The Women’s Association (renamed the Parent’s Association in 1990) was founded in 1928 by Lady Edith Baillie in response to the support raised by parents in building the covered hockey arena. The first meeting of the Association was held in Powell’s House on May 23, 1929 with 10 members present. Lady Baillie envisioned and presided over an organization that provided materially, as well as encouraged and supported Appleby School (now College) in all its endeavours. The role of the Association has been “to take an active interest in the comfort and well-being of our students through co-operation with the Principal.” The first goal in the Association’s founding year was to raise funds to complete the school’s chapel. Membership is open to all parents and guardians of current students at Appleby College, along with Alumni Parents and Honorary Members. The Association has maintained an active tradition of volunteerism, which has brought tangible results within the school through supporting school related events and programs, as well as fundraising for the school. The Association is a member of Interguild, an association of similar organizations from independent schools around Ontario. Interguild is a resource for the Executive, allowing members to share ideas and discuss matters of common interest and concern.
Charles Lake Gundy, an Old Boy and for thirteen years the Chairman of Appleby's Board of Governors, died on September 15, 1978, in Toronto, at age 73. Mr. Gundy entered Appleby in 1913, and graduated with his Senior Matriculation in 1923. A very active member of the School , he was a platoon commander in the Cadet Corps, a vice-president of the Radio Club, and a member of the Dramatic Society, where his laurels were associated mainly with maiden-lady parts. In athletics, he won his Colours in football , was a member of the Senior Gymnastics Team , a half-mile and mile specialist in track , and a tennis player. After leaving Appleby, Mr. Gundy attended the University of Toronto. and joined his father's firm, Wood Gundy Ltd., in 1926. By 1939 he was the firm's sales manager; he was named President in 1948, and assumed the
Chairmanship in 1967. In addition to being a leading Canadian financier with directorships in many national corporations , he was also noted as a philanthropist. A member and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children , he was also involved with the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Health Sciences and the Ontario Association for Retarded Children. In 1969, the University of Toronto conferred upon him the degree Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) for sponsoring a study of the condition of medical research in Canada and its needs for continued development. Three of Mr. Gundy's sons also attended Appleby: Jamie ('58-'65), Michael ('60-'66), and Charles ('62-'65). Source: February 1979 Appleby College Quarterly
Charles Gundy was elected to the Appleby College Board of Governors on Oct. 28, 1938. He became the Chairman of the Board of Governors on February 11, 1953 and remained in that position until his resignation on June 13, 1966. On October 27, 1971, Grundy resigned from the Board of Governors, and was appointed a Life Member of the Board of Governors until his death in 1978.
Dale Kalina graduated Appleby College in 2003. He was the Arts Prefect, Head Chorister of the Appleby College Chapel Choir and part of the Chapel Choir Executive, part of Peer Counselling, and participated in the school play.
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.