Tin Maung Nyunt

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Education & Work

• Mechanical Engineering from Rangoon University in 1960
• Worked for JVC run by relatives. Read news about State Scholarship
• Masters in Agricultural Engineering from Virginia Tech in the USA
• Paid respect to Saya U Ba Than. Saya asked if he would like to join Agri Dept. (sub-dept of Mechanical).
• Later moved to Thailand & USA

Books

• Saya and I used to exchange books (dhamma and general).
• He told me to keep the ones that I want.
• He bought books. He got books when his dhamma friend Saya U Soe Kaw (Mining) passed away. He got books when a monastery undergoing renovation gave away the old stuff.

• Saya’s books include Ludu Dawlove Ah Mar, Theikpan Maung Wa, Tha Ka Doe, and Kyemon U Thaung.

Ludu Daw Ah Mar

• She took part in the 1936 RU Student Strike.
• Spouse : Ludu U Hla (Writer & Journalist)
• Many journalists & writers worked at Ludu Newspaper founded by U Hla & Daw Ah Mar.

• Saya gave me the book written by Ludu Daw Ah Mar about notable people from Mandalay.
• Daw Oo Zun (founder of the first Lu Oh Yone လူအိုရုံ) and Kyar Ba Nyein (Boxing & Checkers) are some of the Mandalay Thu မန္တလေးသူ and Mandalay Thar မန္တလေးသား featured in the book.

Theikpan Maung Wa

• U Sein Tin was an early student who took Burmese Honors.
• Became ICS.
• Co-founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with U Thein Han (Zawgyi) & U Wun (Minthuwun).
• Wrote a journal during his study at Oxford University and published a book.
• Wrote semi-autobiographical accounts featuring Maung Lu Aye မောင်လူအေး and Maung Lu Hmwe မောင်လူမွှေး
• His collection of “Wut Htu Saung Par ဝတ္ထုဆောင်းပါးာwas prescribed as a Burmese text for high school.
• Saya gave me the book written a book by Theikpan Maung Wa about pets.
• Theikpan Maung Wa succumbed as a victim of a robbery (gone wrong).

Memories

Health & Fitness

• President of RIT Thaing
• Member of RIT Saya Soccer Team
• Hiking & some Mountaineering (before having medical problems)
• Had operation

Social & Religious Activities

• Volunteer for constructing the pagoda & monastery at Taung Pulu Kaba Aye (first in the SF Bay Area & later at Boulder Creek)
• Member, Kappiya Karaka ကပ္ပိယကာရက
• Supporter, Team that compiled & converted Mogok Sayadaw’s tapes into CD
• Donated $500 to YTU Library Modernization project

• Used to have monthly လဖက်ရည် နဲ့ စကားဝိုင်း with Saya Allen Htay (GBNF), U Ko Ko Aye (GBNF), Ko Thein Naing (Patrick) and me.
• Visit by Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC). They spent over a month on an Ocean Liner to return home after studying in the USA.

• Saya and U Sein Tun were roommates at Mandalay University in 1955. They met again at a Fundraiser in Newark Pavilion on June 22, 2025.

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