St. Sebastian’s OBA fete renowned past pupils

By Lenard R. Mahaarachchi

The OBA of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, feted its distinguished past pupils at a colourful ceremony recently at the college auditorium. The chief guest was Archbishop of Colombo Rt. Rev. Oswald Gomis. Old boys who have excelled professionally were bestowed the “Sebastianite Award of Excellence” at this felicitation ceremony.

They were – Rt. Rev. Dr. Winston Fernando (Religious Affairs), Rev. Fr. Hilarian Fernando (OSB) (Education), Prof. Dayasiri Fernando (Medicine), Capt. Elmo Jayawardene (Social Service), Duleep Mendis, (Sports – Cricket), Senaka Wijenayake (Athletics), Pratapkumar de Silva (Enterpreneur), A.L.M. Fernando, (Law), Reginald Coorey (Politics), Rev. Fr. Philip Motha (Valuation) Ajith Nivard Cabraal (Accountancy), Dr. I. Patrick S. Dias, (Agriculture), Prof. M. George A. Coorey (Arts), Radley Silva (Banking), Maj. Gen. U.B. Lawrence Fernando (Defence Services), Prasanga de Silva (Design & Construction), Dr. L.E.N. Fernando (Economics), Kingsley Fernando (Engineering), Jayalath L. Fernando (Environmental Services), Rohan B. Fernando (Exceptional Enterpreneur (Jnr), Peter Perera FSC, Julian Fernando and Christy Fernando (Exceptional services to College) Sunil T. Fernando (Films), Philip Fernando (Journalism), Sunil Perera (Entertainment), Oswald de Silva (Public service), Joe Fernando (Quantity surveying), and Prof. Harindra Fernando (Science & Research).