Update : January 12, 2021

English Department

Sao Kan Gyi (GBNF)

• Taught English at RIT
• Pen name : “Khemarat”

Joe Ba Maung (GBNF)

• National Tennis Champion in Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles
• Moved to Burma Railways
• Victim of the 8-8-88 purge

Mathematics Department

U Ba Toke (GBNF)

• Born : December 26, 1920
• Died : December 2, 2020
• Spouse : Daw Khin Ma Gyi (GBNF)
• Children : Betty, Ye Myint, Kitty (GBNF), Nellie, Pansy, Soe Win (GBNF), Pansy, Tammy, Debbie
• Attended SPZP-2000 in the USA and subsequent SPZPs in Singapore and Yangon as “Saya of Engineering Sayas”

U Sein Shan (GBNF)

• Head of RIT Mathematics Department
• Son : Thant Zin (Mech)

Dr. Saw Tin (GBNF)

• Taught at RASU
• Transferred as Head of RIT Mathematics
• He and his spouse passed away within months of each other

Physics Department

Daw Nyein (GBNF)

• Retired as Head of RIT Physics Department
• Passed away at the tender age of 102

U Hlwan Moe (GBNF)

• Succeeded Daw Nyein as Head of the Department
• Spouse : Sayama Daw Emily Ba Aye

U Saw Hlaing (GBNF)

• First met Saya at Thu Ka Ka Yi Ah Thinn on Shwe Dagon Pagoda
• Last met Saya at the Ministry of Education

Daw May Than Nwe (GBNF)

• First in Physics Honors Class of 1962
• Moved to Singapore
• Spouse : Saya U Thein Lwin
• Both passed away within a few months of each other

Chemistry Department

Daw Than Than (GBNF)

• Moved to Canada
• Came back to Burma to have “better” medical treatment
• Spouse : Saya U Kyaw Tun