Some Significant Old Boys

Notable Old Boys

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PRESIDENTS & PRIME MINISTERS

President J.R. Jayawardene

Former President &. Prime Minister Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - President of Maldives

General Sir John Lionel Kotalawela - Former Prime Minister of Ceylon.

Hon Ranil Wickremasinghe MP - Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka & present Leader of the Opposition

FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Anagarika Dharmapala - A leading figure in in the revival of Buddhism in the twentieth century.

E.W.Perera "Lion of Kotte" - Freedom fighter & Senator

Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam - A Tamil political leader of Ceylon.

Ponnambalam Ramanathan - A Tamil political leader of Ceylon.

Capt.D.E.Henry Pedris - Prominent leader executed by the British

Sir Razik Fareed - Minister, Founder President MICH

CABINET MINISTERS & PROMINENT LEGISLATORS

Lalith Athulathmudali -Former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament .

Dr. Colvin R de Silva -Former Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs & Member of Parliament.

Pieter Keuneman -Former Minister of housing and local government & Member of Parliament.

Anil Moonesinghe -Former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament.

C.V.Gunaratne -Former Industrial Development Minister & Member of Parliament.

Anura Bandaranaike MP -Present Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament & former Speaker & Leader of the Opposition.

Mangala Samaraweera MP -Former Minister of Foreign Affairs & present Member of Parliament.

Dinesh Gunawardena MP -Present Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament.

Indika Gunawardena MP -Present Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament.

Mahinda Samarasekera MP -Present Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament

Tyronne Fernando

Ravi Karunanayka MP -Former Cabinet Minister & Present Member of Parliament.

George Rajapakse -Former Cabinet Minister & Member of Parliament.

Gamini Jayasuriya MP- Former Minister & Member of parliament

Lakshman (Lucky Kiriella) MP, ex Minister of Sports

Dr. Ranjit Atapattu - Former Minister of Health

Omer Kamil, Mayor of Colombo & Ambassador to Iran

MEMBERS OF THE DEFENCE SERVICES

Major General B.R. Heyn CLI -Former Commander of the Ceylon Army

General D.S. Attygalle MVO, CLI -Former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army

Major Genaral Naveen Seneviratne - Former Commander of Sri Lanka Army.

Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar MVO, - Former Commander of the Royal Ceylon Navy

Air Vice Marshal WDH Goonetileke ndc, psc, SLAF - Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force

Major General Janaka Perera- A Leader of Operation " RIWIRESA " and former Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army.

Vijaya Wimalaratne RWP,RSP,VSP,USP †- A Leader of Operation Liberation

Major General P.P. Fernando RWP,RSP, CR - Former Deputy Commanding officer of 54st Division, Sri Lanka Army.

Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya RWP, RSP, USP, psc - Commander Security Forces Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)).

Rear Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe RSP, USP, ndc, psc, DISS, MNI, SLN - Director General of Naval Operations

Major General C.H. Fernando

Major General Gamunu Kulatunge

Brigadier W.A.A.P.B Jayatilleka RSP, SLA † - Former Commanding officer of the 54-1 brigade.

Group Captain Shirantha Goonatilake, RSP, SLAF †

Group Captain D. S. Wickremasinghe who was killed in the war

AMBASSADORS and HIGH COMMISSIONERS

Sir Razik Fareed, High Commissioner of SL in Pakistan

John De Seram - Sri Lanka's Representative to the UN & Prominent Sri Lankan Diplomat in the UN.

Neville Kanakeratne - A permanent Sri Lankan diplomat & ambassador.

Hon. Mangala Moonesinghe -former High Commissioner in London and former Member of Parliament.

Hon. Susil Moonesinghe -former ambassador to Iran and former Member of Parliament.

Hon.Javed Yusuf- Former SL Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

JUSTICES, JUDGES, SENIOR COUNSEL & LEGAL LUMINARIES

Hon. Justice Manicavasagar

Hon. Justice C.V.Wigneshwaran

Hon. Justice T.S. Fernando

Judge Christopher Gregory Weeramantry -A Judge of the International court of Justice.

Frederick Dornhorst KC

Justice Sarath Ambepitiya

Shibly Aziz PC

C R (Bulla) de Silva - Attorney General 2007

BUSINESS, TRADE, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

Sir Ernest De Silva- Greatest Philatelist in Sri Lanka's History

Sir Cyril de Zoysa- Recorded Richest Sri Lankan to date and Philanthropist.

U N Gunasekera - Sri Lanka's Greatest Construction Engineer of the 20th Century

Phillip Upali Wijewardena -Founder of Upali Group.

Ratna Sivaratnam-Former Chairman and Managing Director Aitken Spence

Deshamanya Ken Balendra - Chairman of John Keells Holdings

Late D. S. Jayasundera - Chairman Hayleys

Sunil Mendis - Former Chairman Hayleys and Governor Central Bank

Rizvi Zaheed, Director Hayleys

S Skandakumar, Chairman George Steuarts & Co Ltd

SENIOR ACADEMICS

Vidyajyothi Prof.V.K.Samaranayake -Founder of University of Colombo School of Computing

Vidyajyothi Prof. Rezvi Sheriff -Senior Professor of Medicine & Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

Prof. B.A. Abeywickrama - Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Botany, University of Colombo.

Prof. Hema Ellawala

Vidyajyothi Prof. Osmund Jayaratne

Dr. E.M.Wijerama -The first President of the Ceylon College of Physicians, donated his house to the Medical College Library.

Dr. A M Mubarak - Director, National Science Foundation.

Cedric Oorlorff - Principal of Trinity College, Kandy - 1957-1968

Mr.J. K. B. Abeysinghe -Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

Prof. SAM Karunaratne- Former Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa

Dr.Gihan V Dias -Senior Lecturer, Electronics & Telecommunications Department, University of Moratuwa

Dr.Nalin Ranasinghe - Head ,Deapartment of Computation and Intelligent Systems, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo.

Dr. Devaka Weerakoon, Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo

PRELATES

Rt.Revd Kenneth Fernando - His Lordship the Bishop of Colombo.

Revd Dr. Lakshman Wickramasinghe D.D(Oxon) - Youngest Bishop in the Church of England.

Rt.Revd.Duleep De Chickera-His Lordship the Bishop of Colombo

Rt.Revd.Lakdasa De Mel- Former Bishop of the Chucrch of Ceylon

Rt.Revd.Harold De Soyza-Former Bishop of the Church of Ceylon

Rev Roger Adrian Herft - He is probably the top Prelate and once tipped to become Archbishop of Canterbury United Kingdom. Currently the Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia.

The Most Reverend Roger Adrian Herft (1948-) is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005. Previously he was the Bishop of Newcastle from 1993 - 2005. Born in Sri Lanka, Archbishop Roger was one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion when he was elected Bishop of Waikato, New Zealand in 1986.

Reverend Homagama Kondanna Maha Thera

SPORTSMEN AND SPORTS ADMINISTRATORS (International)

Ranjan Madugalle - Former Test Cricket Captain of Sri Lanka and the present presently Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council.

Asantha De Mel - Former Test Cricket Fast Bowler of Sri Lanka

N.S. Joseph- Former Sri Lankan cricketer

Jehan Mubarak - Sri Lankan cricketer

Gamini Goonasena - Former Ceylon & Cambridge Cricket Captain

Mahesa Rodrigo - Former Ceylon Rugby Captain

Jullian Bolling - Former Sri Lankan Swimming Captain & South Asian Gold Medalist

Hugh Aldons - Former Ceylon Hockey Captain

Cricket: Late Colonel F.C. de Saram, C. I. Gunasekera

Rugby Players - Indrajit Cumaraswamy, Tyrrel Mutthiah, Lionel Almeida

OTHER PROMINENT ALUMNI

Sir Richard Morgan -First Asian in the British Empire to receive a Knighthood.

J.P.Obeysekera - First Ceylonese Secretary of State.

Lalith Weeratunga - Present Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka

Charitha Ratwatte - Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa - Architect.

U. N. Gunasekera - Considered to be Sri Lanka's Greatest Construction Engineer of the 20th Century

Vernon Corea - A pioneer radio broadcaster & News Director at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation

Leon Belleth, Radio Ceylon & SLBC

Dr C A Hewavitharane

Gnr Kenneth R. Porritt

Dr S.R. Kottegoda

Kumar Ponnambalam (G.G.Ponnambalam Jnr.)

Neelan Thiruchelvam

Faris Thowfeek

Hasitha Weerasekera