• Saya will celebrate his 88th birthday in October 2019.
• Except for slight loss of hearing, Sayagyi is healthy.
• He attended SPZPs, mini-PZPs and micro-PZPs in Canada, USA, Singapore and Myanmar.
• He matriculated in 1949.
• Saya was the first group of engineering students — along with Saya U Min Wun and Saya U Maung Maung Than — selected to study at the prestigious universities in the USA under the Twinning Program.
• Upon return, Saya joined the Faculty of Engineering.
• He succeed U Mya Han as Professor of Civil Engineering.
• He later succeeded U Yone Moe as Rector of RIT.
• He fondly talks about “the best days of his life at RIT”.

Contributions

• Brief biography for SPZP-2000
• Key note speech at SPZP-2000 held in the USA (Saya highlighted the importance of Health and Emotional Intelligence.)
• Article covering (a) State Scholarship in the USA (b) experience as Professor and Rector (Some sub-sections of HMEE-2012 book was based on Saya’s article)
• Introduction to the History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar (The article appeared in the Supplement CD of HMEE-2012 book)
• Coconut Episode (Saya related the story at Saya Allen Htay’s house a day or two before SPZP-2000. Saya highlighted the evolution of a student from a “coconut thief” into a r4espected 3R volunteer teacher. The written version appeared in the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for a Singapore SPZP.)
• Anecdotes from several occasions.
• (a) Saya and I spent a few days together at Ivan Lee’s house in New Jersey in 2015. Saya would tell us stories from his RIT days.
• (b) We spent two nights at Saya’s house in Canada during the whirl wind trip hosted by Ivan with the help of Frederick Thetgyi.
• (c) During my visits to Yangon, I was “Ei Hmyaung” at the gatherings — one for the birthday of Ma Ma Emma (Sayagadaw) and one for welcoming Sayagyis attending SPZP.)