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Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

  • Donor of $200000+ to RIT-related Activities

    Donor of $200000+ to RIT-related Activities

    by Hla Min

    Updated : July 2025

    Steeve Kay (Thaung Sein, EC70, GBNF)

    Steeve 1

    Education

    • Studied at Hwa Kyone School in Rangoon, Burma.
    • Briefly attended GTI (Government Technical Institute).
    • Matriculated with Distinctions in Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
    • In November 1964, he was admitted as a top Student to RIT (Rangoon Institute of Technology) along with Zaw Min, Tommy Shwe (GBNF), Peter Pe (GBNF) and Cho Aye (GBNF).
    • Graduated in 1970 with BE (Bachelor of Engineering) with specialization in EC (Electrical Communications).
    • Moved to California, USA.
    • MSEE (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering) from Stanford University
    • MBA (Master in Business Administration) from Pepperdine University
    Steeve 2

    Experience

    • Worked in the Electronics Industry as IC (Integrated Circuit) Designer.
    • Per request from his younger sister Dr. Kay, he co-founded QTC and served as CEO (Chief Executive Officer). See Souvenir book for the Silver Jubilee of QTC.
    • QTC was acquired for a sizable sum. Became a Serial Entrepreneur & Philanthropist. Founded Eleok, Teehub & Kay Family Foundation.
    • Traveled to the Holy Places of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism & Islam to study Comparative Religion.
    • Visited prominent historic sites. Tried to trace his roots dating back ten or more generations.

    Philanthropist

    • Founded CABA (Charitable Alliance of Burmese Associations). A notable CABA donation was to Disaster Relief Fund help the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. Details can be found in the reports prepared by Benny Tan (M70) who served as a CABA administrator.
    • Established KFF (Kay Family Foundation) to support a wide range of support. KFF donated to Universities (Stanford, Harvard, UC Irvine …), Research Institutes and Libraries. KFF sponsored the visit of Myanmar Education Delegation to California. KFF provided a Matching Donation of $30000 for the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.
    • He never forgot his roots. He wanted to show his appreciation for his schools, mentors, classmates and schoolmates.
    • KFF sponsored the publication of the “Centennial of Hwa Kyone School” and its Sequel.
    • He has donated $200000+ (via CABA and KFF) to RIT-related activities.
    • In October 2000, he donated $3000 to the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe and became the first Golden Sponsor. He also sponsored the subsequent SPZPs (Saya Pu Zaw Pwes) at Singapore in December 2002, April 2007 and December 2010; at Yangon in December 2004, December 2012 and 2016.
    • In 2004, he set up the “Steeve and Helen Kay Health Care Fund for RIT Sayas” with a pledge of $50000.

    Final Years

    • In 2018, he was diagnosed with a medical problem. His doctors recommended to work from home and avoid long travels.
    • He requested Benny and me to organize a special Reunion and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe on his behalf. For details, see my post about that event.
    • Started writing books to share his expertise and memories.
    • Succumbed to Jara, Byadi & Marana.

    Memories

    Steeve 3
    Steeve 5
    Steeve 6
  • Joys of Life

    Joys of Life

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    Good Health

    • Contemplation
    • Diet
    • Exercise — May vary with person; Avoid over-exercise
    • Good Sleep — Quality is more important than duration
    • Meditation
    • Rest
    • Vacation

    Mobility

    • Best: No need for walking aid — Cane, Crutches, Wheel chair
    • Not bed-ridden

    Vision

    • Best : No need for eye glasses
    • Correction via simple treatment / surgery
    • No reliance on special eye drops, magnifying glasses …

    Hearing

    • Best : No need for hearing aid
    • Correction via simple treatment /surgery

    Memory

    • Good Long term memory
    • Good Short term memory
    • No Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease

    Critical Thinking

    • Decision Making
    • Logical Reasoning

    Vitamins F & M

    With Saya & Friends
    • Family
    • Fellowship
    • Friendship
    • Memories
    • Mother
    • Myee

    Contentment

    • Avoid being a Perfectionist
    • Do not set unrealistic Goals
    • Be a Realist (rather than Optimist or Pessimist)

    Alobha အလောဘ

    • Non-greed
    • Philanthropy
    • Sharing is Caring

    Adosa အဒေါသ

    • Non-hatred
    • Loving Kindness, Unbounded Love
    • Compassion, Sympathy, Empathy
    • Altruistic Joy

    Amoha အမောဟ

    • Non-delusion
    • Data Validation & Processing
    • Information Processing
    • Knowledge Processing
    • Cultivate Wisdom

    Comments

    U Aung Myaing (ChE72) wrote :

    မျက်စိ အရှုံး နားအဆုံး တဲ့။အဓိပ္ပာယ်ကို စူးစမ်းခဲ့တယ်။ အဓိက သံသရာလွတ်ကြောင်းတရားတော်တွေနဲ့ ဒီအဆိုအမိန့် ဆက်စပ်နေပါတယ်။ က်စိမကောင်းလို့ စာမဖတ်နိုင်တော့ရင် စိတ်ရှိတိုင်း မလေ့လာနိုင်တော့တာမို့ ဘဝမှာ “ရှုံး” ပြီလို့ သတ်မှတ်လိုက်တယ်။ ဒါပေမယ့် နားကောင်းသေးတော့ လုံးဝ ဆုံးတာမဟုတ်သေးဘူး။ တရားတော်တွေကို ကြားနာလို့ရသေးလို့။ ဒါပေမယ့် နားလည်းမကြားတော့ဘူးဆိုရင်တော့ တရားတော်တွေကို ဖတ်လို့လည်းမရ။ ကြားနာလို့ မရတော့ ဘဝဆုံးပြီပေါ့။ ကျနော့် ညာဘက်မျက်လုံးက ဆယ်နှစ်ကျော်ကြာ ဆေးထိုးဆေးကုတဲ့ကြားက AMD Age-related Macular Degeneration ဖြစ်သွားတယ်။မှုန်ဝါးဝါးဘဲမြင်ရတယ်။ စာဖတ်မရဘူး။ ဘယ်ဘက်ကို သုံးလတစ်ကြိမ် checkup လုပ်ပြီး ထိန်းသိမ်းနေရတယ်။ စာဖတ်တာ လျှော့လိုက်ရတယ်။ နားကတော့ အလွန်ကောင်း။ တရားတော်တွေကို ကောင်းကောင်းနာကြားနိုင်သေးတယ်။ မရှုံးတရှုံး မဆုံးသေးတဲ့ ဘဝ။

    Notes by Hla Min :

    Most have Cataracts removed from one or both eyes. A few had Full or Partial transplant of the Cornea. Some had Retina Tear repaired. Glaucoma and several other factors can cause impaired Vision.

    Saya U Ba Toke played soccer and was active in the RU Sports Council. In his 70s and early 80s, Saya took weekly walks from his house to the Shwe Dagon pagoda. Aging gradually restricted Saya’s mobility, hearing and eye sight. Saya passed away on December 2, 2020 (the day following the RU Centennial), but a few days short of his Centennial Birthday.

    When Saya U Moe Aung encountered problem with his knee during a trip to Upper Burma to attend Ah Hlu of a Khamee Khamet, he composed a poem on “Stationary & Movement” with philosophical musings about Life, Illness and Death. A surgery relieved Saya from the use of wheel chair, but as a high school goalkeeper he values Mobility, Agility & Strength.

    Sayagadaw appreciated Saya U Moe Aung’s “Poem Gift” on her birthday.

    Bagyee Myat Myo Myint gave “Pon Tu” of the then Marla Hall Thu as a birthday present for his beloved spouse.

    Ko Aung Min (M69) used the term Vitamin F in an invitation to the 69er Annual Dinner and Entertainment.

    Saya U Moe Aung wrote :

    Actually, before suffering from knee pain, I had cataract removed from my left eye some 30 or so years back (couldn’t recall which year) and then from my right eye after a lapse of about 10 years. But, I was lucky, so to speak, that up till the present, haven’t yet encountered any problem whatsoever except the need to change the power lens for a better viewing focus.

    U Aung Min (M69) wrote :

    I had right eye cornea transplantation 19 years ago, but unsuccessful .
    Again cataract removal on left eye
    It’s OK up to now.

  • Shwe Brothers

    Shwe Brothers

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    U Shwe Kyaw (M63, GBNF)

    U Shwe Kyaw (BIT Volleyball Selected)
    Daw Khin Toe Myint
    • Graduated in 1963 with Mechanical Engineering
    • He and U Aye (M62) played together in Ramanya Hall volleyball team during 1959-60 season.
    • Represented BIT and RU in Volleyball (along with U Aye M62)
    • Joined the Air Force and became a Pilot.
    • He was Air Force Captain (Officiating Major) when he perished in a plane crash.
    • Survived by Sayama Daw Khin Toe Myint (Zoology) and two children. Sayama is a dhamma friend. Her son U Thet Win Kyaw played the Drums at SPZP-2000.

    U Shwe Zan Aung (SPHS63)

    Std VIII B in SPHS
    • Matriculated from SPHS in 1963
    • Joined the Army and went to the front several times
    • His grandfather was afraid of losing another grandson prematurely. He requested SZA to leave the army and promised to provide financial support in exchange for peace of mind. His grandfather supported SZA’s family for a long time.
    • Finally joined a ship as a radio operator
    • Perished at sea when the ship sunk

    Dr. Shwe Tun Kyaw

    • He and his spouse took early retirement from their medical practice in UK.
    • They volunteered as Assistant Teachers in several bi-lingual (Burmese and English) Goenka Center retreats.
    • He is a classmate of my younger sister. I met him at the house of Audrey Wong (C84), a volunteer for the Northern California Goenka Center.

    Posts

    • BIT Volleyball
    • Doctors
    • GBNF
    • Meditation
    • SPHS
  • Rich Man’s Son

    Rich Man’s Son

    by Aung Zaw & Hla Min

    Updated : June 2025

    AZ 2

    Updates

    AZ
    • U Aung Zaw taught at UCC, Asssumption University and in Sydney.
    • He is now GBNF.
    • Published two books.
    Dhamma & Bawa

  • Languages & Grammar

    Languages & Grammar

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    English

    Parts of Speech

    There are eight parts of speech in the English language.

    (1) Noun

    • A noun is a name of a person, place, thing, or concept.
    • It may be classified as (a) Proper noun (b) Common noun (c) Collective noun (d) Abstract noun.

    (2) Verb

    • A verb usually describes an action or a process.
    • It may be classified as (a) Transitive verb (b) Intransitive verb.

    (3) Pronoun

    • A pronoun stands for a noun. Associated with a pronoun is person and number.
    • When we speak, the first person is the one who speaks. The second person is the one being spoken two. The third person is some other being referenced.
    • Number may be Singular or Plural. If there is only one person, we say it is singular. If there is more than one, we say it is plural. In English, the term “You” may be singular or plural.

    (4) Adjective

    • It is a Modifier
    • An Adjective usually modifies a Noun or Pronoun.

    (5) Adverb

    • It is a Modifier
    • An Adverb usually modifies a Verb.

    (6) Conjunction

    • It is a Connector
    • A Conjunction (such as And or But) connects two parts of a Sentence

    (7) Preposition

    • It is a Connector
    • A Preposition adds information such as position (e.g. in, on, upon, under) and time (e.g. before, after).

    (8) Expression of Mood

    • There are words to express Mood (e.g. surprise).
    • They are called Exclamation or an Interjection.

    Techniques

    In a Grammar class, we had to learn two techniques :

    • Synthesis
      combining the parts of speech
    • Analysis
      breaking down into the parts of speech.

    Need for Grammar

    Many native speakers read and write fluently without caring much for grammar.

    Knowledge of grammar is needed in

    • Formal Languages
    • Automata Theory
    • Compilers
    • Translation
    • Natural Language Understanding and Processing

    Burmese

    In middle school, we had to study မြန်မာသဒ္ဒါ based on the text by Saya U Pe Maung Tin.

    Parts of Speech

    • နာမ် — noun
    • ကြိယာ — verb
    • နာမ်စား — pronoun
    • နာမဝိသေသန — adjective
    • ကြိယာဝိသေသန — adverb
    • သမ္ဗန္ဒ။ — conjunction
    • ဝိဘတ် — preposition
    • အာမေဋိတ် — interjection

    Pali

    Parts of Speech

    Pali has only four parts of speech.

    • Noun
    • Pronoun
    • Verb
    • Clitics (which are equivalent to conjunctions and interjections).

    Resources for studying Pali

    TMC

    • Tathagata Meditation Center
    • Offers meditation retreats & online courses (including Pali)
    • Publishes Dhamma literature
    • Has a website

    Beelin Sayadaw

    Beelin Sayadaw
    • He was Chief Resident Monk at Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC), San Jose.
    • I interpreted some of Sayadaw’s dhamma talks.
    • Sayadaw gave me a book by U Myat Kyaw & U San Lwin.
    • U Myat Kyaw described Pali terms in Burmese.
    • U San Lwin translated U Myat Kyaw’s work into English.
    Dictionary

    U Hla Myint

    • He is a former Sayadaw, who passed several monastic exams.
    • He helped with some of TMC Publications.
    • I received his book as a present.
    Book

    Tharmanay Kyaw သာမဏေကျော်

    • Pen name of Sayadaw U Dhammika.
    • Received the title when he finished Top as a Novice in a prestigious monastic exam
    • During his visits to TMC, he taught Pali based on selected texts.
    Course notes
  • Trips in 2019

    Trips in 2019

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    • Singapore, Malaysia & Myanmar before the Pandemic
    • Thanks to hosts, sponsors and organizers
    5th Irrawaddy Literary Festival

    Late October to Early November

    • In late October 2019, I visited former classmates, colleagues & students in Singapore.
    • Ko Zaw Tun (UCC) & Ma Kyu were our main hosts.
    • Ko Ngwe Soe (Silver, UCC) & Ma Nu hosted us at their second home in Jahore. Silver took us to Melecca. Earlier he took us to Sentosa which was about to bring down the Lion Statue. He also wanted to jolt my memory of the “Myo Putt Ya Htar”.
    • There were mini gatherings :
      69ers, M73 group with their Saya U Tu Myint, ex-UCC and ex-ICST.
    • There were micro gatherings : Boe & Ma Phyu, Ma Pale & Ko Ye.
    • Ko Zaw Tun & Ma Kyu offered Soon at their house in addition to regular ones at Singapore Chan Myay Monastery.

    Early November

    • In early November, we continued our trip. KK picked me up at Mingalardon airport and placed me at a hotel. He hosted two gatherings : speakers & coaches.
    • We flew to Mandalay to attend the 5th Irrawaddy Literary Festival. I was a panelist at two sessions : one on Education and another on Poetry.
    • During a break, Ko Thein Htut (UCC) took me on a quick trip around Sagaing & Mandalay
    • Received autographed copy from Htein Win (Dat Pon). He had to wait a long time before he could publish his photos and articles about two Dark Moments in Burma : U Thant Ah Yay Ah Khin & 8-8-88.

    Mid November to End of December

    • There were several gatherings back in Yangon in November and December, 2019.

    RIT Gatherings

    • RIT 69er Monthly Breakfast Gathering
    • Golden Jubilee of 69ers (Main event at Gyogone Campus, Reunion Dinner organized by Ko Aung Min at his old office compound)
    • Lunch hosted by Ko Tin Win (Min69)
    • Guest of Class of 72 (M72 Annual Gathering & PZP, additional : Indian Lunch, Chinese Dinner)
    • Guest at All Mechanical Gathering
    • Dinner by Ko Nyunt Htay (Met73)
    • Birthday Lunch by Ko Myint Toe (M71) & Ma Nwe (Met74)

    UCC / ICST Gatherings

    • Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe of UCSY/ICST
    • Several ex-UCC gatherings
      (MICT, Sweetie, Soon Kyway by Ko Soe Win & KZ, …)

    SPHS Gatherings

    • Wedding of Eddie Shein’s daughter
    • Soon for Uzin Saya Beatson

    RUBC

    • RUBC Annual Regatta
    • Attendees include :
      U Tin U (Most Senior Past Captain), U Maung Maung Than Tun (Oldest Past Captain, GBNF), Dr. Myo Tint (Past Captain, GBNF), U Sein Htoon (Past Captain), U Myo Myint (Gold), U Tun Mra, U Tin Myint (GBNF), Dr. Thein Hlyne …

    MARB

    • Visited new Building
    • Thai Tarot Master donated Air Conditioners

    Sun Lun

    • Meditation sessions
    • Received two books from Junior Win about her grand parents U Khin Maung Latt and Daw Khin Myo Chit

    Miscellaneous

    • 49th Anniversary of Saya Dr. Soe Win & Sayama Daw May Saw Lwin
    • Thar Yay (သာရေး) Zeyar
    • Nar Yay (နာရေး) Ma Cherry
    • Other gatherings :
      Ma Hazel,
      my friends,
      my spouse’s friends…
    • Thanks for the rides :
      Ko Ohn Khine,
      Ko Win Maung (Lake),
      Ko Tin Aung Win (Oscar),
      Ko Tin Win,
      Ko Ye Myint,
      Ko Aung Myin Bo,
      younger son of Y Patail
      …

    Posts

    • 5th ILF
    • 69ers
    • Anniversaries & Celebrations
    • Gatherings
    • UCC, DCS & ICST
    • Visits
  • RIT Class of 1974

    RIT Class of 1974

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    M74

    U Myo Myint

    U Myo Myint
    • Distinguished artist
    • Designed the Cover of several RIT Annual Magazines & Commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Magazines
    • Drew Pon Tu of sayas & sayamas. Offered them as gifts
    • Drew paintings and exhibited them at SPZPs and Shwe YaDu.
    • Donated proceeds of the sales of his paintings for RIT-related activities.
    • Donated K3 Lakhs to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • Donated K2 Lakhs for YTU Library Modernization Project
    Donation for SDYF by Bagyee Myo Myint

    Maung Maung Thant

    • Younger brother of Maung Maung Kyi
    • Ye Kyaung Lu Nge

    Sann Aung (GBNF)

    Sann Aung
    • Han Tha Aye Nylon
    • RUBC Gold
    • RIT Shay Saung Co-op
    • Dat Pone (U.S.A Lab)

    EP74

    Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (GBNF)

    Luyechun
    • RIT Luyechun
    • M.Sc (CS)
    • Ph.D (EE), Syracuse University
    • Passed away in San Jose, California
    News about HLN

    U Myint Swe

    U Myint Swe
    • Founding member, NorCal RITAA
    • Past Secretary, NorCal RITAA
    • Vice President, NorCal RITAA

    EC74

    Daw San San Swe (San San Nwe)

    San San Swe
    • Founding member, NorCal RITAA
    • Has a large Class Photo

    Sai Aung Thu Rein (GBNF)

    • M.Sc (CS)
    • Worked in Singapore & Australia
    • Passed away in Sydney, Australia

    EE74 Gathering

    • Sample photo from the gathering
    EE74

    ChE74

    • Class photo provided by Saya U Htun Aung Kyaw
  • COVID

    COVID

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    2019

    • Disease caused by Corona Virus
    • Discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019
    • Took a long time before it was declared to be deadly and contagious by Health Authorities around the world.

    2020

    Restrictions

    • Quarantine
    • Curfew
    • Lock down
    • Stay at home
    • Circuit breaker
    • Mask wearing
    • Social distancing

    Impact

    • Work from home
    • Online classes
    • Massive unemployment
    • Zoom (for Dana & last journey)
    • Home delivery services
    • Cancellation or downsizing of events (Olympics, Sports, SPZP)
    • Say mee toe (some detrimental)
    • Fast track clinical trials for vaccination
    • Untimely demise of front line health care workers
    • Overrun of hospitals
    • Shortage of crematorium

    2021 – 2025

    Issues Remain

    • The Origin of Covid was debated, but did not produce answers
    • Multiple waves of Covid
    • Mutations & variants
    • Some had multiple doses of Covid vaccines, but still test positive

    Relatives

    • Four relatives succumbed to Covid.
    • My cousin nephew Dr. Peter Khin Tun (MRCP, former Associate Dean of Oxford University) was an early victim of Covid. I chronicled his last days.
    Dr. Peter Khin Tun
    • Two cousins (Dr. Myo Tint & Daw Aye May) and an aunt (Daw Than Than Yi) also passed away.
    Dr. Myo Tint

    69ers

    • 18 members of the RIT Class of 1969 succumbed to Covid. Saw most of them last at the Dinner for the Golden Jubilee of 69ers Graduation.
    • Some 69ers lost their family members — spouse and/or children
    GBNF

    Covid might not go away

    • Some say that we may have to take annual Covid vaccines
    • A few do not want to take booster doses for Covid.
  • Residents of Pagan & Sagaing Road

    Residents of Pagan & Sagaing Road

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    Residents of Pagan Road

    Residence for RU Sayas

    Pagan & Sagaing Roads had residence for senior sayas and sayamas of Rangoon University.

    Gathering

    The original post was by Ma Hta Cho (Rosaline Wun), daughter of Saya U Wun (Minthuwun). The photo was re-posted by Dr. Richard Yu Khin.

    The group photo was taken in December 1958. It featured the children of

    • Saya U Wun (Minthuwun)
    • Saya U Thein Han (Zawgyi)
    • Saya U Myo Min (Nwe Soe)
    • Saya U Yu Khin

    Updates

    • Most later had M.D and/or Ph.D.

    Richard Yu Khin

    • Matriculated from MEHS in 1961. Also passed GCE.
    • Represented RU and Burma in Yachting at 2nd SEAP Games. Won Gold with U Maung Maung Lwin.
    • Left RU to study in the USA. Received Doctorate in Economics from Yale University.
    • Passed away in Dallas, Texas.
    • Elder sister (Dr. Marie) passed away in Australia.

    U Thein Han

    • Three daughters are Doctors.
    • Dr. Khin Myo Han
    • Dr. Khin Hla Han
    • Dr. Khin Ohn Han
    Saya Zawgyi
    • Dr. Khin Myo Han published a book about her father U Thein Han (Zawgyi).
    Book about Saya Zawgyi
    • The family members, Saya’s colleagues and students created “Zawgyi Prize” and “Ganda Lawka Thingaha Award”.

    Minthuwun

    • U Nyan Soe : son
    • U Htin Kyaw / Dalaban : son
    • Daw Hta Cho Wun : daughter
    Minthuwun
    Book by U Htin Kyaw

    U Myo Min

    • Dr. Patricia : daughter
    • Min Thet Mon (Pamela) : daughter
    • Kyaw Myo (Uno) : son
    • Dr. Beauty : daughter
    U Myo Min
  • NorCal RITAA (Sept 2018)

    NorCal RITAA (Sept 2018)

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    Hosts

    U Myat Htoo & Daw Hnin Maung Maung

    Saya U Myat Htoo (C68), Chair of BOD (Board of Directors) and Daw Hnin Maung Maung (“Ma Ku”) hosted the face-to-face meeting on September 23, 2018.

    The face-to-face meeting is usually held every quarter.

    The next meeting will be held in early November by U Nyunt Than (M86), Joint Secretary and Daw Htwe Htwe to prepare for the AGM (Annual General Meeting), where the election of the EC (Executive Committee) and BOD will take place.

    Activities

    One activity of NorCal RITAA is to provide scholarship (some prefer the terms stipend, grant and financial aid) to eligible YTU students.

    Last year four YTU students were offered $1000 for a year and three YTU students were offered $500 for a year.

    The current recipients should reapply the following years if (a) they have maintained good grades (b) they still need financial assistance.

    U San Lin (M87) and family have pledged to support for one student a maximum of six years until graduation.

    U San Lin (Rightmost)

    Daw Mu Mu Kin, spouse of Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF) has supported two students. She has pledged to support one student for the following year.

    Daw Mu Mu Kin

    U Kaung Kaung Oo (Gordon, M83) and Daw Lillian Kaung (EC83), owners of iNapa Wine, have pledged to support one student for the following year.

    Gordon & Lillian

    Donations

    U Thein Tun Aung (Dennis, EP76) donated $600 to the NorCal RITAA Scholarship fund.

    Daw Kyu Kyu Lin (Bawlone, T75) donated $300 to the NorCal RITAA Scholarship fund.

    Daw Khin Mya Yee (Sarah, C77) donated $200 to the NorCal RITAA General Fund.

    King Wong (Victor, C66) donated $100 to the YTU Library Project via NorCal RITAA.

    Saya Dr. Nyo Win (M65) donated $50 at the NorCal RITAA Summer Picnic.

    NorCal RITAA presented appreciation award (plaque, certificate) to the major donors.

    The list of donors is maintained by U Ko Ko Zin (M84), Treasurer.

    Updates

    • Saya U Maung Maung (ChE66), Gordon Kaung (M83) & U Aung Myint Oo (EC84) are Past Presidents.
    • U Tin Maung Win (C86) is the President.
    • Stan Liou (M67) is Past Chair of BOD.
    • Saya U Myat Htoo (C68) has been Chair of BOD for several terms.
    • During the pandemic, several activities were put on hold.
    • In 2023, activities resumed with the Annual Dinner.
    2023
    • In 2024, NorCal RITAA celebrated the Centennial of Engg Education in Burma, and the 60th Anniversary of RIT. It also revamped the website.
    • Several sayas and senior alumni mentioned the difficulty of attending Dinner Gatherings.
    • NorCal RITAA will hold a special Lunch Gathering on August 16, 2025. The entertainment program will feature Tu Tu & Zayanda. The educational program will feature two Speakers.
    Lunch Party