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Donald Adami was born on December 20, 1900 and attended Appleby School from 1912 to 1917. He died on December 5, 1949 after an operation.

Sinclair M. Adams was a faculty member at Appleby School from 1915 to 1918 and taught Classics. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in June 1918, but was soon discharged in November 1918 due to the end of the War. He then became a teacher at Trinity College.

Frances Eleanor Ahern (nee Robin) was born in Toronto on May 14, 1904 to the late Jane Caroline (Reid) and Vavasor Robin. In 1928, Frances joined the staff at Appleby School (now College) as the administrative assistant to Headmaster John Guest as served in this role until his retirement in 1934. That same year, Frances married Appleby Old Boy Arthur “Curly” Henry Ahern (class of 1920). Together they had two children Margot and Nick (class of 1958). In 1953, Frances returned to Appleby College as the administrative assistant to Headmaster John Bell till 1958, and returned from 1961 to 1965.

Frances was a founding member and former director of the Oakville Historical Society where she held positions of treasurer and membership secretary. She was also an executive member of the Oakville Ladies Auxiliary.In 1981, Frances published Oakville A Small Town: 1990-1930 and authored the addendum to Oakville and The Sixteen by Hazel Mathews.

Frances died on March 18, 2004 at age 100.

Carleton Allen was born on June 24, 1916 and attended Appleby School from 1926 to 1927. While at Appleby he participated in boxing and won the form II prize on Scripture. He was a Captain in the British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C., Army and was killed in action on Aug. 9, 1944.

Wayne C. Bahnsen was born on August 10, 1920, to I. Cornelious Bahnsen and Mrs. Bahnsen. His family lived in Waterloo, Ontario where his father was the General Manager at The Globe Furniture Company. Wayne attended Appleby School from September 1936 to June 1939. During his time at Appleby he played on the cricket, badminton, football and cross-country teams. In 1939 he was President of the badminton club and the Cadet Corps Band Corporal. Upon graduation he had plans to attend art and trade school in Germany and was the most likely person to become a carpenter.

From 1941 to 1943, the Waterloo County directory listed him as living in Waterloo and was a Clerk at the Globe Furniture Company. From 1945 to 1946 he was President of the Twin City Taxi Ltd. located in Waterloo.

In 1949 he farmed land on RR1 in Blair, outside of Waterloo, which was owned by his father.

Aubrey Baillie ‘63, former Chairman of Appleby’s Board of Governors, is one of three generations to attend Appleby College. He was born in 1944 to Frank W. and Marion Baillie (nee Moodie). His father is the late Frank Baillie ’31 (also a former chairman), his uncle Aubrey Baillie ’27 also attended Appleby, and went onto become a Board of Governors chairman from 1989 to 1997. Upon stepping down as Board of Governors Chairman in 1997, Aubrey became chair of the Appleby College Foundation.

Aubrey attended Appleby from 1955-1963 and was Prefect and Head of Powell’s House. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1967 with an B.A. (Hons) in Business Administration, and received his CA certification in 1970 through Clarkson Gordon & Co. With over 30 years of experience in the investment business, Aubrey has held a variety of senior positions at BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and its predecessor companies including President and Chief Operating Officer (1976-1986 and 1990-1994). More recently he has served as a Director at BFGP Limited and Executive Chairman of Newport Partners GP Inc.

Aubrey first joined Appleby’s Board of Governors in 1971 as an ex-officio member as vice-president of the Old Boys’ Association (now called the Alumni Association). He was first elected to the Board in 1976. During this time, he has served as the treasurer and chair of the finance committee. Aubrey was elected Chairman of the Board in 1989. He has also chaired the committee for governors and the development committee.

Aubrey has overseen several transformations at the school during his tenure as Chairman. These include: four auctions which raised more than $700,000; transforming Appleby from an all-boys school to a coeducational school; narrowing the school’s curriculum from Grades 4-OAC to Grades 7-OAC; the Women’s Association becoming the Parent’s Association; the Health/Athletic Therapy Centres being built; Baillie House being built; the Foundation endowment doubling; the Appleby choir tours Europe; the Whippet (parents’ newsletter) being established; increasing exchange programmes available to students; Appleby becoming a member of the Round Square; a campus computer network is established; six new faculty homes are built and Appleby opens a World Wide Website on the Internet.

Audrey was awarded the Mags Shorey Award in Volunteerism in 2012.

In 2012, Aubrey and his wife Marsha acted as the Honourary Co-chairs for the Centennial Gala Auction.

In 2017 Aubrey stepped down as the Chair of the Appleby College Foundation and once again became Chair of the Board of Governors. He served as Chair until June 2020.

Aubrey and his wife Marsha have three children, Julia, Aubrey ’92 and Samantha ‘99.

Aubrey Wilton Baillie was born in 1908 and was the eldest son to Sir Frank and Lady Edith Baillie. He attended Appleby College, graduating in 1927. He was the first of the Baillie family to attend Appleby. After Appleby College, he went to the Royal Military College in Kingston. In 1933 he married Mary Finlayson, and the couple had two children, Frank '57 and Phyllis.

He was appointed to the Appleby College Board of Governors in October 1938, and served as Chairman of the Board from 1966 to 1973, before being elected Honourary Chairman in 1976, a position he would hold until his death.

In 1969, he gave the first of many substantial endowment gifts to the Appleby College Foundation, and was also the donor of the Aubrey W. Baillie Scholarships.

He died on July 4, 1992.

Edith Julia White was born in Bracebridge, Ontario on September 17th, 1877 to Emily (nee Bridgeland) and Aubrey White. Edith met and married Frank Baillie on June 8th, 1900. Frank organized and manufactured aeroplanes and munitions in Canada during World War 1. He was knighted for his diligence, business acumen and general service during the War. They had five children: Marion, Edith, Aubrey, Frank and Jim. In January 1921, Sir Frank died prematurely, leaving a young widow and five young children.

Lady Baillie was big supporter of Appleby School, where her young boys attended. In 1927 she organized a fundraiser to build a covered ice rink at the school and afterwards would go on to establish the Appleby School Women's Association, later renamed to the Appleby College Parents' Association.

She passed away on March 14, 1965.