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Daphne Attygalle

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Daphne Attygalle
Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo
In office
?–1989
Personal details
Born1922
Died1989
Spouse
(died 1989)
OccupationPathologist
Awards
Academic work
DisciplinePathology
InstitutionsFaculty 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Don Jinadasa Attygalle". RCP Museum. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Gunawardena, Charles A. (2 December 2023). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. ISBN 9781932705485. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Past Presidents". St. Bridgets's Convent PPA. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Looking back". Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Emeritus Professors". University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  6. ^ Colombo Anatomy Block Centenary Souvenir. Sri Lanka Medical Association. 1 November 2013. p. 16 – via Issuu.
  7. ^ Dole, Nilma (11 March 2012). "Women at the forefront of Sri Lanka's health success". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ Peiris, Roshan (17 October 1999). "First lady of campus". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "DEANS, EMERITUS, HONORARY & VISITING APPOINTMENTS". University of Malaya Faculty of Dentistry. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Dr. D.J. Attygalle oration". Daily Mirror. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Founder Fellows". National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  13. ^ "National Awards". President of Sri Lanka Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Department of Pathology – Academic". Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Retrieved 3 November 2023.