Nihal. D. Amarasekera Archives

Sunil R de Silva – In memory of those glorious five years-by Dr. Nihal. D. Amarasekera, UK. Source:Island Sunil was the son of Walwin. A de Silva, CCS and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon and the nephew of Dr Colvin R de Silva, Politician, Lawyer and one of the founder members of the LSSP. Sunil had his education at Royal College Colombo and entered the Faculty of Medicine Colombo in 1962. He qualified as a doctor in 1967. After serving his year as an intern at the General Hospital Galle he left for the USA. Sunil was tragically killed in a road traffic accident in 1976. I consider it an immense privilege to have spent those five years with him as medical students at an exciting and idealistic time of our youth. Sunil de Silva was a cultured gentleman, one of the best I’ve met during my ...