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===As Chancellor of the University of Jaffna===
Vaithalingam was appointed as the first Chancellor of the University of Jaffna by the President of Sri Lanka with effect from the first of January, 1979. In the course of his tenure, which lasted half a decade, he presided over the first convocation held at the Veerasingam Hall on the 13th of September 1980 and also delivered the very first convocation address.
===Deshamanya===
Vaithalingam was awarded the [[Deshamanya]] within two years of its founding in 1987. He was the first Sri Lankan Tamil to receive the award and the appearance of common ground between the government and a prominent Tamil caused an adverse reaction from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. The LTTE called on him to refuse the reward, if he valued his life; however, Vaithaligam defied the outfit and accepted the honour.
==Personal life==
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