On 2 April 1956, Brother Lawrence Spitzig, who was then Director of St. John’s took a historic step by applying for a piece of land in Petaling Jaya on which to erect a school run by Christian brothers.
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He was conferred a Datukship by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin in February 2009 for his many contributions to education in Malaysia.
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Brother Lawrence founded La Salle School, Petaling Jaya and also eventually served as the principal of the secondary school from 1967 to 1975.
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