
Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)
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RIT-UCC Connection
- Some sayas and alumni worked or volunteered at UCC.
- Saya U Sein Win served as Technical Advisor for UCC.
- Saya Dr. San Tint and Saya U Shwe Hlaing served as External Examiners at UCC.
- Several sayas and alumni attended courses at UCC.
- I wrote “Memories of UCC” a few years back.
- An article was published for the 30th Anniversary of ICST.
- Sad to note that Saya Dr. Chit Swe, U Aung Zaw, U Soe Myint (M72) and several have passed away.

Gathering at Dr. Rafiul Ahad’s house - The photo was taken at the UCC-RIT Gathering hosted by Dr. Rafiul Ahad (UCC) to welcome Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC) to the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Rafiul is now retired VP of Oracle.
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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.
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Mechanical Engg Sayas
U Tin Hlaing

- 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

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

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 - Sayagyi U Aung Khin wrote “A tribute to Saya U Tin Hlaing” for SPZP-2000.
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EE60

1960 လျှပ်စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာ နောက်ဆုံးနှစ် သင်တန်း
** ရှေ့တန်း
* ဆရာများ
T Kyin Khin, L တင်ထွန်း၊ ဦးစိန်လှိုင်၊ ဦးကျော်ထွန်း၊ William Paw, Dr. Guile, ကိုဘလွင်၊ ကိုမျိုးကြည်၊ ဦးတင်ဆွေ
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
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
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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
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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
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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 - She is an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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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