(1918-2009)

We give thanks to God for the life of La Sallian Brother Datuk Lawrence Spitzig, the former director of St. John’s Institution Kuala Lumpur and a former Chairman of the Malayan Christian Schools’ Council, who dedicated more than six decades of his life to education and youth in Malaysia.

Born on 4 February 1918 in Toronto, Canada, Brother Lawrence started as a temporary La Salle Brother in 1935. He said, “I joined the Brothers because I felt attracted to their way of life and their unconditional commitment to a great cause – education. I wanted to be a teacher just like them.” He served faithfully in the field of teaching and helping the underprivileged in both Peninsular and East Malaysia. The Lord took this faithful son home on 18 August 2009 at the age of 91.

Brother Lawrence’s concept of a school “… not a ‘filling station’. It is a formation centre. A place where young minds and lives are shaped as we impart knowledge and spiritual values to them.”