Tuesday 16 February 2016

Mr Louis Rozario Doss
1998 –  2005
 leads the Michaelian March into the 21st  Century     

·        Mr Louis Rozario Doss succeeded Mr Teh Chor Aun as SMI Principal in February 1998.

·       He was the first old boy of St Michael’s to become its principal.

·        Mr Louis came to the helm at his alma mater with shining Michaelian credentials.
o   He was a much acclaimed  product of the Michaelian drama and debating tradition.
o   In 1965, he had acted as Sir Robert Morton in “The Winslow Boy” written by Terence Rattigan.
o   In 1966, Louis Rozario Doss was the captain of the Michaelian debating team which emerged Perak State Champions in the state-wide competition organised by the Jaycees.
o   He was also the President of the Fifth Form Society (1966).

Like many Michaelians who attended this school in the 1960s, Louis Rozario Doss was nurtured in the shadow of  the greatest Michaelian educators – Brother Pius, Brother Paul, Brother Vincent and Brother Casimir Hannon.

 
The Covered Pathway and the fresh paving of the inner roads were done with tremendous OMA and Board of Governors' support.  
Mr Louis Rozario Doss will be remembered for giving the Michaelian spirit a fresh and     more powerful resurgence in the hearts of staff,students and the alumni.

It was during the years of his stewardship that a powerful synergy was created with the Old Michaelians Association and the Michaelian Alumni Klang Valley.
Mr Louis Rozario Doss is remembered with great affection by staff, students and parents for his selfless devotion to the school in almost every endeavour. He was often the earliest to arrive before dawn and his seldom left the school till the sun went down.

Under his charismatic leadership, SMI  made national headlines as a Malaysian school with world class credentials in scholastics, drama, debates,music, scouting ,sports and games. 


 
Brother Matthew Bay

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