Life After Crescent
life after Crescent
Jason Beck ’89 (aka Chilly Gonzales) was nominated for a 2011 Juno Award with his electronic album, Ivory Tower, and gave a fantastic performance with Drake at the Juno Awards in March 2011. He also wrote and starred in the motion picture Ivory Tower (2010). The plot focuses on Hershell & Thadeus, two chess-playing brothers, and their unhealthy rivalry over both the chessboard and a woman. andrew Blott ’89 and his wife Karen are pleased to announce the birth of Conrad Robert Allan on March 6, 2011. Siblings Harrison, Georgia and Amelia have fallen in love with their new little brother!
▲ Bruce Burgess ’57 Crescent School’s Dentonia champion, Bruce Burgess ’57, generously donated a very pertinent piece of art to Crescent: celebrated Canadian painter Fredrick Sproston Challener’s Portrait of a Boy in School Uniform. Crescent is very proud to have acquired this historical piece depicting a Crescent student sitting for the portrait in his School uniform. Crescent was first informed of the painting this past May. Bruce acquired it through auction, and then generously donated it to Crescent, knowing it had a rightful place in the School. The painting hangs prominently in the School’s reception area, outside Headmaster Geoff Roberts’ office. Crescent School thanks Bruce for his very kind donation of this wonderful painting, and for his continued commitment to Crescent School. tim stanley ’76 is a Partner and Senior Vice President of MMM Group Limited. He lives in Vancouver, B.C. with his family. Jonathan turnbull ’86 is a Managing Director at Lazard Ltd. in the Power, Energy, and Infrastructure Investment Banking Group. Jonathan lives in the Greater New York area with his wife, Tara Thorton, and their four children. Chris Beck ’87 was nominated in the Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature category for his work in Waiting for ‘Superman’ by The International Film Music Critics Association. His score of Waiting for ‘Superman’ won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score: Indie/Short/Documentary.
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Barry Gordon ’87 is President and CEO of First Asset Funds, a Toronto investment management firm that launched a subsidiary, XTF Capital Corp., in June, 2011. Specializing in exchange traded funds (ETFs) that offer better risk-adjusted returns on a low-cost basis, XTF has debuted several ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange that are the first of their kind in Canada. Lee Goldman ’85, Senior Vice-President and Portfolio Manager at First Asset Funds, leads the investment management team at the helm of XTF, which plans to launch up to 15 funds by the end of 2012. Barry is the son of former Headmaster Chris Gordon, and Barry’s son, Oscar, is enrolled in grade 3. Dan houck ’87’s short film, The Rose Seller, was screened at the Dance Media Film Festival in Los Angeles this past June. Dan has been working on set as a film technician, and as one of several instructors delivering a two-day orientation workshop for all applicants interested in working for the film union. nicolaus harnack ’88 is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Castor Capital Advisors, a real estate and debt finance partnership that provides a full range of advisory services to investors, financial institutions, funds, family offices, and other participants in European real estate markets. Nicolaus lives in London, England with his wife, Jacqueline, and their four children.
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struan robertson ’91 has been appointed as the new Head of Lakefield College School (LCS) in Lakefield, Ontario. The Board of Governors deemed that Struan’s youthfulness, energy, international experience and leadership skills, combined with his deep passion for nurturing young people in their educational and co-curricular pursuits, make him the ideal choice as the new leader of Lakefield College School. Struan was formerly the principal of the elementary school at the International School Bangkok (ISB) in Bangkok, Thailand, where he oversaw a student enrolment of 650 students and a faculty and staff of 125. Struan and his wife, Jennifer, have three children: Jack (9), Molly (7) and Aidan (4). The whole family is excited to be “coming home” and spending time with their families in Kingston and Toronto and at their cottage near Bon Echo Provincial Park.