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*[[Rajendra Coomaraswamy]], [[Ceylon Civil Service|CCS]] - former Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the [[UNDP]] and President of the [[Colombo Plan|Colombo Plan Council]]<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen5014.html COOMARASWAMY, C - Family #5014]</ref> |
*[[Rajendra Coomaraswamy]], [[Ceylon Civil Service|CCS]] - former Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the [[UNDP]] and President of the [[Colombo Plan|Colombo Plan Council]]<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen5014.html COOMARASWAMY, C - Family #5014]</ref> |
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* [[Deshamanya]] [[C.A. Coorey]], [[SLAS]] - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury |
* [[Deshamanya]] [[C.A. Coorey]], [[SLAS]] - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury |
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*[[Deshamanya]] [[Doctorate|Dr]] [[Gamani Corea]] - former [[Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTD]] (1974–1984); Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs; Senior Deputy Governor of the [[Central Bank of Sri Lanka|Central Bank of Ceylon]]<ref name="Gamani Corea">[http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twnso/docs/Gamani%20Corea%20CV.doc Gamani Corea of Sri Lanka, Secretary-General UNCTD]</ref> |
*[[Deshamanya]] [[Doctorate|Dr]] [[Gamani Corea]] - former [[Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTD]] (1974–1984); Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs; Senior Deputy Governor of the [[Central Bank of Sri Lanka|Central Bank of Ceylon]]<ref name="Gamani Corea">[http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twnso/docs/Gamani%20Corea%20CV.doc Gamani Corea of Sri Lanka, Secretary-General UNCTD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107192740/http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twnso/docs/Gamani%20Corea%20CV.doc |date=2007-01-07 }}</ref> |
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* [[Tissa Devendra]] - former Chairman of Public Service Commission; Chairman of Salaries Commission; first President of the Colombo University Alumni Association |
* [[Tissa Devendra]] - former Chairman of Public Service Commission; Chairman of Salaries Commission; first President of the Colombo University Alumni Association |
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* [[Hemasiri Fernando]] - former Secretary to the Prime Minister |
* [[Hemasiri Fernando]] - former Secretary to the Prime Minister |
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==Police== |
==Police== |
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* [[Sydney de Zoysa]] - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Range II; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security; a leader of the [[attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|attempted military coup in 1962]]<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990221/sports3.html Sydney Zoysa was tough]</ref> |
* [[Sydney de Zoysa]] - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Range II; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security; a leader of the [[attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|attempted military coup in 1962]]<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990221/sports3.html Sydney Zoysa was tough]</ref> |
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* [[C.C. "Jungle" Dissanayake|C. C. Dissanayake]] - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) and a leader of the [[attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|attempted military coup in 1962]]<ref name="Coup">[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/02/02/fea01.html Coup of 1962: an inside story]</ref> |
* [[C.C. "Jungle" Dissanayake|C. C. Dissanayake]] - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) and a leader of the [[attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962|attempted military coup in 1962]]<ref name="Coup">[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/02/02/fea01.html Coup of 1962: an inside story] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605164701/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/02/02/fea01.html |date=2011-06-05 }}</ref> |
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* [[S.A. Dissanayake]] - former [[Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)|Inspector General of Police]] (IGP) and Additional Permanent Secretary of the [[Ministry of External Affairs and Defence]] |
* [[S.A. Dissanayake]] - former [[Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)|Inspector General of Police]] (IGP) and Additional Permanent Secretary of the [[Ministry of External Affairs and Defence]] |
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* N. K. Illangakoon - current Inspector General of Police (IGP)<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110703/News/nws_11.html New Police chief assumes duties tomorrow]</ref> |
* N. K. Illangakoon - current Inspector General of Police (IGP)<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110703/News/nws_11.html New Police chief assumes duties tomorrow]</ref> |
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* Professor [[Suri Ratnapala|A. Suri Ratnapala]] - Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law, [[University of Queensland]] |
* Professor [[Suri Ratnapala|A. Suri Ratnapala]] - Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law, [[University of Queensland]] |
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* Professor [[Ediriweera Sarachchandra]] - playwright, novelist and poet |
* Professor [[Ediriweera Sarachchandra]] - playwright, novelist and poet |
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* Professor [[K. N. Seneviratne]] - Professor of Medicine; founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine <ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/22/new41.html http://www.doctorndtv.com/profile/profile.asp?alias=CGoonaratna]</ref><ref>[http://sundaytimes.lk/091122/Plus/plus_18.html He was many things all rolled into one]</ref> |
* Professor [[K. N. Seneviratne]] - Professor of Medicine; founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine <ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/22/new41.html http://www.doctorndtv.com/profile/profile.asp?alias=CGoonaratna] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202601/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/22/new41.html |date=2011-06-29 }}</ref><ref>[http://sundaytimes.lk/091122/Plus/plus_18.html He was many things all rolled into one]</ref> |
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* Professor [[Jayadeva Uyangoda]] - professor and former Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Colombo |
* Professor [[Jayadeva Uyangoda]] - professor and former Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Colombo |
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* Dr [[Maitree Wickramasinghe]] - academic and senior lecturer at the Department of English of the [[University of Kelaniya]] |
* Dr [[Maitree Wickramasinghe]] - academic and senior lecturer at the Department of English of the [[University of Kelaniya]] |
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The following people spent time at the University of Colombo as either teaching staff or students.
Heads of state and government
- President J.R. Jayawardene - former President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe, MP - current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Prominent figures in the independence movement
- Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitharana, FRCS - leader in the independence movement
Legislators and political figures
- Hector Abhayavardhana - Trotskyist
- A. Amirthalingam - former Opposition leader, Member of Parliament and Tamil separatist
- Hon. Tissa Attanayake - former Cabinet Minister; former Member of Parliament
- Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle, FRCS - former President of the Senate of Ceylon, Vice-Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Dean Faculty of Medicine & Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Hon. Ronnie De Mel, CCS - former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
- Hon. William de Silva - former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
- Deshamanya Neville Kanakeratne - former Governor of the Southern Province
- Hon. Anil Moonesinghe - former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
- Senator Somasundaram Nadesan - former Senator
- Hon. Prof G. L. Peiris - former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
- Hon. M. Sivasithamparam - former Deputy Speaker of Parliament
- Hon. Dr Tissa Vitharana - current Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology and Member of Parliament
- Hon. Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Cabinet Minister of Education, Higher Education and Justice; Member of Parliament; Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Russian Federation; former Permanent Secretary; Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Tooth
Clergy and religious figures
- Cardinal Thomas Cooray, OMI - former Archbishop of Colombo; first Cardinal from Sri Lanka
- Rt.Revd. Dr. Lakshman Wickremasinghe - Bishop of Kurunegala; youngest bishop in the Church of England
Civil servants
- Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Health (also listed in Diplomats)
- Rajendra Coomaraswamy, CCS - former Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the UNDP and President of the Colombo Plan Council[1]
- Deshamanya C.A. Coorey, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury
- Deshamanya Dr Gamani Corea - former Secretary-General of the UNCTD (1974–1984); Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs; Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon[2]
- Tissa Devendra - former Chairman of Public Service Commission; Chairman of Salaries Commission; first President of the Colombo University Alumni Association
- Hemasiri Fernando - former Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Bernard Peiris, OBE, JP - former Cabinet Secretary [3]
- M. J. Perera, CCS - first Chairman of the Rupavahini Corporation; former Permanent Secretary of the Education and Cultural Affairs Ministry; Vice-Chancellor of University of Peradeniya
- G.V.P. Samarasinghe, CCS - former Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary of Defence and Foreign Affairs
- S.J. Walpita, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries & Fisheries; Vice-Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya[4]
- Bradman Weerakoon, CCS - former Secretary to the Prime Minister
Diplomats
- T. D. S. A. Dissanayake - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and Egypt
- Yogendra Duraiswamy, SLOS - former Sri Lankan diplomat
- Ahmed Aflal Jawad, SLOS - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; former Ambassador to Norway
- Deshamanya Dr Vernon Mendis, SLOS - former United Nations' Special Envoy to the Middle East, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, Cuba and Secretary General of the Non Aligned Movement[5]
- Daya Perera, PC - former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada; Ambassador to the United Nations in New York
- Gamini Seneviratne, SLOS - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand and the Republic of Korea
- Wickrema Weerasooria - former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation
Military
- General Deshamanya Sepala Attygalle, MVO, idc, psc, SLAC - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977) and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence
- Major General Anton Muttukumaru - first Ceylonese Army officer to serve as Commander of the Ceylon Army
- Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, SLMC - former Director Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
Police
- Sydney de Zoysa - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Range II; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security; a leader of the attempted military coup in 1962[6]
- C. C. Dissanayake - former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) and a leader of the attempted military coup in 1962[7]
- S.A. Dissanayake - former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Additional Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence
- N. K. Illangakoon - current Inspector General of Police (IGP)[8]
Academics
Vice Chancellors
- Professor Savitri Goonesekere - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
- Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama - current Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
- Professor Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake - former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo and founder of University of Colombo School of Computing
- Professor Stanley Wijesundera - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
Professors and scholars
- Professor Hithanadura Janaka De Silva - Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Kelaniya; Dean of Faculty of Medicine Kelaniya (Student Faculty of Medicine 1977-1982)
- Professor Nalin de Silva - professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kelaniya
- Dr Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri - historian and Head of the Department of History, University of Colombo
- Professor Deshamanya J B Disanayake - professor and former Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo
- Professor Devaka Fernando - Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardanapura; Visiting Professor of Endocrinology University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Sheffield; Honorary Professor Sheffield Hallam University (Student Faculty of Medicine 1976-1981 and Senior Lecturer in Medicine 1994-1996)
- Dr. Brendon Gooneratne - Head and Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
- Professor Shan Ratnam - Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital of Singapore
- Professor A. Suri Ratnapala - Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
- Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra - playwright, novelist and poet
- Professor K. N. Seneviratne - Professor of Medicine; founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine [9][10]
- Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda - professor and former Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Colombo
- Dr Maitree Wickramasinghe - academic and senior lecturer at the Department of English of the University of Kelaniya
- Professor Nira Wickramasinghe - historian and Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands
- Dr Gihan Wikramanayake - Head and Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Systems Engineering of the University of Colombo School of Computing
Artists
Novelists, poets and playwrights
- Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra - Sri Lanka's premier playwright
Actors
- Jackson Anthony - actor, director, singer
- Iranganie Serasinghe - actress
- Bandula Withange - actor, director, scriptwriter
Visual artists
- Malaka Dewapriya - filmmaker, short film director, video artist, radio play writer
Judges
- Hon. Justice Nihal Jayasinghe - former Judge of the Supreme Court
- Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof - former Judge of the Supreme Court
- Hon. Justice Neville Samarakoon - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankabhimanya Hon. Justice Christopher Weeramantry - former Judge of the International Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Medicine
- Professor Hithanadura Janaka De Silva - Foundation Professor of Medicine University of Kelaniya, Dean Faculty of Medicine Kelaniya
- Professor Devaka Fernando - Foundation Professor of Medicine University of Sri Jayawardanapura; Visiting Professor of Endocrinology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Sheffield; Honorary Professor, Sheffield Hallam University
- Dr Brendon Gooneratne - scholar and author
- Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitharana - independence activist
- Dr Richard Lionel Spittel, CMG, CBE - naturalist and author
Journalists
- Regi Siriwardena - journalist and writer
Sportsmen
- Brigadier Dr. H.I.K. Fernando - former Ceylon cricketer
- Lasantha Fernando - tennis champion and Davis Cup player[11]
- Jehan Mubarak - cricketer
- Tambyah Murugaser - former Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket; Sri Lanka team manager[12]
- Dr Ajith C. S. Perera - former test-match-panel senior cricket umpire; disability activist
- Mano Ponniah - former Ceylon cricketer and member of the Cambridge eleven[13]
- Kumar Sangakkara - captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team
Lawyers
- T.B. Dissanayake - former Commissioner of Assize
- Palitha Fernando, PC - current Attorney General of Sri Lanka and Judge Advocate of the Sri Lanka Navy[14][15]
Engineers
- B.D Rampala - former Chief Mechanical Engineer and General Manager of the Ceylon Government Railway
Activists
- Rajini Thiranagama - human rights activist and feminist
Faculty
- Professor Sir Nicholas Attygalle
- Professor Sir Charles Irwin Ball
- Professor Nalin de Silva
- Dr Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
- Professor Deshamanya J B Disanayake
- Professor J B Disanayake
- Professor Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, AM
- Professor Savitri Goonesekere
- Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama
- Professor Kumari Jayawardena
- Professor Amal Jayawardane
- Professor Chandana Jayarathne
- Professor Sir William Ivor Jennings
- Professor Kusuma Karunaratne
- Professor Sarath Kotagama
- Professor S.R. Kottegoda
- Professor Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
- Professor Dharmasena Pathiraja
- Professor G. L. Peiris
- Professor Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake
- Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra
- Professor Anuradha Seneviratna
- Professor K. N. Seneviratne
- Professor Priyani Soysa
- Hedi Stadlen
- Professor Deepika Udagama
- Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda
- Professor Nira Wickramasinghe
- Professor Stanley Wijesundera
References
- ^ COOMARASWAMY, C - Family #5014
- ^ Gamani Corea of Sri Lanka, Secretary-General UNCTD Archived 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary - Bernard Percival Peiris
- ^ In times of turbulence he showed courage and compassion, S. J. Walpita
- ^ Sri Lanka’s Father of Diplomacy Dr. Vernon L. B. Mendis reminisces his trail blazing career spanning over a half century with Nation Eye
- ^ Sydney Zoysa was tough
- ^ Coup of 1962: an inside story Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ New Police chief assumes duties tomorrow
- ^ http://www.doctorndtv.com/profile/profile.asp?alias=CGoonaratna Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ He was many things all rolled into one
- ^ Appreciation 'King Lasantha' reigns no more
- ^ Tamil Union felicitates Tambyah Murugaser
- ^ Mano Ponniah: Bashful batsman and articulate architect
- ^ "New silks in the AG's Dept". Nation.lk. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ Kirinde, Chandani. "Court-martial of Southern Naval Area Commander". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2011-09-10.