Maths Sayas

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

U Kar

(5/Apr/1894 to 21/May/1974)

• Passed away at the age of 81
• Taught Mathematics at RU
• Education Minister in the Caretaker Government
• Rector, RASU
• Children : Saya Dr. Tin Maung and Sayama Daw Thein.

U Aung Hla

(18/Apr/1896 to 13/Dec/1983)

• Passed away at the age of 88.
• Professor of Maths, RU
• Dean of Arts, RU
• Accomplished musician
• Annotated 25 Burmese songs.
• Spouse : Daw May Than was a nationally known singer.
• Son : U Mya Than played the lead guitar & piano.

U Po Thon

(27/Jul/1899 to 23/Nov/1982)

• Passed away at the age of 84.
• Pyinnya Mingyi ပညာမင်းကြီး
• Supervised & published Maths texts for use in schools.

U Net

(15/Jan/1918 to 26/Feb/2003)

• Passed away at the age of 86.
• Professor of Maths, MASU
• Feather of Daw Khin Mar Mar (Physics & UCC) & grandfather of Wunna Ko Ko, webmaster of second RIT web site.

U Ba Toke

(26/Dec/1920 to 2/Dec/2020)

• Phwa Bet Taw ဖွားဘက်တော် of “Rangoon University” and “First RU Student Boycott” (which is celebrated as “Ah Myo Tha Aung Pwe Nay” အမျိုးသားအောင်ပွဲနေ့ )
• Professor of Maths, RASU
• Rector, MASU
• Professor of Maths, RIT
• Vice Chair of Maths, Assumption University
• Mandalay University Soccer Selected
• Chinlon expert
• Vice chair, RU Sports Council
• Led the Burmese Olympic team to Tokyo in 1964.
• Gave interviews (three C-90 tapes) and documents (4 files) to Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char). The book was published in April 2010 & was distributed on Sayagyi’s 90th birthday.

Updates

• Many sayas — including those mentioned in the post are GBNF.
• Other GBNF sayas include Dr. Chit Swe, Dr. Tin Maung, Dr. Saw Tin, Dr. Khin Maung Win, U Tin Hlaing, U Sein Min, U Ko Lay & U Aung Sein

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