EE Sayas

• During our RIT days, there were about 20 sayas at the Electrical Engineering Department
• The Department offered two options : EC (Electrical Communications) and EP (Electrical Power).
• Several decades later EC and EP became Departments with their own Professors and Heads.
  EC is also known as EcE or Electronics Engineering.
• The Group photo shows 15 sayas.
  One was absent for the Photo Shoot.
  A few were on doing further studies abroad.
• For SPZP-2010 held in Singapore, I wrote an article “A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas” for the Commemorative Issue of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung.
  Saya U Moe War (Tekkatho Moe War, Chief Editor) suggested the Title.
• U Thein Lwin (who passed away a few years back) was not covered in the article.

U Kyaw Tun

• Group photo of the “Reunion in January 1980 of the Final Year Engineering Students in 1948 and 49” showed Sayagyi.
• Joined the Department of Electrical Engineering
• Continued teaching until his retirement.
• Recruited Saya C. Ping Lee to join EE department in 1950.
• Children : Dr. Elizabeth (Ph.D in English), Dorothy
• “Doctor” Tin Aung Win wrote about his beloved father-in-law.

C. Ping Lee

• Recruited by Saya U Kyaw Tun to join Electrical Engineering, BOC College.
• Transferred to the Directorate of Technical Education and Vocational Training at the request of H.E. U Than Aung (his Burmese teacher at St. Paul’s).
• Dr. Win Aung (M 62) wrote about his beloved father in the “Post Reunion” series of SPZP-2000.
• Articles by Dr. Win Aung, Saya U Htin Paw (EE 58), U Aw Taik Moh (C54), Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58) have references to Saya C. Ping Lee.
• Saya passed away in Berkeley, CA in 1987.
• Former students included the late Professor U Sein Hlaing.

U Sein Hlaing

• Top in the class of 1952
• MSEE from MIT
• Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Taught at BIT/RIT until retirement
• Passed away a few years after retirement

U Tin Swe

• MSEE from the University of Michigan.
• Excellent in Soccer and Tennis.
• Early Power User at the Universities’ Computer Center (UCC).

U Sein Win

• MSEE from the University of Michigan
• Worked at the famous Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Technical Consultant for the UCC Project.
• President of RIT Swimming, Water Polo and Diving
• President of RIT Rowing
• Line Judge at RUBC Regattas

Dr. Freddie Ba Hli

• Sc.D in EE from MIT
• Director General, UBARI
• Taught part time at EE Department
• Retired as National Advisor at the Ministry of National Planning and Finance
• Member, UCC Advisory Board
• External Examiner, UCC
• Passed away in Sydney, Australia in his 90s

U Thein Lwin

• MSEE from Lehigh University
• Saya taught at RIT and Singapore Polytechnic
• President, RIT Badminton Association

Dr. San Tint

• Taught until retirement
• External Examiner, UCC
• Attended SPZP-2000

U Soe Min

• After training in UK, transferred to DCA (Directorate of Civil Aviation)

U Chin Way

• Joined RIT in 1963
• Active in SPARK
• Was offered a job [promptly] by his interviewers after learning that their boss U Tun Aung (Jeffrey, EC68) was a student of Saya
• Passed away in the USA

U Tin Shwe

• Joined RIT in 1966
• Taught at RIT and ABAC
• Became monk after retirement
• His demise is lamented in “To the Shwe Duo” (Poem by Tekkatho Moe War, Translation by Hla Min)

U Kyaw Lwin

• Hobbies : Rowing, Piano

Daw Nyunt Nyunt Yee

• Joined RIT in 1972
• Widow of Saya U Sein Hlaing
• Head of Electrical Engineering (Power) Department at RIT/YIT/MIT.
• Passed away on Jan 05, 2000

Miscellaneous

• Daw Mya Mya Than