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Mayor, Rodney Garth
Person · 1938 -

Rodney “Rod” Garth Mayor was born May 24th, 1938, in Toronto, Ontario. Mayor attended Appleby College from 1950 to 1953. He did not graduate from the school, but is considered to be from the class of 1957. He was privileged to be a part of the Appleby Coronation choir that performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. Mayor is remembered at Appleby as a distinguished boxer, winning the James Cup (80 lbs) in 1952. Upon leaving Appleby, Mayor attended Ryerson and specialized in business administration. He has worked for Nestle Canada and has been working in real estate for over 18 years. Mayor interests include volunteering as a Big Brother, coaching hockey in Port Credit, and horse racing.

Boyd, David
Person · 1951 - present

David Boyd (b. 1951) and raised in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, he received his Honours B.A. in English (1974) from Mt. Allison University. Upon graduation, he joined Appleby College as a teacher of English in the Junior School and was a faculty member from 1974 to 2008. During his tenure, David taught English at every level and was instrumental in introducing and molding the writer’s craft and media arts courses for senior students. He wrote and directed numerous plays for the Junior School, including two three-act musicals, Tom Brown’s Schoolday, the Musical (1991), and Mice in the Cellar (1992), as well as Macbeth, A Multimedia Event (1995) and Caesar, A Multimedia Event (2005). He created the Black Magic Mime Troupe composed of students from grades 6 to 8 who performed throughout Ontario. He established and supervised the long-running student newspaper Re•Source and designed Appleby’s first website.

Away from teaching, David coached hockey, softball, cricket, soccer, and basketball. He has served as assistant housemaster of Junior School House, and later as Housemaster of Chattaway’s from 1974 to 1988 and was assistant house director of Powell’s House from 2001-2008. In 1999, he received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. David founded TEACH-IT, an international education technology team that instructs educators on integrating technology into the curriculum. He was the former Chairman of the Read In Foundation Inc., an international organization that promotes literacy through telecommunications. David introduced Read In! events at Appleby where students had the opportunity to discuss books, speak to authors over the Internet prior to introducing the school’s laptop program. As a forward thinker and technological innovator, David assisted with the transition to e.school@appleby program.

Outside of Appleby, David has authored more than 20 books for children and young adults. His novel Bottom Drawer (1996) was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Text.

Sproule, Alan
Person · 1946 - 1950

Alan J. Sproule was born on Feb. 16, 1936 to John E. and Evelyn R. Sproule. He entered Appleby College in September 1946 and left on June 14, 1950. He is considered to be the Class of 1955.

On December 4, 1949 he was confirmed in the Appleby College Chapel, with J.A. Bell as Headmaster.

While at Appleby, Alan participated in Sports Day including high jump, and was part of the 6th rugby team in 1950.

In 2005 he became a member of the Appleby College 50th Alumni Reunion Club.

Jaffray, Stuart
Person · 1951 - 1953

Stuart Addison Jaffray was born on November 21, 1938 to Harold W. Jaffray and Lorna Jaffray. He attended Appleby College from Sept. 1951 to June 1953. He is considered to be part of the Class of 1957.

While at Appleby he participated in Cadets and also attended the Camp Ipperwash Cadet camp in the summer of 1953.