Update : January 12, 2021

Architecture Sayas

U Tha Tun (GBNF)

• Head of Department
• Frequent guest at my late uncle’s house
• Saya is remembered in the article “Two songs” by Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67) — written with the assistance of U Than Tun (A65).

U Kyaw Min (GBNF)

• Eldest son of Wunna Kyaw Htin U Ba Gyaw and Daw Aye Kyi.
• Studied at MIT
• Taught part-time at the Architecture Department
• Pen name : “Bi Thu Kar” Kyaw Min.
• Founding member and EC, BARB
• Passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, the 1st of July 1999 at the Rangoon General Hospital where he was receiving treatment for a liver ailment since March 1998.

Dr. Koung Nyunt (GBNF)

• Saya in 1967
• Doctorate from Japan
• Contributed articles and photos for “RIT Alumni International Newsletter”
• Passed away in Auckland, New Zealand

Sai Yee Laik (GBNF)

• Stood first and last in the Class of A68

Metallurgy Sayas

U Thit (GBNF)

• BS from Lehigh University
• MS from Melbourne University
• Retired as Head of Department
• Wrote a brief history of the RIT Metallurgy Department
• Passed away in Australia

Dr. Khin Maung Win (GBNF)

• Transferred to Technical Education and Vocational Training as Director General

Mining Sayas

U Soe Khaw (GBNF)

• BS from Berkeley
• MS from Missouri School of Mines
• Taught part-time and served as Head of the Mining Department at BOC College
• Worked for the Ministry of Mines
• Retired after working for UN in Thailand
• Moved to USA
• Attended SPZP-2000

U Soon Sein (GBNF)

• Maw Gun Win (Third Grade)
• Retired as Professor and Head of the Mining Department
• Moved to USA
• Invited saya by phone to attend SPZP-2000, but he declined citing health reasons

U Win Kyaing (GBNF)

• Head of Petroleum Engineering Sub-Department under the Mining Engineering
• Nick name : “Ngu Yin Kong Kee”.
• Spouse : Sayama Daw Muriel Tun Gyaw
• Nephew : Ko Maurice Chee (M75)