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

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

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Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC ( Sinhala:යුජින් විල්ෆ්‍රඩ් ජයවර්ධන; 11 June 1874 – 23 November 1932) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge, lawyer and politician. He was a Judge of the Supreme Cour ...

KC, a

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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 (; ; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly referred to by his initials JR, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, public official and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the secon ...

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, Justice Valentine Jayewardene and the press baron

D. R. Wijewardena Don Richard Wijewardena (Sinhala language, Sinhala:දොන් රිච්ඩ් විජෙවර්ධන) (23 February 1886 – 13 June 1950) was a Sri Lankan media proprietor who was involved in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A s ...

. Educated at

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, 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 (died 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. Educated at C.M.S. Ladies' College, ...

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

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; , PLF) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 JVP ins ...

(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 people Sri Lankan medical doctors 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