Fall - Stanstead College

Karen (MacDonald) Kennedy droppedin for a visit with her husband. Her fatherwas Mr. MacDonald, a teacher at theschool in the1950s. Theylived in RossHouse (nolonger standing),which was justnear the cedarhedge by ButtersHouse. Theyhad College girlsliving in theupstairs of theirhouse. Mr. Amaron was Headmaster at thetime. Karen attended the Model Schoolfor Grades 1 and 2 until Sunnyside wasbuilt. Mrs. Greer was her English teacherin the class where Louise Gittens is now.1952During a visit to Toronto this past spring,John McKay met with Bob Pugh (1952),Roy (1949) and Robert Amaron (1955).1959Robin Walker Lives in Vernon, B.C., nowretired after 25 years in the computer business.He remembers football, hockey, cadetsand his old roommates Ross Schofield,Garth Wilson and Charles Cavell.1970After completing Grade 11 at Stanstead,Ian Fraser attended Dawson College andthen Trent University, from which hegraduated in 1974 with a BA in Historyand Political Science. After travelling inEurope for six months, Ian started hiscareer in 1975, first as a journalist, workingsuccessively for the Montreal Star,Canadian Press and the Vancouver Sun. In1981, he moved into the field of corporatecommunications/public relations, workingin senior PR management roles withAlcan in Montreal; Hill & Knowlton inHong Kong; Reuters in Hong Kong,Tokyo and London (UK); and SWIFT inBrussels. In 2000, Ian and his wifeSolange and their two sons Alexand Pierre returned to Canada, settlingin Calgary. In 2002, Ian establishedFraser CommunicationsInc. (www.frasercommunications.ca)through which he is providing awide range of corporate communicationservices to clients inNorth America, Europe and Asia.Services include: speechwriting forcorporate board members andsenior executives; writing, editingand project management of corporateannual reports to shareholdersand corporate socialresponsibility (CSR) reports; marketingcommunications; websites;videos; strategic communicationsplanning; media relations; eventmanagement; and employee communications.Ian would be happyto hear from you at ian@frasercommunications.ca.He is alsocontactable through the professionalnetworking site LinkedIn atwww.linkedin.com/in/ianfrasercommunications.After 31 years of teaching, MartinAller-Stead is taking a year offand spending most it at theGeorge Brown Chef School inToronto, doing a post-graduateyear in Italian cuisine, whichincludes four months in Italy atthe Italian National Chef Schooland subsequent internship. Hehopes to bring all the experienceand ideas back to the foods andhospitality program he runs atMonarch Park Collegiate.1971Steve Mitchell, Athletic Directorof Selwyn House in Westmount,dropped by Dufferin Heights GolfCourse in May with brother Chris(1973) and Steve’s sons Torrey and9alumni newsClass NotesAll-boys, but notnecessarily no girls...Regarding the 30 th anniversary of the returnto co-education at Stanstead College, MatthewElder (1971) emailed to tell us that he wrote afeature story on the return of the girls for TheSherbrooke Record, where he got his start in journalism.“It was a fun piece to write, as I recall – particularlygiven the fact my period at the school(1968-71) was in the middle ofthe boys-only stretch,” hewrote. “That era encouragedsome imaginative escapes inthe quest for female companionship,as I recall. For example,a group of us kept RockIsland’s Larry-The-One-Armed-Cabbie in themoney with frequent (and I admit covert) tripsto Dunham, where we were entertained in secretby the young ladies of St. Helen’s School. A 50-mile trip, each way! Admission to these selectexcursions was limited to prefects and tableheads, in the interests of confidentiality (i.e.there was no one to report our absence fromboth Saturday lunch and dinner).“I feel safe in being able to report theseevents to you some three and a half decadeslater! In any event, having girls (in red blazersand flannel skirts, no less) only a residence hallaway seemed like such a bonus. That said, theintricate planning of encounters with the oppositesex during the all-boys era was an integralpart of our education as the entrepreneurs ofthe future.”These days, Matt is the head of SensibleCommunications in Toronto (www.sensiblecommunications.ca),which provides corporatecommunications and editorial services tocompanies and other organizations. Prior tothis, he worked at the Financial Post and theMontreal Gazette as a columnist and editor beforebecoming vice president, content & editorial ofMorningstar Canada, a leading provider ofinvestment research and data. He also recentlyrevised the third edition of Mutual Fund Investingfor Canadians for Dummies.