Advocate George Bizos, founding chairperson of the board and long-standing friend of Saheti School, died on September 9.
The executive headmaster of Saheti School, Warwick Taylor, said the school was privileged to have benefited from the life of a man who gave of his time and energy contributing to the shaping of Saheti.
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“He enabled us to aim just a little higher. As a community, we have walked alongside a man who has become an icon of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. As a great role model, he stood up for freedom and justice and endorsed Hellenic values, displaying the virtues of respect, courage and duty, even if at own personal cost,” Taylor said.
He said the Greeks have a word for this, ‘philotimo’. Loosely translated, it means as a love of honour and belonging within our community.
Bizos was one of the original visionaries who founded Saheti 47 years ago and served relentlessly, first as chairperson of the board for nearly 20 years and thereafter as honourary life member.
He was a familiar face at Saheti board meetings, as well as school celebrations, for many years until his health started affecting his mobility in mid-2018.
“For those who knew Papou George, Saheti School formed an integral part of who he was and where his passion lay.
“His words of wisdom, personal life lessons and positive nature were an inspiration and will remain with us forever,” Taylor said.
“Bizos was a proud family man, a person of great integrity and courage, and one who encapsulated the dictum by Socrates: ‘It is not living that matters, but living rightly’.
“The Saheti family has been truly honoured to have had the privilege of knowing Advocate George Bizos and sharing part of his life with him. He was the embodiment of Alexander the Great’s words: ‘There is nothing impossible to him who will try’.”
