Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

  • UCC Gathering

    UCC Gathering in Cupertino, CA


    U Khin Zaw (UCC) and Daw Wai Wai Tun (Physics) hosted a lunch gathering for U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, SPHS70, EC76, UCC) and family.

    Attendees include

    • Saya U Myo Min (UCC)
    • U Myint Swe (EP74) and Daw San San (EC74)
    • Maurice Chee (M75) and family
    • U Hla Kyi (EC77)
    • U Aung Myint Oo (EC84, UCC)
    • Dr. Rafiul Ahad (SPHS69, UCC) and spouse
    • Dr. Kyaw Tint (Physics)
    • U Thein Naing (Patrick, Physics) and Daw Khin Myo Aung (Physics)
    • U Hla Min (EC69, SPHS63, UCC) and spouse.
    • KMZ’s spouse (Daw Khin Khin Latt) is the daughter of U Soe Myint (Chief Editor, Journalist).
    • U Soe Myint is the elder brother U Soe Win (EC70), U Kyaw Zaw (EC72) and U Khin Zaw (UCC).
    • KMZ is a Microsoft Alumni and resides in Seattle, Washington.
    • KMZ designed http://www.ex-rit.org/ web site and served as its web master.
  • Mechanical Engg Sayas

    U Tin Hlaing

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    • Sayagyi U Aung Khin wrote “A tribute to Saya U Tin Hlaing” for SPZP-2000.
      The article has been re-posted in the newsletter updates and in the RIT Alumni Facebook Pages.
    • Joined Faculty of Engineering in 1959
    • MS from Purdue University
    • Headed the Agricultural Sub-Department under Mechanical Engineering
    • President, Universities Hockey Team

    U Han Tun

    • Joined RIT in 1965

    Dr. Chan Nyein

    • Joined RIT in 1967
    • Ph.D from Imperial College, University of London
    • Retired as Minister of Education

    U Hla Thwin

    • Took five days before the neighbors learned about his demise

    U Myo Win

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    U Myo Win and Auto Club members
    • Joined faculty in 1965
    • Rowed for RIT
    • Contributed articles to “RIT Alumni International Newsletter”.
    • Moved to Australia
    • There are GBNF posts containing memories and reflections of his former sayas, colleagues and students.

    U Kyaw Sein

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    U Kyaw Sein and “Oldies in Singapore”
    Pon Tu of UvKyaw Sein
    by Myat Myo Myint
    • Joined faculty in 1965
    • Moderator, RIT-related web site
    • Moved to Singapore
    • Passed away in 2020.

    Miscellaneous

    • U Soe Lwin
    • U Khin Maung
    • S. Arya
    Pon Tu of S Arya
    by Myat Myo Myint
  • EE60

    1960 လျှပ်စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာ နောက်ဆုံးနှစ် သင်တန်း

    ** ရှေ့တန်း

    * ဆရာများ

    T Kyin Khin, L တင်ထွန်း၊ ဦးစိန်လှိုင်၊ ဦးကျော်ထွန်း၊ William Paw, Dr. Guile, ကိုဘလွင်၊ ကိုမျိုးကြည်၊ ဦးတင်ဆွေ

    ** ဒုတိယတန်း

    ဟုတ်စိန်၊ တင်လှ၊ တင်မြင့်၊ မွန်ယု၊ …

    ** တတိယတန်း

    ကျော်ဇော၊ မြင့်သိန်း၊ ထွန်းရီ၊ လွင်ဆွေ၊ …

    *** 1960 လျှပ်စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာ နောက်ဆုံးနှစ် သင်တန်း

    ** ရှေ့တန်း

    * ဆရာများ

    T Kyin Khin, L တင်ထွန်း၊ ဦးစိန်လှိုင်၊ ဦးကျော်ထွန်း၊ William Paw, Dr. Guile, ကိုဘလွင်၊ ကိုမျိုးကြည်၊ ဦးတင်ဆွေ

    ** ဒုတိယတန်း

    ဟုတ်စိန်၊ တင်လှ၊ တင်မြင့်၊ မွန်ယု၊ …

    ** တတိယတန်း

    ကျော်ဇော၊ မြင့်သိန်း၊ ထွန်းရီ၊ လွင်ဆွေ၊ …

    ** စတုတ္ထတန်း

    စိုးသိန်း၊ ဌေးဆွေ၊ မြင့်သိန်း၊ မောင်ဝင်း၊ ရောဘတ်လှကို၊ သန်းဖေ၊ ဥာဏ်ထွန်း၊ သန်းထွဋ်

    Credit: Saya Dr. Chris Lee (L. Tin Htun, EE 59)
    Saya wrote:

    Caption on top of the photograph reads:

    UNIVERSITY OF RANGOON – FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TEACHING STAFF AND STUDENTS OF FINAL YEAR B.Sc. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (1959 – 1960)

    Names listed below the photograph are as follows:

    Back Row (L. to R.) – Soe Thein (Mdy), Htay Swe (Mergui), Myint Thein (Rgn), Mg Win (Myaung), Robert Hla Ko (Yenangyaung), Than Pe (Mdy), Nyan Tun (Moulmein), Than Tut (Monywa), Robert Frank (Mdy), Mg Mg Myo Nyunt (Ngamyagyi), Kyaw Myint (Moulmein)

    3rd Row (L. to R.) – Kyaw Zaw (Yamethin), Myint Thein (Dedaye), Tun Yi (Rgn), Lwin Swe (Rgn), H. Num Futt (Rgn), Ohn Kyaw (Mdy), Myo Myint (Mdy), Aye Mg (Rgn), Mg Mg Hla (Rgn), Tin Mg Oo (Rgn), Sein Hla (Pegu)

    2nd Row (L. to R.) – Hoke Sein (Yangon), Tin Hla (Rgn), Tin Myint (Yenangaung), Moon Yu (Rgn), Lim Jin Twan (Rgn), San Hla (Mdy), Derrick Maurice (Rgn), Mg Mg (Monywa), Mg Mg Sint (Rgn), Tun Nyunt (Mdy), Tin Win (Moulmein)

    Front Row (Staffs) – T. Kyin Khoon B.Sc. (Eng), L. Tin Htun B.Sc. (Eng), U Sein Hlaing B.Sc. (Eng), S.M. (M.I.T.), Head of El. Eng. Department, U Kyaw Tun B.Sc., D.R.T.C. (Glasgow), A.M.I.E.E. (Lon), Prof. William Paw B.A., B. Com., M.B.A. (Harvard), Dr. A.E. Guile B.Sc. (Eng), Ph.D., A.M.I.E.E., Ko Ba Lwin B.Sc. (Eng), Ko Myo Kyi B.Sc. (Eng), U Tin Swe B.Sc. (Eng), M.S.E. (Michigan), A.M.I.R.E., A.M.A.I.E.E.

    Absentees: – Kyaw Win, Win Mg, Dennis Chit, Chit Thein, Than Tun, Patrick San Nyunt, John Grey.

    Notes

    The photo includes

    • H Num Fatt, younger brother of Saya H Num Kok (C)
    • U Soe Thein, younger brother of Saya Dr. Aung Soe (C)
    • Bohmu Lwin Swe
  • EC/EP 1967

    EC/EP 67

    Photo : U Myo Myint (EC67)

    • Aung Than
    • Henry Khoo
    • Hla Aung
    • Khin Naing / Cheng Hoke
    • Ko Ko Gyi
    • Kyaw Win
    • Maung Maung
    • Myint Kyaw (GBNF)
    • Myint Myint Than / Nancy Hla Aung (GBNF)
    • Myo Myint
    • San Oo, Dr.
    • Soe Tha
    • Thein Tun, Dr.
    • Win Myint
    • Yi Yi Aung
  • U Aye (M62)

    U Aye

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated from St. Patrick’s High School, Moulmein in 1956
    • Attended Moulmein Intermediate College and Leik Khone
    • Graduated with Mechanical Engineering from Burma Institute of Technology in 1962
    • Worked for HIC
    • Retired from UN/FAO
    BIT Volleyball team
    M62 (Formal)
    M62 (Informal)
    Caption for Photo

    Activities

    • Competed in Track & Field
      Played Soccer
    • Represented BIT and RU in Volleyball
      with U Shwe Kyaw (M63, GBNF)
      Played in Inter-Hall tournaments
    • Donated books to Mechanical
      Engineering Department at YTU
    • Attended selected Thet Kyee Pu Zaw Pwes and gatherings
    • Provided additional information for my articles on
      Class of 54 – 63
      Soccer
      Burma Selected
      Schools
    Thet Kyee Pu Zaw Pwe

    Notes

    • Brother : U Maung Maung (M54)
      Gold medalist
      Editor of RUESU magazine
      His daughter (Daw Aye Aye Htike) provided photos
    • Knows scholars and athletes from Tenessarim Division
    • Posted Class photos and memories
  • Daw Myint Myint (C69)

    • She is an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
      She owns “Myit Makha International Trading Co.”
    • She donated more than K200 Lakhs to the 69er HCF (Health Care Fund).
    • She sponsored many activities:
      69er monthly Breakfast gathering,
      Lunch gathering (e.g to welcome Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Germany)),
      Several tables at 69er Annual Dinner and Entertainment
    • She donated K150 Lakhs for YTU Library Modernization project.

    Feedback

    U Ngwe Tun (C69) wrote :

    Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu. Thank so much Daw Myint Myint. You are the great donor of69ers and also taking pride of you on behalf of69 civil students. May God Bless you always.

    Uzin Bobby Myo Tun (A69) wrote :

    Daw Myint Myint … your generosity and metta is greatly appreciated by all your fellow RIT69ERs

    Dr. Soe Thein (C75) wrote :

    Congratulations
    For her dedication to the community

    Certificate of Appreciation
    Daw Myint Myint
    Daw Myint Myint accepting the Certificate
  • Dr. Aung Gyi’s Birthday

    Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi’s birthday is October 1st.

    Pon Tu of Dr. Aung Gyi
    Couple
    Saya with Ivan Lee and U Hla Min
    With U Min Wun and U Hla Min at Welcome Dinner for SPZP-2000
  • U Myo Myint Sein’s Birthday

    His birthday is October 1st.

    With large Birthday Cake

    The Birthday Party was organized by Gordon Kaung (M83) and Lillian Kaung (EC83) at iNapaWine.

    Attendees include :

    • Saya Myo & Ma Ma Pat
    • Michael (son), Jenny and Ashton (grandson)
    • Saya U San Tun & Ma Ma Sylvia
    • Johnny (Ma Sylvia’s nephew)
    • Ann Kyu (Khin Khin Kyu, A67)
    • Ko Ko Zin (M84) & Thida Kaung
    • Gordon, Lillian & son
    • U Hla Min & Daw Sein Yie
    • Dr. Kyaw Tint
    Couple
    Saya Myo and Ma Ma Pat
    At NorCal RITAA Annual Dinner
    James Shwe, U Tin Htoon, Saya Myo, U Wint Khin Zaw
  • 2018 All Mechanical Gathering

    The Gathering was held at Dolphin Restaurant.

    The room overflowed.

    Even though it was not a SPZP, groups selectively paid respect to their former sayas.

    Seven members from the Class of M60 including Saya U Tin Htut and Saya U Tun Shwe had a micro-reunion.

  • Sayas (3)

    U Thet Lwin

    • Saya U Thet Lwin taught Burmese at the Institute of Economics and served as Registrar of RIT.
    • His pen name is “Ngwe Hlinne”.
    • Saya composed “Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Kun Yeik Kho”.

    Dr. San Hla Aung

    • Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58) taught at RIT and the University of New Orleans.
    • Saya is seen with his former students : Saya U Nyi Hla Nge (C69) and U Saw Lin (C71, GBNF).

    S Kyaw Aye

    Saya S. Kyaw Aye (M) is the elder brother of my classmate Abdul Raof (EP69).

    U Thein Lwin

    U Soe Paing

    U Shwe Hlaing

    U Ngwe Tun

    U Myat Htoo

    U Moe Aung

    U Lin

    U Kyaw Myint

    U Ba Than

    U Ba Myint

    U Aung Khin

    Dr. Tin Win

    U Tun Shwe