Ray Potter
← People of the Society · on record 1950–1997
Everything the Society’s own records say of Ray Potter — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.
In memoriam · 19 June 1999
Aged 82. One of the founding fathers of CSCL and a Life Member; a wizard at design, carving and bookbinding who made the cover of the Annual attendance and registration book. Survived by his wife Marian and two daughters.
From Winter 1999–2000, page 2.
Standing
Founding Member 1950 · Honourary Life Member 1997
Branch
Toronto · recorded holding office in 1982
One of the founding fathers of the Society, present at its organizational meeting on 8 June 1950, he served as Vice-President and as President of the Toronto Branch in the early 1980s. He was made an Honourary Life Member in 1990 and died in 1999, aged 82, remembered as a wizard at design, carving and bookbinding.
From Winter 1999–2000, page 2.
Served the Society as
- 2nd Vice-President 1981–1982
- Executive Council 1955
- 3rd Assembly Committee - Chairman 1956
- Toronto Branch President 1982–1983
- Vice-President 1982–1984
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 1990
Honoured at the 40th Annual Meeting, 28 April 1990, as “one of the founding fathers” — present at the organizational meeting in Toronto on 8 June 1950 that created the Society.
Demonstrations given
- Talk on Book Binding and Repairs 1982
32nd AnnualFrom 32nd Annual Meeting 1982 — programme, Holiday Inn West, Toronto.