He graduated with B.E. (Electrical Power) in 1966 and joined the Electrical Engineering Department at RIT (Rangoon Institute of Technology).
He later taught at Assumption University (formerly known as ABAC) in Bangkok, Thailand.
He wrote about his final year B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) experience in an article. It was published in the Commemorative Issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2010 (Saya Pu Zwe Pwe in Singapore).
He became a monk after retirement. He managed the Sangha Library.
Sadly, he passed away. He is GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten)
Health Care
His former students donated for Saya’s health care.
A Poem in his memory
Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) wrote a Kabyar “To the Shwe Duo” lamenting the loss of Saya U Tin Shwe and Saya U Hla Shwe.
The two sayas with “Shwe” in their names passed away a few months apart.
SHWE duo Blossom in unison Disappear together Free from complaint Even with thin breath Showed mark [of courage and wisdom] Never ever wavered … Pressed by burden At the awaited turn [of journey’s end] Body — inheritance [from previous lives] Succumbs [to failing health] Yet, “Wei-nyin” is fresh, alive and hovering.
Daw Tin Myint (ChE66) retired as Professor of Chemical Engineering. The Pon Tu is a gift from Bagyee Myat Myo Myint.
Saya U Maung Maung (George, USA, ChE66) is an MEHS Alumnus. He is a Founding Member of RIT Alumni International and an Organizer of SPZP-2000. He is a Founding Member of Norcal RITAA and inaugural President. He provided $500 as Seed Money for YTU Library Staff Training Fund and raised $3000+ with donations by Saya U Myat Thwin (Kuesan Lin, ChE) and other sayas and alumni. His spouse Eng Eng is the younger sister of U Myat Thwin.
U Ne Win Myint (Victor Win, ChE66, Diving, USA, GBNF) is an alumnus of St. Albert’s HS. He is a Past President of BADA. His spouse Jean Gale is a Past President of BAWA.
U Tint Swe (ChE66, Singapore, Tennis) and his spouse Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69) visited their sons in USA. They had a mini-gathering with Saya George and Ko Victor.
Saya U Myat Thwin (ChE66) brought his wife Suzie (EE74, GBNF) and their son to attend SPZP-2000. Donated $500 for the Training Component of the YTU Library Modernization Project.
Mechanical
Saya U Lin (M66) is Past President of RIT Buddhist Association. He is a Patron and Organizer of SPZPs in Yangon. Rowed for RIT. Donated to the YTU Modernization Project.
U Soe Win (M66)
U Soe Aung (M66)
Civil
Source : Ko Saw Lwin (Thaton)
Ah Haung@Kyaw Myint USA
Mr. Amil
Aung Myint
Aye Lwin
Mr. Chandra India
Mr. Gopo Nepal
Kyaw Soe USA
Lay Maung
Maung Nu Bangladesh
Myint Aung
Nay Soe Naing
Ohn Maung
Or Hein
Pe Than
San Lwin
San Nyein
Sein Tun Australia/ Myanmar
Soe Aung
Thant Zin
Thein Lwin Australia
Thein Tan
Tin Aung
Tin Shwe USA
Tun Tin
Tun Win USA
Victor Wong (King Wong) USA He donated books to YTU Library. He donated twice to NorCal RITAA : for the library and for the Scholarship fund
Win Aung
Win Myint
GBNF
Aung Nyunt Hlaing
Aye Thaung
Bon Kyi
Kar Daw
Khin Myint Mu
Ko Gyi
Maung Kyin
Myat Cho
Myint Han
Myo Ngwe
Paw Tun
Soe Nyunt
Tin Tun Aye
Yan Aung
Yin Maung
REMARK : – The total C66 may be around 52 student
Electrical
U Thaung Lwin (EC, Singapore) is RUBC Past Captain and Gold. He is the younger brother of Saya U Tin U, Saya U Ba Than, Dr. Myo Tint (GBNF), U Tin Htoon (A60) and Saya U Myo Min (UCC). Younger brother of Saya U Tin U (C), Saya U Ba Than (M), Dr. Myo Tint, U Tin Htoon (A60) and Saya U Myo Min (UCC). Past Captain and RUBC Gold like his three elder brothers U Tin U, Dr, Myo Tint and U Tin Htoon. Worked for IBM Burma before moving to Singapore.
U Soe Lwin (EC, Railways, USA)
U Aung Min (EC, MOC)
U Thein Toe (EC, MOC)
U Khin Maung Oo (Robert Gale, EC, BPI, USA)
Saya U Tin Shwe (EP, GBNF) taught at RIT and Assumption University in Bangkok. He became a monk and Dhamma Librarian. Wrote an article for the Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for Singapore SPZP. Saya U Moe Aung wrote “To the Shwe Duo” in memory of Saya U Tin Shwe and Saya U Hla Shwe
Architecture
U Htin Myaing (Ben Aye Maung, A66, Tennis)
Daw Pyi Aye (Rosalind Maung, A66)
U Than Tun (A66) He is a nephew of Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa (GBNF). He and Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67, GBNF) wrote an article about Sayagyi U Tha Tun, who served as Part-time Lecturer and Head of the RIT Architecture Department. He and his wife Chit Chit visited California in September 7, 2018 and met Saya U Myat Htoo (C68), U Tin Htoon (A60) and Saya U Myo Myint Sein (A58).
Matriculated from MEHS (Methodist English High School) in 1960
Graduated with ChE (Chemical Engineering) in 1966
Joined faculty after graduation with U Myat Thwin (Keusan Lin, ChE66)
Spouse : Eng Eng (younger sister of U Myat Thwin) They have a son
Founding member, RIT Alumni International
Organizer, SPZP-2000
He and several ChE alumni sponsored Saya U Khin Aung Kyi (GBNF) and spouse to attend SPZP-2000
Founding member & inaugural President, Norcal RITAA
In response to request by Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72), he provided $500 as seed money for the Training Component of YTU Library Modernization project and solicited donations from sayas and alumni. $3000+ was raised. Saya U Myat Thwin and Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) donated $500 each.
ChE72 Final Year question for ” Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers” had three (or four) pages. The examiner was Saya U Maung Maung.
Daw Gyn Yu wrote :
ဆရာကအင်မတန်စာသင်ကောင်းရုံမကသဘောကောင်းပြီးခင်မင်ဖေါ်ရွေတတ်ပါတယ်။ကျမတို့၏ချစ်ခင်လေးစားရသောဆရာပါ။ဆရာ့ဇနီးEng Eng ကလည်းဆရာနှင့်အတူအလွန်လိုက်ဖက်ညီပါတယ်။စိတ်သဘောထားဖြူစင်ကောင်းမွန်ပြီးအလွန်ဖေါ်ရွေ၊ချစ်စရာကောင်းလှပါတယ်
Photos
Mostly taken in the SF Bay Area
SPZP-2000 Organizers
SF Bay Area Alumni Group founded RIT Alumni International which hosted SPZP-2000
Welcoming Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC)
Welcoming U Tint Swe (ChE66, Singapore) U Nay Win Myint (Victor Win, ChE66, Past President of BADA) is GBNF
Welcoming Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72) and Daw Gyn Yu (ChE72)
SPZP-2000 OrganizersSF Bay Area Alumni GroupWelcoming Saya U Soe Paing (RR, UCC)Welcoming U Tint Swe (ChE66)SPZP-2012SPZP-2012SPZP-2012SF Bay Area Alumni GroupWelcoming Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72) and Daw Gyn Yu (ChE72)
Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70) posted a picture of her mom (now GBNF), Sayagi Dr. Aung Gyi & Daw Emma, Edwin (her brother) & Marla, U Tha Aung & Daw Kinsa Maw-Naing.
The picture was taken at Edwin’s house in Toronto, Canada.
Feedback
Daw Emma Gyi wrote :
I forgot this picture was taken, 25 years ago.
Time really flies so fast !!!
Kinsa wrote :
Thank you, Ma Ma Emma & Ko Hla Min! Behind me in the picture is Ko Tha Aung. How young we all were then…
Emma wrote :
My mom passed away at 98 three years ago.at 80 she went back to Yangon declaring I die at my own house. Monthly she dana 20 to 30 lakh kyats per month.she had a dhamma group. They discussed Dhamma. She gives for them medical expenses.for eye surgery. i complained to her. am dumb because i take after u. She said i agree i am dumb.but i can dana freely all my life.u cannot eat more spend more even if u r smart. Dumb also ok.
It was founded by San Francisco Bay Area Alumni led by Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF) and several interested alumni (notably U Khin Maung Zaw, EC76, webmaster based in Seattle Washington).
The founding members include Saya K C Chiu (ChE63), Saya U Nyo Win (M65), Saya U Maung Maung (George, ChE66), U Hla Min (EC69), Benny Tan (M70), Saya U Thein Aung (Met72), Maurice Chee (M75), U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) and Gordon Kaung (M83).
The primary objective was to host the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (SPZP).
In the early days, we had volunteers to collect data and activities for selected Classes and Areas. The Class representatives include Saya U Myat Htoo (C68) and U Tint Lwin (Daniel, M69). The Area representatives include U Thet Tun (Henry, M75) for Australia, and Dr. Myo Khin (C70) for Japan.
U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76) worked four-hour days, spent weekends and nights on the RIT website project. It was a reason for the success of SPZP-2000. KMZ moved to Microsoft and later founded a loving family. Version 2.0 of the promised web remained a vaporware.
Some of the costs for the web site were donated by the founding members of RIT Alumni International, U Khin Maung Oo (Ivan Lee, M69) from New Jersey, U Tint Lwin (Daniel, M69) and Saya U Aung Myint (M69) from Singapore
Organizers for SPZP-2000
The founding members of RIT Alumni International were the core organizers. Benny Tan and Maurice Chee were co-chairs of the Working Committee. Saya Allen Htay and Saya U Nyo Win headed the Steering Committee. Selected sayas and alumni from NorCal and SoCal served as members of the committees.
Saya U Nyo Win (M65) proposed a law saying that the core organizers would pitch in as much as $500 if there were insufficient attendees for SPZP-2000. Thanks to Saya Allen Htay’s classic article, “Brother, can you spare US $500?”, U Nyo Win’s Law was not enacted.
Five Golden Sponsors for SPZP-2000 showed up. The first was U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70, SoCal) f, who donated $3000. The next were Benny Tan (Yu Beng, M70, NorCal), U Tin Myint (David Ko, M67, NorCal, GBNF) and U Khin Maung Oo (Ivan Lee, M69, New Jersey), who each donated $1000. Last but not the least was U Maung Maung Than (M79, Texas), who donated a round-trip ticket to sponsor a saya to attend SPZP-2000.
Three Groups sponsored Sayagyi U Ba Toke (Maths, saya of our sayas), Saya U Khin Aung Kyi (ChE, former Rector) and Saya Dr. San Tint (EE) to attend SPZP-2000. Sad to note that all three sayas are GBNF.
Sayagyi Dr. Ba Hli, Saya Allen Htay (C58), Saya U San Tun (M59), Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67), Saya U Htun Aung Kyaw (ChE67) and several other sayas and alumni contributed photos to the Photo Gallery.
Sharing memories were enable in the “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” and ex-rit.org web pages. The features include: Letters to the Editor; Looking for; GBNF for Sayas and Sayamas; GBNF for Alumni; GBNF for Spouses
Sayagyi Dr. Freddie Ba Hli, Sayagyi U Aung Khin, Sayagyi U Min Wun, Saya Allen Htay, Saya Dr. San Hla Aung, Saya U Soe Paing, Dr. Myint Thein (M73) and several other sayas and alumni wrote articles for the Newsletter and web site.
I wrote 64 “Countdown to the Reunion” and 36 “Post-Reunion”. I incorporated the emails and correspondences from sayas and alumni.
Benny Tan designed mementos (mugs, tee-shirts, calculator/clocks, …) for SPZP-2000. He ordered them with special discount from his suppliers (of his Gift Shop at the SFO International Airport). Some were given to eligible attendees (per request of Steeve Kay, who provided the seed money for the project). Others were put on sale for fund raising.
There was a Commemorative Issue of the RIT Alumni Newsletter for SPZP-2000. Hla Min served as Chief Editor. Saya U Thein Aung (Met72) and Henry Lim volunteered as Associate Editors. U Thein Aung compiled the biographies of sayagyis.
SPZP-2000 would not have been possible with the support of spouses, family members and well-wishers. Several provided the Culinary expertise for pre-SPZP and post-SPZP activities
HlaMin 