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Marshall Fritz Like a good teacher, he always showed his love for people by not letting us get away with fuzzy thinking. At the same time, like a good friend, he would try to give anyone a chance. More than anything else, Marshall was a man devoted to truth and goodness. He stood fast on principle, solid as the rock he often seemed when those around him wavered or doubted. As a friend, Marshall's hope for all of us is that we will also stand firm in uncertain times, boldly living out and defending the principles that we know are good and true and beautiful. And now, I say to Marshall, as he would often say to those he cared about: "Goodbye, my friend." On November 19, 2008, Ron Paul gave a moving tribute to Marshall Fritz in the House of Representatives. His tribute is now part of the Congressional Record.
In 1994 Marshall founded the Alliance for the Separation of School & State and was Chairman of the Board until his death. He was a leading spokesman in how ending state, federal, and local government involvement in schooling can improve education for all children, strengthen the family, and even lead to a turnaround of our collapsing society. Prior to founding the Alliance in 1994, Marshall was president of the unaccredited Pioneer Christian Academy. His ideas for high quality education were so advanced that his school received endorsements of educators from William Glasser to Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman to New York State Teacher of the Year John Taylor Gatto. Prior to his work in K-12 education, Marshall was the founder of the Advocates for Self-Government, an educational organization that teaches Americans who ardently love liberty how to express their views positively. Marshall began his career with IBM in computer sales, education, and design. He was active in Christian Businessmen's Committee, Serra Club (not Sierra), Toastmasters, and Overeaters Anonymous. He also coached and refereed youth soccer and worked as a volunteer in a homeless shelter. Marshall has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Educational Leadership, Current Thoughts and Trends, and Family Voice. He is the publisher of The Education Liberator, The School Liberator, and the lead author of the "Proclamation for the Separation of School and State," which states simply "I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education." Worldwide, more than 30,000 individuals have endorsed the Proclamation. Prominent signatories include educators ranging from John Taylor Gatto to Mary Pride and Thomas Szasz; business people such as Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza; religious leaders from D. James Kennedy and Tim LaHaye, to Rabbi Daniel Lapin and the late Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.; and from Congressman Ron Paul to former U.S. Secretary of Interior and Energy Don Hodel. The idea to liberate schools from government involvement is a new idea that is moving into the mainstream, specialty, and electronic press, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Daily News, Detroit News, Dallas Morning News, Financial Times of London, Human Events, Conservative Chronicles, Practical Homeschooling, Christianity Today, WorldNetDaily.com, FoxNews.com, and has received editorial endorsement from the Orange County Register and World magazine. If you would like to read some of Marshall's articles, we compiled a list for our website. Over the years Marshall reviewed 31 books at Amazon.com. If you would like to read his reviews, we copied them into our website.
Memories of Marshall When Marshall learned of his diagnosis, he created his "Bucket List" website. If you would like to see the site and tributes posted to Marshall, we have transferred them to our site. Here are links to other tributes to Marshall:
Will Buchanan Interview with Varrin Swearingen, president, Free State Project The Advocates for Self-Government Sheldon Richman on George Mason’s History News Network Tammy Drennan, Education Conversation James W. Harris, American Chronicle R. Lee Wrights on Liberty for All Kalim Kassam on Western Standard Jim Rongstad on Preserving Freedom Universidad Francisco Marroquin Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania
Reaction to Marshall's Death When notice of Marshall's death went out, we received responses from people around the world. Here are some of those responses.
Pictures of Marshall Memories of Marshall - Family and Friends In June 2008 the Alliance sponsored special tributes - Saturdays with Marshall - in Fresno and Hollywood to honor Marshall while he was still in good health and could enjoy the day. We hope our pictures help you get a feel of the love and camaraderie of the events. In May 2008 the Advocates for Self-Government also had a special tribute for Marshall in Atlanta, Georgia. Obituary published in The Fresno Bee Marshall William Fritz died peacefully Tuesday, November 4, 2008 of pancreatic cancer. He was born in Inglewood, CA on March 10, 1943. He is survived by his wife of forty-four years, Joan; his son, Eugene Fritz of Calwa; his three daughters and their husbands: Susan and Christopher Bethea of Clovis, Lucie and Tony Ruiz of Fresno, Ann and Kyle McKenna of Pittsburgh, PA; twelve grandchildren and his brother, Russell Fritz of Baja, Mexico. Marshall was an intelligent, witty man who founded three non-profit organizations, the most recent being the Alliance for the Separation of School and State. A Catholic mass will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Clovis, CA on Friday, Nov. 7th at 5:15pm and a graveside service will be held on Sat. Nov. 8th at the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, CA at 12pm. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Marshall Fritz Lectureship Fund, c/o Alliance for Separation of School & State, 1071 N. Fulton Street, Fresno, CA 93728. Return to About Us
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