G. P. Samarawickrama | |
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1st Vice Chancellor University of Ruhuna | |
Assumed office 1984 | |
Succeeded by | S. Pinnaduwage |
Personal details | |
Born | Gervin Panduka Samarawickrama 5 July 1938 Colombo,Sri Lanka |
Spouse | Sunethra Manthri née Kehelpannala (m. 11 July 1966) |
Children | 1,Rajeeva Samarawickrama |
Alma mater | Mahinda College,Galle [1] University of Ceylon University of London |
Profession | Physician Academic |
Gervin Panduka Samarawickrama is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was the inaugural Vice-Chancellor of University of Ruhuna.
Samarawickrama was born 5 July 1938 in Colombo,the son of Stephen Samarawickrama and Darlina née Wijeratne. [2]
Samarawickrama graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1967 with a Bachelor of Medicine,Bachelor of Surgery. Following which he was the medical officer-in-charge Venereal Diseases Clinic in Galle between 1968 and 1969,employed at the Government Hospital,Hurikaduwa between 1969 and 1971,and a lecturer,then senior lecturer at the University of Peradeniya between 1971 and 1980. [2] In 1975 he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of London. In 1980 he was employed as the head of the department of community medicine at Ruhuna University College. [2] In 1984 following the elevation of the Ruhuna University College to full university status he was appointed the University's inaugural Vice-Chancellor. [2]
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