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Boytchuk, Borys
Person

Borys is a music teacher at Appleby College.

Brown, Brad
Person · 1940 - present

Edmund Bradley 'Brad' Brown was born on May 10, 1940 in Toronto. He attended Appleby College from 1949 to 1954 and went on to finish his secondary school studies at the University of Toronto schools. He did not graduate at Appleby College but is considered to be in the Class of 1959. At Appleby, Brad was a member of the school's Coronation Choir, who were invited to Britain by the Commonwealth Youth Movement to perform in the Coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II.

Brad chose marketing as his career and after graduating from the University of Western Ontario, he joined Lever Brothers and later General Foods where he spent 10 years in positions of Product Manager, Group Product Manager and New Business Development Manager on many of those companies' largest and most successful brands. Brad later founded his own consulting company and later advertising agency, both of which had many blue chip companies as clients. Brad still consults periodically for his long time clients Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Suncor.

Brown, Edmund Vere
Person · 1900 - 1971

Edmund Vere (E.V.) (Ted) Brown was born July 31, 1900 and was one of the original students when Appleby College opened in September 1911. He attended Appleby until he graduated in June 1916. He enlisted and was a cadet with the Royal Air Force during World War 1. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in Engineering. In September 1924 he returned to Appleby as a Master and taught history and later mathematics until he left in June 1932 to become Headmaster of the Junior School at Ridley College. During his time at Appleby, he initiated ‘Sunday Hikes’ for the boys on campus as well as running a summer camp at Farlane, in Northern Ontario at Red Deer Lake.

In June 1926 he married Ailsa Maclver and his children, Carol and Timothy were born in 1929 and 1934 respectively. In the summer of 1930, E.V. Brown had a small cottage constructed on campus for his growing family.

He died May 7, 1971.

Person · 1929 - 2017

Pearce attended Appleby for ten years, graduating in 1947. He played First Team football and hockey, was head prefect of School (Colley) House, won the Victor Ludorum track and field trophy and achieved academic distinction in public speaking and English. His brother Rapley is a member of the Class of ’52, and Pearce’s children include Mark ’81, Keeley ’97 and C.P. ’98.

After graduating from McGill University with a B. Comm. degree, Pearce began his career as an investment dealer with McLeod Young Weir (now ScotiaMcLeod), and later became president of his father’s firm, Alfred Bunting & Co. Ltd. He served on the Board of Governors of the Toronto Stock Exchange for six years, and as its Chairman for the last year of his term.

In 1977, he was appointed President and CEO of the Toronto Stock Exchange, and retired from that position earlier this year. He also served for two years as president of the International Federation of Stock Exchanges, and has been a director and/or officer of a number of corporations and organizations.

Pearce was a member of the Executive of Appleby’s Alumni Association, holding the post of president from 1965 to 1967. He first joined the Board of Governors of Appleby College in 1963 as a member ex officio, was elected in his own right in 1968, and served as Chairman from 1985 to 1989. He was also a Trustee of The Appleby College Foundation for 50 years, serving as Chairman of the Foundation from 1973 to 1986. He retired from the Appleby College Foundation in 2011.

He had three children, Mark ('81), Keeley ('97) and Charles Pearce ('98) who graduated Appleby College.

See Sept. 2017 Quarterly for obituary.

Calverley, Osbert Leveson
Person · 1899 - 1918

Osbert Calverley was born in 1899 in England, and entered Appleby in September 1912. He played on the First Rugby (Football) Team, and graduated to the Royal Military College in 1916. Having joined the Royal Flying Corps at the end of 1917, he was sent to Texas for part of his training, and was the first in his class to earn his wings. He was sent to England in May, 1918, to complete his training, and was expected to go to France, but he met his death in an airplane accident. He is buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, UK.

124 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Died 12 July 1918, at 19 years of age.

Campbell, Kim
Person

Kim Campbell became the first female Prime Minister of Canada in 1993.

Corporate body · 1986 -

CESI was established in 1986 and the broad purposes of the Institute were to develop and promote educational standards, and to provide responsible institutional and program evaluation and accreditation.

Cantlie, Stuart
Person · 1907 - 1944

Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie was born on October 5, 1907. He attended Appleby School from 1921 to 1925 and was on the First Rugby and First Cricket teams, editor for the Argus yearbook, Prefect and Captain of the Cadet Corps. He graduated in 1925. He was a Lieutenant Colonel, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and was killed in action on July 25, 1944 at age 36 years.

Carey, Hugh Campbell
Person · 1919 - 1943

Hugh Campbell Carey was born on Sept. 24, 1919. He attended Appleby School from 1929 to 1935 and participated on the Intermediate Hockey League, the Dramatic Club; Second Team Cricket; Handicraft competitions; shooting competitions and was the Captain of the Intermediate Soccer Sixes in 1934. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Engineers and died in action on July 18, 1943 at age 24.