Origin and Guardianship: In the Autumn of 1935 The Doon School opened its gates for the very first time to welcome its first batch of sixty-one students. From its very inception, its visionary Head Master, Arthur E Foot, an Old Etonian, was extremely keen to initiate an Old Boys’ Society and it is to the credit of his vision that the very first OB on record as having held an official position in the society, Uma Shankar Bajpai, was from his first batch of students.

The First President of the fledgling society was Arthur Foot; through its early years he oversaw the initial meeting of the ‘Old Boys Society’ and then encouraged the later ones to be chaired by old boys. These initial meetings of the society were probably held in the Library, which at that time was on the ground floor of the Main building. It was years later that he handed over the reins of the society to John AK Martyn, the next Head Master.