draft.

(l-r) Chris, Marnie McRoberts and Tyler Munro ‘06

2006 Chris Simpson

is in his last year at the University of Victoria studying Philosophy and Human Psychology. Last summer he backpacked through the UK for two months and was lucky enough to attend Adam Laing’s ‘06 graduation ceremony from the University of St. Andrews before meeting up with Tyler Munro ‘06 and Mark Service in the Middle East for an expedition through Egypt, Jordan and Turkey. The three continued on to Namibia to chaperone the SAC Outreach trip for three weeks in August.

Alexander Tang

graduated from Tufts University in spring 2010 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He is working for an architectural firm in Boston, Vanderweil Engineers. Alex enjoys living in Boston and has stayed in contact with other Andreans studying in and around Boston, including Timothy Wong ‘08 at Boston University, Sean Lee ‘08 at RISD, Jesen Tanadi ‘06 at RISD and Ryan Thom ‘07 at Tufts. He was back on campus for a visit last summer.

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2007 Christian Kieller

received his Gold level Duke of Edinburgh Award from Prince Philip at a ceremony in Toronto this summer. This was an interesting day as the power went out in the entire downtown core just as the award’s ceremony began. Christian and Vello were on the fourth floor with Major Brian McCue, and Queen Elizabeth was on the 16th floor preparing for the State dinner that evening! Christian is at The University of Western Ontario studying Urban Development with a minor in Geography. (Right) Christian and Vello Keelmann ‘06 receiving their awards from Prince Philip at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on July 5, 2010.

2007

2008

2009

Justin Nozuka was a musical guest on the “Late Show with David Letterman” in April. He and his band are on a European tour this fall.

Michael Choi is in his third year studying Biomedical Engineering at John Hopkins University in Maryland. He is activiely involved in an advanced drug delivery research lab in the University’s Medical School.

Ryan Besse was named one of McGill University’s Athletes of the Week for the period ending Oct. 10, 2010 for Men’s Varsity Lacrosse. Ryan racked up 16 goals and added a half-dozen assists in six games at the Ross-Victory Cup senior championship in October, where he earned all-tournament honours. The 19-year-old sophomore, majoring in Economics, scored at least one marker in each contest and registered back-to-back fivegoal games against Abbotsford and Toronto, respectively.

Ryan Thom is in his fourth year at Tufts majoring in Economics and plays on the NCAA D-III Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Last summer, he worked at Fidelity Investments in Boston as an Equity Trader. Ryan recently accepted a job as an analyst in the M&A Advisory Group at Berenson & Company, a New York investment bank. He will start after he graduates next spring.

Michael Del Zotto represented Canada at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Hockey Championship in Germany last May. Michael finished a successful rookie season with the NHL’s New York Rangers. He appeared in 80 games and recorded nine goals and 37 points.

A.J. Masson was named to the America East All-Rookie Team as a short-stick midfielder for the University of 68 Fall 2010

Vermont Men’s Lacrosse team last May. Masson scored six goals and added an assist for seven points. His 44 ground balls ranked third best on the team.

2010

Tony Cho visited St. Andrew’s in October as a Student Ambassador for Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania where he is in his first year. He is involved in several international groups there, including I20 – a group that helps new students get settled on campus and SMORE – the Swarthmore Multicultural Outreach Recruitment Effort. Tony is really enjoying the academically challenging and friendly atmosphere Swarthmore has to offer.

Old Boys’ Obituaries

Tribute to a Legend

pon Stan’s retirement from St. Andrew’s in 1982, Lumpur, Malaysia, a post he held until his retirement in 1992. Headmaster Bob Bedard honoured him as follows, He and Marie remained active in retirement, maintaining “The image of Mr. Stan Macfarlane is painted in their friendships by continuing their travels, including jungle different hues. Here is your bon vivant, your gourriver trips in Borneo, retracing the route of his march through met par excellence, partner in travel and crime with Dick Gibb, Sicily in 1943 with his children in 1997, and frequent visits an A.J. Foyt in a red jeep, a linguist of charm and expertise, to see his grandchildren in Vancouver. Stan is survived by his lovable Silver Fox and fearless man of the slopes, warmed and beloved wife, Marie-Madeleine (nee Porion) and his cherished welcomed more than any other master children, Ian (Jane Creed), Chrison this staff, soldier of fortune and tophe, Nathalie and Stephanie (Branfortunate soldier, housemaster de jour don King), two grandchildren Conor and friend of all in all ways. Since and Eoin, and his many relatives in 1947 this school has been touched Canada and in France. All who knew in so many ways by the gentle charm him will forever remember him for his and the unflagging dedication of Stan sense of adventure and joie de vivre! Macfarlane. We shall always remain “God has taken a distinguished deep in his debt.” and honorable man to permanently Stan Macfarlane passed away live in heaven … I would not be surpeacefully on July 30, 2010 at the prised if Stan, with God’s permission, age of 93 at his home in Toronto. He has started to give language lessons to received his schooling in Toronto, all newcomers.” Alonso Soules ’52 graduating from the University of ToOn the occasion of Stan’s 90th birthday, a group of Old Boys ronto in 1939 and the OCE in 1940. established The Stan Macfarlane Stan enlisted in 1940 with the 48th Highlanders of Canada and served Scholarship, an award designated to with the regiment in the UK, Sicily, support a student with a talent and Italy and Holland, finishing his army interest in languages, especially career in 1945 as Staff Captain at French or Spanish. Stan was deeply Cdn. Army Headquarters in Apelhonoured by the establishment of doorn, Holland. After graduate studthis endowed fund, and he and Maies at the University of Paris, he was rie personally supported the award appointed Head of Modern Languagfor several years. In Stan’s memory, es at St. Andrew’s College in 1947 many more Andreans and friends where he remained until 1982, during have made contributions to this which time, along with his colleague scholarship. Their names are listed and best friend, the late Richard C. on page 45. Should you wish to make Gibb, he organized and conducted a donation to this endowment fund Nov. 16, 1916 – July 30, 2010 student summer bicycle tours through in Stan’s memory, please contact the Europe. One year after his retirement Advancement Office at St. Andrew’s SAC Master 1947-1982 from SAC, he was appointed DirecCollege at 905-727-3178, or donate tor of Studies for the new Canadian online at www.sac.on.ca/support-sac/ Pre-University Programme at Kuala onlinegiving.aspx

John Stanley (Stan) Macfarlane

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Old Boys’ Obituaries 1945 ALLAN BEATTIE Allan Leslie Beattie passed away on May 23, 2010 at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1944-1945 and played 1st Hockey. Allan went on to graduate with a BA from the University of Toronto’s Trinity College and later received his law degree from Osgoode Hall. A Member of both the Order of Canada (1993) and the Order of Ontario (1998), Allan was a pillar of his community and worked for many years as Queen’s Counsel for Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. He applied his extensive legal and business experience to a vast array of philanthropic and volunteer endeavors. Allan is held in high esteem for his deep commitment to the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church and the many educational, cultural and health care organizations he supported, most notably Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. He leaves his wife Sally (nee Litch), his four daughters Elizabeth (James Greenshields), Mary Plath, Barbara (Frank Aiello) and Leslie (David Prescott), seven grandchildren, and four step-daughters: Lisa, Laura, Amelia and Anna and their families. Allan was predeceased by his brothers Robert ‘47 and Donald ‘47 and first wife Beth (nee Tremayne). 1946 JOHN SAYLOR John Wesley Saylor passed away on December 30, 2009 at his home in Trenton, ON. John loved his four years (1942-46) at St. Andrew’s, where he was a member of the Little Big Four Championship Football team in 70 Fall 2010

1945 and a top marksman; he also set the 50yd Freestyle record that stood for decades. After graduating from the University of Toronto, John joined his father in the family hardware business in Trenton. Under his leadership, the business became a successful Home Hardware and he continued to work there into his 70s. John and his wife Shirley enjoyed their family life: their three children Ian Wesley, Karen (Saylor-Ray) and Scott and their four grandchildren. They also enjoyed travel and reading. John’s brother Randy ‘63 is a retired high school Principal and living in Toronto. 1949 DONALD McLAUGHLIN Donald (Don) Christie McLaughlin passed away at his home in Ithaca, NY on August 3, 2010. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1942-49, where he was a Prefect and received numerous honours and prizes for academic achievement. Don went on to graduate from Cornell University in 1953. He was a realtor in the Ithaca area for many years and later worked at the Ithaca YMCA. Don loved to golf and was an avid reader, often reading a book a day. Born in Toronto, he was a son of the late Donald R. ‘12 and Janet J. Wilkins McLaughlin, and grandson of the late John J. McLaughlin, founder of Canada Dry. Don is survived by his wife, Sharon Prezioso McLaughlin; his children: Chris, Margo Klose and Mimi Fersen; step-sons, Michael and Andrew Consalvi; and nine grandchildren.

1952 GORDON KELLY Gordon Douglas Kelly passed away on October 9, 2010 in Calgary after a year-long battle with cancer. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1945-46 and then from 1950-52 and played 1st Football. Gordon graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and also received an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He spent his professional life working in the oil industry and as a business management consultant in a variety of industries. Gordon recently published a book entitled The Oil Sands: Canada’s Path to Clean Energy?. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Jane, his daughter Susan of Vancouver and son Douglas of Denver, CO. 1952 GEORGE LANG

George William Lang passed away on March 1, 2010 at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1948-52 and was a member of the Review staff. George worked in the Accounts Payable department at Sun Oil Company’s head office in Toronto for nearly 25 years – retiring in 1981. He had a passion for building steam engines and spent a lot

of his time at the family cottage on Lake Rosseau with SAC classmates John Scotland and the late Horace Jones. George leaves his wife Myrtle (nee Peacock), sons William (Treni) and Steven (Tobey), five grandchildren and one step-grandson. 1956 JOHN COPELAND John L. Copeland passed away at his home in Elmvale, ON on October 19, 2009. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1951-56 and played 1st Soccer, served as a Chapel Boy, and as a Corporal in Cadets. John went on to attend the University of Toronto and worked in Forestry and Forest Conservation for Copeland Milling Ltd., Langford Marine and a variety of other ventures. He was the former husband of Janet Copeland; brother of Elizabeth (Richard) Howe; father of Jennifer, Martha (Bill) Oughtred, Cameron (Elspeth) and Anastasia Wheeler; grandfather of four; close companion of Dorcena Nixon; and colourful character and friend to many. 1956 SANDY RICHARDSON Thomas (Sandy) Richardson passed away at Princess Gardens in Peterborough, ON on April 28, 2010. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1951-56 where he was a Prefect, Head Librarian, a Major in Cadets, and a member of the Review staff. Sandy was a history teacher in Peterborough and is survived by his sisters Susan Merry and Elizabeth Peachell, his nieces Susan Bowman, Judy Merry and Lisa Jezar, and his nephews David Merry and Christopher McClure. Sandy’s late father, George A. Richardson ‘31 attended SAC from 1920-29.

1960 GORDON STONEHOUSE Gordon Stanley Stonehouse passed away on September 4, 2010 as a result of an accident. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1957-60 and went on to attend Dalhousie University. Gordon was a keen lover of horses, sailing and dogs. He leaves behind his loving partner Paul Chamberlain of 28 years, and his siblings, Frances Vitali, Marjorie (Stewart) Montgomery, Audrey Bauman Stonehouse, and Nancy (Charles) King. Gordon will be sadly missed by his nieces, nephews and many friends. 1961 ARTHUR KAYSER Arthur Edmund Kayser died on May 26, 2010 in Toronto. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1957-61 and went on to graduate from The University of Western Ontario in 1965 with a degree in Economics. Art was touched by his close friends, especially the St. Andrew’s College Old Boys who met twice a year and kept up-to-date with their activities, wives and families. He leaves his best friend and companion Ellen Thompson and is fondly remembered by his children Jody (Jeff), Leslie (John), Bobbi (Bill), James (Faiza) and their mother Joanne, his four grandchildren, his sisters: Barb (John), Marion (Stephen), and three nieces. 1963 HAROLD LATHROP Harold (Hal) Doran Lathrop passed away on January 3, 2010. He attended St. Andrew’s from 195663 and was a Chapel Boy and a costume designer for the plays.

He went on to study Fine Arts at Mount Allison University. He is mourned by his siblings: Margot (Mike) Brebner of Mississauga, ON; John ‘63 (Lori) Lathrop of Upper LeHave, NS; Ned ‘67 (Diane) Lathrop of Ottawa; and Anna (Nancy) Lathrop of Ridgeville, ON. Hal will be missed by his many nieces and nephews, as well as their spouses. 1975 KEVIN BRILLINGER

Kevin Bruce Brillinger passed away on November 25, 2008 at his home in Willowdale, ON. He attended St. Andrew’s from 1970-73 and played 1st Hockey in his last year. Kevin made a lasting contribution to Mister Transmission during his 30 years in the family business and was a member of the AF & AM – Richmond Masonic Lodge #23, Rameses Shriners, and the Royal Order of Jesters Court 83. He was the beloved husband of Cindy Weiner for 24 years and a loving father to Cale and Marlee. He also leaves behind his mother, Gayle Brillinger of Newmarket, and his siblings Marc ‘76 (Jen), Chris, Tina (Randy) and Anne (Dave). Kevin is missed and lovingly remembered by his family and friends.

BETTY LOVE Elizabeth (Betty) Love died on March 22, 2010 in her 92nd year. She was the daughter of Sir Ellsworth Flavelle and the beloved wife of the late Gage Love, Chair of the St. Andrew’s Board of Governors from 1972-79 and a Trustee of the Foundation from 1966-82. Betty served three terms as President of the Ladies Guild, from 1958-60 and from 1962-63, and her generosity of spirit extended to the charities she supported, many of which were environmental organizations her sons championed. She is dearly missed by her four sons Gage ‘63, David ‘65, Peter ‘67 and Geoff ‘69 and their families, including her twelve grandchildren, nine greatgrandchildren and great nephew Andrew Flavelle Martin ‘01. LORRAINE WILKES Lorraine Jacqueline Wilkes (nee Delorme) passed away on July 5, 2010 in her 69th year after a valiant battle with cancer. When Jim Herder ‘64 asked her if she would like the job of team photographer, as the mother of two Andreans, Lorraine was able to combine her passion for St. Andrew’s with her love of photography. For the past 24 years, she steadfastly captured every team photo each term. Today, many of the varsity team photos on display on the main floor of the

Bedard Athletic Centre are hers. According to Jim, “Lorraine’s attention to detail, her professionalism, her patience, and her exacting standards provided the absolute best on every shot, of every team, every time.” She is dearly missed by her husband Barry, children Tracey (Peter), Robert ‘87 (Eileen) and Warren ‘88 (Liana), sisters Delores (Lloyd) and Linda (David), and five grandchildren. Donny Woods Donald Woods passed away in September 2010. He worked as a dishwasher in the Dining Hall and lived in the West Annex from 1964 until 2004, when he retired. Many may remember seeing him riding his little scooter with the Canadian flag around campus. His family held Donny’s memorial service at St. Andrew’s in November since he had spent most of his life on campus.

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From the Editor – The Transition-UP Year

This year, St. Andrew’s has launched an exciting new boarding program geared specifically for the grade 12 graduating students. The Transition-UP year is part of SAC’s extensive ‘Residential Life Curriculum’ and focuses on University Preparation (UP), offering boarding students a range of basic life skills and activities that will help to ease their transition to university. Activities are intended to further enrich the lives of these students in five categories: Enhanced Study Skills; Residential Programming Activities; University Counselling; Health & Wellness and Life Skills; and Athlete Training Program. “This is a unique opportunity for SAC students to become better prepared for university in all aspects of school life during their graduation year,” says Director of Residential Life David Galajda. “They need this experience to pave the road to independence.” St. Andrew’s is proud of its history as a boarding school and believes these additional offerings will only strengthen existing programs. Time and time again, we have heard from our graduates how well SAC taught them to balance their time and activities to allow them to get the most from their experiences as a student, actor, athlete, campus tour guide, or club participant. The Transition-UP year program augments SAC’s existing Residential Life Curriculum and offers boarding students additional tools to help build their confidence and maturity levels; valuable qualities that promote success. By breaking down the offerings into five main categories, the students are able to realize and prioritize their individual goals. The Enhanced Study Skills program now has Duty Masters (faculty members on study duty in the residence that night) available in the library of each boarding house from 9:00-10:00 p.m. four nights a week. For example, if a grade 12 student living in Memorial requires help in Chemistry, he will be allowed to sign-out with his Duty Master to walk over to Sifton House to meet with the Duty Master who happens to teach Chemistry. Peer tutoring (offered by grade 11 and 12 scholars) is also available Mondays through Thursdays during study time from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. in the Flavelle House Library. Amanda Thorne, Academic Support Co-ordinator, offers 30-minute sessions on time management, test anxiety and perfectionism to each Upper School residence, and Bob Perrier, Head of Math, continues to offer his wonderful Math Den for extra help every night after study in the Memorial House Library. This is in addition to the Math Centre program held in conjunction with the Writing Centre held in Towers Library after school and offered by our savvy University of Waterloo Co-op students. 72 Fall 2010

The Residential Programming component focuses on House leadership opportunities (Floor Captain, House Captain and Head of House duties), as well as club programs and interhouse competitions. St. Andrew’s students do not sit idle in their rooms, rather they are constantly on the go. For the second year running, there is a full-time Resident Don responsible for developing programming for Upper School students Mondays through Thursdays after study. Whether it be a pickup volleyball game, a snack and comedy night, or an ultimate frisbee interhouse competition at the nearby sports dome in Aurora, there is always something to do for fun. At this time of year, university acceptances weigh heavily on all grade 12 students’ minds. While our students start meeting with members of the University Counselling Office in their grade 11 year, their meetings become more frequent during their final year. Director of University Counselling, Stuart Swan, and his staff now offer special evening sessions about ‘How to Prepare Personal Statements’ and ‘Choosing the Right University’, as well as weekend SAT and ACT Prep Courses. Advanced Placement (AP) Prep courses are also offered in the spring prior to exams. Teaching Health & Wellness and Life Skills is something SAC tries to incorporate as a core value throughout the boys’ experience. But, as they prepare for life beyond the gates, the importance of learning about such everyday issues as money management, stress management, addiction, nutrition, importance of sleep and how to prepare simple meals becomes more pertinent. A special grade 12 Speaker Series also offers students the opportunity to meet with Old Boys to learn more about career options and the value of mentoring and networking. Involvement in sports is a given at St. Andrew’s and the Athletic Training Program serves to further strengthen and train our boys for a lifetime of good conditioning skills. Students may select from Monday night Tae Kwon Do classes, Tuesday night Yoga classes, swimming and weight training and conditioning, as well as assorted elite sports camps. Instructors are either current faculty members or outside experts in their fields. There is no shortage of extra-help offerings, university tips, healthy advice or fun and games to be found day and night in boarding through the Transition-UP Year Program! If you are a grade 10 or 11 day student thinking about university, consider spending your final year in boarding. For more information, please contact the Admission Office at 905.727.3178 x303 or David Galajda, Director of Residential Life at david.galajda@ sac.on.ca KIM SILLCOX

CAN YOU SEND YOUR SON TO BOARDING SCHOOL

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