V. R. Schockman

Dr V.R. Schockman was a Ceylonese statesman and physician.

Schockman was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council and served as the Mayor of Colombo from 1938-1939.[1] He appointed to the first Senate of Ceylon[2] in 1947 and was a Member of Parliament and was the first President of the Ceylon Olympic and Empire Games Association the preciser to the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka.[3] He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and at the Ceylon Medical College.

References

  1. ↑ Past Mayors of Colombo
  2. ↑ The Senate Days of Ceylon
  3. ↑ Inauguration

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