RU Notes 4

Dr. Soe Win

• Attended St. Paul’s High School (SPHS)
• Stood First in the Matriculation of 1958.
• Studied Chemistry at Rangoon University and Imperial College, University of London
• Retired as Rector of Yangon University Foreign Languages (YUFL)
• Earlier served as Principal of Pyay College (now Pyay University) and Administrator of Institute of Computer Science and Technology (ICST)
• Spouse : Daw May Saw Lwin (Retired Professor of Chemistry)
  Married in 1970 around the RU Golden Jubilee
  They will celebrate their Golden Jubilee in 2020 around the RU Centennial
• Father : Saya U Sein (SPHS)
• Sons : U Aung Mon and Dr. Nyi Thet Lwin
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Daw May Saw Lwin

• Attended Methodist English High School (MEHS)
• Matriculated in 1957
• Studied Chemistry at Rangoon University
• Retired as Professor of Chemistry
• Parents : U Saw Lwin and Daw Su
• Siblings : Dr. Hazel Saw Lwin and Olive Saw Lwin
• Spouse : Dr. Soe Win (Retired Rector of YUFL)
  Married in 1970 around the RU Golden Jubilee
  They will celebrate their Golden Jubilee in 2020 around the RU Centennial
• Sons : U Aung Mon and Dr. Nyi Thet Lwin
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U Aung Mon

• Founding member and Moderator of the Yar Pyay Group
• Fondly known as “Aung“
• Elder son of Dr. Soe Win and Daw May Saw Lwin
• Studied EcE (Electronics Engineering) at YTU and IT in Singapore
• Works in Singapore.
• Was an organizer for EcE (Electronics Engineering) Reunion and SPZP
• Spouse : Dr. Lay May Yin
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Dr. Nyi Thet Lwin

• Founding member and Admin of the Yar Pyay Group
• Fondly known as “Nyi Nyi“
• He was brought up on the RU Main Campus.
• He wanted to learn first hand accounts about the University of Rangoon and its descendants.
• Works as a Surgeon in UK
• Parents : Saya Dr. Soe Win and Sayama Daw May Saw Lwin
• Spouse : Dr. Swe Khin Tun
• Daughter : Ei Lwin achieved grade 9 in all of the nine subjects that she sat in the 2019 GCSE exams in the UK. Following grandpa’s footsteps almost sixty years later!
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Saya U Sein

• Son : Dr. Soe Win
• Taught Burmese at SPHS
• He was our Burmese teacher in High School
• He also taught Burmese to Saya U Thet Lwin (Ngwe Hlinne, Composer of “Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Kun Yeik Kho”).
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Saya U Kyaw Sein

• Nephew : Dr. Soe Win
• Taught several subjects (including Mathematics) in Middle School at SPHS
• He was Class Teacher for a different section in Std. VII
• He also taught us as a Relieving Teacher.
• Win Myint (Myeik) mentioned that Saya is his father-in-law.
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Daw Su

• First resident of Inya Hall
• Performed several roles in the Fund raising Concert for Tekkatho Dhammyone
• Honoree of the Thet Kyee Pu Zaw Pwes of Inya Hall and Tekkatho Dhammayone
• Spouse : U Saw Lwin
• Daughters : Dr. Hazel Saw Lwin, Olive Saw Lwin, and May Saw Lwin
• Wanted her daughters to stay at Inya Hall.
  Olive Saw Lwin and May Saw Lwin spent a year at Inya Hall.
  Hazel Saw Lwin (medical student) had to stay at the specified hostel.
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