Mr. Jinadasa Munasinghe succeeded Mr. D. G. Welikala as Principal. Although he served Richmond for a brief period , Richmondites remember him with much gratitude.

He was a student of Ananda College during the time of Mr. P. de S. Kularatne, who himself was an illustrious son of Richmond . Mr. Munasinghe served as a teacher in several districts of the Island . He was the editor of the Centenary Issue of Education in Sri Lanka , in 1969. He was the vice principal of the Junior University , Kegalle, prior to his appointment as Principal of Richmond College in 1971.

He served as the Provincial Director o f Education in Bandarawela and later he was appointed as the principal of the Maharagama Training College .

After his retirement he served in Nigeria in the field of education