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  “A PROUD BENEDICTIAN” – By Des Kelly St. Benedict’s College, in Ceylon, as I remember it, was another famous Catholic School from which emerged many Benedictians who left College to make a name for themselves in various fields of endeavour. Mark Gerreyn was one who did exactly this. At a time when there were many “Artists” around, Mark took this talent even further, to eventually become one of the best Cartoonists in our little Island.      Mark was the elder brother of Maxwell Gerreyn, a personal friend and regular contributor of Cartoons, himself, to eLanka, it seems that the brothers-Gerreyn were both extremely talented, and although I had never met Mark, and as he has now passed-on (R.I.P.Mark), I did request Max to fill me in, with some details of this other famous Cartoonist of Sri Lanka, and sincerely thank him for his story of the brother who he ...