Old Boys’ News
1979
Class of ‘79 takes Jamaica by Storm
the Toronto and Brisbane, Australia offices, most recently as Sales Director for Asia. He has been living full time on a sailboat in Australia cruising the coast of Queensland and is headed to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand later this year. Alex will be based in Asia for 2012.
1982
MIKE ELLIOTT
College. He is also a member of the firm’s President’s Council, and just completed his third Boston Marathon in April. According to David, he ran the first one for his sister who died of cancer, and the second for the thirteen pins and his artificial hip. He says this will be the last as he just had a ruptured C6 C7 disc repaired by cervical fusion in September. He is feeling lucky!
Front row (l-r) Sue Cathers, Carrie Beckwith, Kelly Hepburn, Judy and Gary Hatt; Second row (l-r) Bill Cathers, Andrew Beckwith, Rob Hepburn, Sue Omstead; Third row (l-r) David and Leslie Offen, Tom Omstead, Julie and Mike Sifton; Fourth row (l-r) Rob and Tess Fawcett, Denise and John Bailey, Daphne and Tim Houlton, George Edwards and Corin; and Back row centre: Linda and Steve Bagworth At the 30-year reunion in September 2009, a Jamaican Old Boy by the name of John Bailey ‘79 complained that he always had to come to Canada to see everyone and that no one ever travelled to Jamaica to visit him. That set the wheels in motion. Ideas were exchanged, emails sent and reservations made. On October 31, 2010, 12 of John’s classmates and their respective partners descended on Ocho Rios to stay at the Couples Resort San Souci where John’s son Johnny and Kyle Mais ‘85 just happen to work. Thirty-one years had passed at this point, but we were immediately taken back to the carefree days at SAC. Hours of tennis, beach volleyball, and reminiscing ensued. Nicknames reappeared, injuries mounted and stories of pranks and daring raids followed. O, Omer, Heppy, Bags, G man, Farah, Hattie, Bird, Wild Willie, Mort II, Pixie, Sniff, and Baileymon, along with their partners, happily passed the days touring Dunns Falls, riding along the beach and swimming with our polo ponies in the ocean (beautifully arranged by Dave Offen ‘79). We also enjoyed a trip to John and Denise’s lovely beach house in Ocho Rios where we were treated to a delicious and traditional Jamaican meal. (Special mention to Chris Webb ‘79 who made it down from Kingston, Jamaica, for our final dinner. The ultimate lifer, who actually spent eight years at SAC as his parents sent him one year too early.) Brotherhood ... isn’t that this year’s motto? Perfectly fitting. People were amazed that we all still kept in touch after so much time had passed. The staff loved us and were very sad to see us go, “No man, you canna leave, this the most fun we had in years,” was the resounding cry from the beach and bar employees. Did we happen to mention that Jamaica was under a hurricane watch for the entire week? Not one couple cancelled and we all endured the cessation of all watersport activities, but no matter, we made our own fun, just like the good old days.”
Julie & Mike Sifton ‘79
38 Spring 2011
toured seven members of the St. Andrew’s College Investment Club around the HSBC Canada trading floor in March. Michael is Managing Director, Head of Corporate & Commercial Sales for HSBC and lives in Toronto with his wife Nancy and seven-year-old son, Alexander.
1983
DAVID ISAACSON is Senior Vice President — Wealth Management, Certified Investment Management Analyst in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Wealth Management office in Winter Park, Florida, and has earned the Family Wealth Director (FWD) design ation. David has been a member of the financial services industry for more than 17 years and holds an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins
GREGG LAWLESS was nominated for his second Juno award in February for Children’s Album of the Year. He received his nomination for the album Encore, which he recorded as Gregg LeRock, his French-language name familiar to countless elementary school kids. The bilingual musician was nominated in the same category in 2009 for his album, Oui!. ANDREW SIMPSON writes that after graduating from Ryerson University with a degree in Civil Engineering Technology and spending many years in building, he became involved in the recycling business and the use of alternate energy. Interestingly, these are areas he wished to pursue upon leaving SAC and he would therefore urge graduates to pursue their youthful passions. Andrew has received a Governor General’s En-