Rolland "Rolly" P. Jayawardene, FRCP (1918 – November 11, 1999) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

. He was the Director-General of the Natural Resources Energy and Science Authority. He was born to

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Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, King's Counsel, KC (Sinhala language, Sinhala:යුජින් විල්ෆ්‍රඩ් ජයවර්ධන; 11 June 1874 – 23 November 1932) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge, lawyer and politici ...

KC, a

Chief Justice of Ceylon The Chief Justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head of the judiciary of Sri Lanka and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Established in 1801, the Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are ...

and Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena daughter of Tudugalage Muhandiram Don Philip Wijewardena a wealthy merchant. His brothers were President

J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...

and Dr

Hector Wilfred Jayewardene Deshamanya Hector Wilfred "Harry" Jayewardene, QC (November 3, 1916 - April 20, 1990) was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer. In 1979 he was chairman of a UNESCO conference on human rights in Bangkok and later chairman of the Sri Lanka Foundation Ins ...

, QC. His uncles were the Colonel

Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene, VD, JP, CLI (June 17, 1872 – 1945; also known as T. G. Jayewardene) was a Ceylonese ( Sri Lankan) engineer, politician and military officer. A member of the State Council of Ceylon, he was the ...

, Justice Valentine Jayewardene and the Press Baron

D. R. Wijewardena Don Richard Wijewardena ( Sinhala:දොන් රිච්ඩ් විජෙවර්ධන) (23 February 1886 – 13 June 1950) was a Sri Lankan press baron who was involved in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A successful entrepreneur ...

. Educated at

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

, he graduated from the

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. Joining the Ceylon Medical Service, went on to gain an MD from the

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as well as

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(MRCP) and

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(FRCP) of the

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becoming a Senior Physician of the General Hospital, Colombo. He was appointed Director-General of the Natural Resources Energy and Science Authority which was later replaced by the Natural Science Foundation. He was married to Dr

Gladys Jayawardene Gladys Jayawardene (19??-September 12, 1989) was a Sri Lankan Physician and academic. She was the first female Director of the Medical Research Institute and Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation. She was assassinated by the Janatha V ...

the first female Director of the Medical Research Institute and Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation. She was assassinated by the

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; ) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party and a former militant organization in Sri Lanka. The movement was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (SLFP), and anot ...

(JVP) for importing Indian medicines.History of the Medical Research Institute
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jayawardene, Rolly Year of birth missing 1999 deaths Sinhalese physicians Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Colombo) Alumni of the University of London Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians