Daphne Attygalle
Daphne Attygalle | |
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| Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo | |
| In office ?–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1922 |
| Died | 1989 |
| Spouse | |
| Occupation | Pathologist |
| Awards |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Pathology |
| Institutions | Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo |
Daphne Attygalle (née Kanagaratne; 1922 – 1989) was a Sri Lankan pathologist who was Professor of Pathology at the University of Colombo.
Biography[edit]
Daphne Kanagaratne[1] was born in 1922.[2] She was educated at St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo, and she was later president of their Past Pupils' Association from 1975 to 1977.[3]
In 1970, Attygalle began working as a Professor of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians after spending some time in England for postgraduate work.[2][4] She became an Emeritus Professor at the University of Colombo on 10 September 1987.[5]
Attygalle was dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1982 until 1986;[6] she was the first woman to serve as a dean at a Sri Lankan university.[7] She declined an offer to serve as vice-chancellor of the University of Colombo (had she accepted she would have been the first woman to be vice-chancellor of a Sri Lankan university),[8] though she would later serve as acting vice-chancellor of the University of Colombo, serving until her death.[1]
Attygalle was the first chair of the Board of Study in Pathology, and she was later re-elected after her first term ended in 1983.[9] She worked as an external examiner at the University of Malaya Faculty of Dentistry.[10]
As an academic, Attygalle's field of work was pathology.[11] She was one of the fifty-three founding fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka.[12] She was awarded Deshabandu in the 1986 Sri Lankan national honours.[13]
Attygalle married Don Jinadasa Attygalle, senior physician of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.[1] She died in 1989.[1]
The Faculty of Medicine awards a Professor Daphne Attygalle Medal for Pathology to its students.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Don Jinadasa Attygalle". RCP Museum. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ a b Gunawardena, Charles A. (2 December 2023). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. ISBN 9781932705485. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Past Presidents". St. Bridgets's Convent PPA. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Looking back". Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Emeritus Professors". University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ Colombo Anatomy Block Centenary Souvenir. Sri Lanka Medical Association. 1 November 2013. p. 16 – via Issuu.
- ^ Dole, Nilma (11 March 2012). "Women at the forefront of Sri Lanka's health success". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ Peiris, Roshan (17 October 1999). "First lady of campus". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ Hewavisenthi, Janaki; Mudduwa, Lakmini (2019). "Tracing the Progress of Pathology in Sri Lanka – Part II" (PDF). Journal of Diagnostic Pathology. 14 (2): 1. doi:10.4038/jdp.v14i2.7771. S2CID 243131908.
- ^ "DEANS, EMERITUS, HONORARY & VISITING APPOINTMENTS". University of Malaya Faculty of Dentistry. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Dr. D.J. Attygalle oration". Daily Mirror. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Founder Fellows". National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "National Awards". President of Sri Lanka Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Department of Pathology – Academic". Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Retrieved 3 November 2023.