Alumnus of SPHS, RU Faculty of Engineering, Birmingham University & German University
Joined Mechanical Engineering Department as Assistant Lecturer after graduating in 1960
His parents needed help to run their business. He complied. Three family members — his father U Chit Maung, his eldest brother U Sein Tin and saya — were taken into custody for several months.
After completing his Waso at Insein, he rejoined Mechanical Engineering Department as Assistant Lecturer. New Sayas had to join as Instructors.
Taught Industrial Management. Earlier, the subject was taught by Visiting Lecturers from Faculty of Social Science & Institute of Economics.
Rowing
Past Captain & Gold of RUBC
Won Senior Novices twice : as Rower and as Cox of the All Paulian Crew with Tun Shein (Willie), Than Nyun (George), M Hla Min (Moosajee) & Sao Hso Holm (Sawbwa Lay)
Served as Administrator of YUBC for several years
USA
Joined Northrop and also helped several alumni to join the company
Took Sabbatical to work for UN
Founded BASES with U Tin Htway (M59) and U Tun Tin (David, GBNF). He is a Past President.
Financial Controller for 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.
Helped with SPZP-2000 held in San Francisco.
Came to SF Bay Area to attend RIT gatherings and to have family reunion with his sisters.
Hosted me at his new house. Took me to BASES Dinner and La Puente Monastery the following day (where there was a Soon Kwyay followed by Literary Talks).
Donations
K100 lakhs to YTU Library Modernization Project
K10 lakhs to SDYF (Swel Daw Yeik Foundation)
Donated to All Mechanical Gathering
Memories
SPZP-2000
SPZP-2000
2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
2015 Reunion in Los Angeles2015 Reunion in Los Angeles
Donations
DonationU Tin Htut and U Wynn Htain OoU Tin Htut
Singapore
U Tin Htut, U Mg Mg Win, Dr. Tin Win & U Aung MyintU Tin Htut in SingaporeU Tin Htut in Singapore
Born from my parents U Ba Pu and Daw Aye Kyi in Namtu, Northern Shan States, Burma.
Education
Matriculated in 1949 from Myoma High School in Rangoon.
After passing the 1st year engineering, BOC College of Engineering, Rangoon University in 1952, went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., USA as a State scholar to join the second year engineering classes there.
Was in Dean’s list during the studies in MIT; and obtained B.S.(Civil Engineering) in 1955 and M.S.(Civil Engineering) in 1956.
Work
After working as a junior engineer in Tippetts- Abbett-MacCarthy- Stratton Engineers, New York and Green Engineering Co., Boston for a year, returned to Burma in 1957.
Joined the Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University as an Assistant Lecturer.
Promoted to Lecturer and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering in 1958.
Marriage
Got married to Daw Mya Mya Mue in 1959. (Have a daughter and a son and two grand children from daughter who all live in Canada now.)
Doctorate
Went to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Colombo Plan Scholarship in 1963 for further studies. Obtained Ph.D (Civil Engineering) specializing in structural engineering in 1965 from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
Promotions
Returned to Burma in 1965 and promoted to Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department in 1966.
Promoted to Rector of Rangoon Institute of Technology in 1971.
UNESCO
Left Burma to join UNESCO as Programme Specialist in Applied Sciences in 1977 in Unesco Regional Office in New Delhi, India.
IDRC
Migrated to Ottawa, Canada to join the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canadian Research funding Agency in Ottawa as an Associate Director in 1981.
Was then assigned to IDRC Regional Office in Singapore as Principal Program Officer from 1989 to 1992.
Was transferred to IDRC Regional Office in New Delhi as Principal Program Officer in 1992.
Was promoted to Regional Representative for IDRC Regional Office in New Delhi in 1995.
Retired from IDRC in June 1997 and now settled down in Nepean, Ontario, Canada with wife.
I look forward to seeing you all soon.
With Metta, Aung Gyi
Updates (by Hla Min)
Welcome dinner for SPZP-2000
U Thein Aung (Met72, Saya) was Associate Editor for the commemorative issue of RIT Alumni Newsletter for SPZP-2000. He compiled the biographies of the sayas and sayamas attending SPZP-2000. He also served as co-emcee.
Saya has four grandchildren.
I was a guest on two occasions (around SPZPs) hosted by Ko Wai Lwin in Yangon (a) one for Ma Ma Emma’s birthday (b) another for welcoming Sayagyi DAG and other sayas at U Nyan Tun U’s residence.
Met Saya during his trips to California
Asian Heritage Museum
We spent a few nights at Ivan’s house. Saya & Ma Ma were also there to attend the RIT-UCC gathering hosted by Ivan
NJ Gathering
Ko Ivan, Ko Fred, my spouse and I stayed at Saya’s house for two nights in 2015. Thanks.
Pyidaungsu Party won. U Nu became Prime Minister of the Union of Burma for the Third and Last time.
Several military officers (who used power to support the Losing Party) were purged.
The 17 man Revolutionary Council staged a Coup d’etat on March 2, 1962. According to Kyemon U Thaung, six of them did not have access to high level information / decision.
Burma lost its hard fought Independence.
Sham Elections
During the BSPP era, there were Sham Elections. Mostly single candidate nominated by BSPP. Voters had to choose White (Yes) or Black (No).
During one BSPP Convention, the then Number One did not get the Top Vote. A purge followed. Those suspected of “Election Fraud” were criminalized with ludicrous charges. The MI Chief and his followers became extremely powerful. Eventually they were detained or dismissed.
Jump Promotions and Purges led to many Toadies. e.g a Commander who baby sit the grand kids of his Boss.
Past Elections
In September 1988 General Saw Maung took over. He promised to hold free and fair elections and that the soldiers will return to the Barracks. Citing medical reasons, he was forced out & replaced by a Ruthless Dictator.
The National League for Democracy won the 1990 Elections. The results were nullified. The majority of elected representatives were detained.
The military rule — accompanied by Nepotism, Cronyism & Terrorism — established a hand crafted Constitution in 2008 to ensure impunity for their Crimes and an unfair advantage to the past, present & future Thugs.
2010 Election was virtually uncontested. Some Toadies helped the military by posing as Opposition.
2015 and 2020 Elections were won convincingly by NLD (National League for Democracy).
First school established by the De La Salle Brothers in Burma.
Built in Moulmein (1860)
Photos taken during my visit to the school (2016)
Clock Tower, boarding house upstairs, exam hall below
Photos taken during my visit
St. Pat 1St. Pat 2St. Pat 3Entrance
Memories
Our class photoV B
Our class photoVII Std
Class teacher Bro. Sebastian. I met Bro Sebastain during our first year at Leikkone in 1958-59 while he was attending BAed.
Ko Ko Lay (UCC) first row, sitting second from left. U Aye (M62), second row, sitting second from right. B. Singh (RU goalkeeper) third row, first from right, Myo Lwin (M63), third row third from right.
Absentees : Kyaw Win (M62), Peter Gale.
Bro Canice was Bro Director, House Master Mr. E. Swarris, House Capt. Dr. Aung Myin (Eye, passed away in UK around 2018), U Win Naing (MS pulp and paper)(CRO) third row, fourth from right, U Aye, third row, third from right.
Our matriculation class 1955-56
Bro Austin, Bro Director, Bro Wilfrid, Class teacher, U Tun Shwe, Myanmar Sar, Mr. DeMonte, Moral and Manners.
Peter Gale, Dr. Thet Lwin (Statistics), B. Singh (RU goalkeeper), medical doctors Dr JK Sinha (UK), Dr Rafi, Dr Rajani Vora, India, Capt. Aung Myint, Capt Ya Kyaw, Myo Lwin (M63), Kyaw Win (M62), John Ba Maung, Russian Lecturer (IFL)
Prof. Khin Zaw (Chemistry), Saw Alfred Keh (Preacher after graduation, son of pre-WW2, RU footballer Washington Keh), U Kyi Win (BPI), U Aye among others.
St Patrick’s HS football team of late 40s and early 50s
During 1948-49, St Pat’s team beat all other Schools’ Combined team. Some of the team members were-
Bernard Henry – Goalkeeper,
R. S. Pathy, Tin Aye — Fullbacks,
Pway Ain (Htay Aung), Jimmy Innes, Tin Ngwe (Mid-field),
Rama (Rightwinger), Khine Thein,SV Lingham, Jimmy Sein (Tint Swe), B. Boudville (Left winger).
Later Pway Ain (Htay Aung) played for RU, Jimmy Sein (Tint Swe) played for Prome Hall and RU. Jimmy Innes played for Customs FC in Rangoon first div.
Many played in Friends Union FC in Moulmein first div.
St Patrick’s Alumini, Ko Ko Gyi, Tenasserim division and Burma selected footballer.Standing second from L Pway Ain(Hyay Aung)) and Jimmy Sein(Tint Swe) seated second from L, were from St Patrick’s HS football teamB.Singh back row, fifth from L in black goalkeeper jersey, the tall guy was from St Patrick’s HS, he was also a Tenasserim Division player. He was my classmate in St Pat.
Dennis Mackey (C73) wrote
Thanks for this piece as part of your “Work in Progress”.
Below are photos and notes that I posted on my FB page and on St. Patrick’s HS, Moulmein FB public group page.
De La Salle Schools — St. Pat (Moulmein), St. Paul’s (Rangoon), St. Peter’s (Mandalay), St. Albert’s (Maymyo), St. Columban’s (Bhamo), St. Joseph’s (Loikaw), DLS (Twante)
Private schools were nationalized on April 1, 1965
U Aye represented RU & BIT in Volleyball. He graduated with Mechanical Engineering in 1962. He worked for HIC and FAO.
Wishing all of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Thanks
Thanks to all the readers — mostly silent but occasionally appreciative.
RIT Sayas
Since I was a Saya, but not at RIT, I was not as busy as my classmates who were RIT sayas attending SPZPs once or twice a day.
Guest
Some alums (e.g. class of 70 and 71, Mech 72, Civil 75) invited me as guest to their class reunions and/or SPZPs. Thanks.
69ers
My classmates (from the class of 69++) had a grand reunion lunch, where Ko Aung Min made a roll call of the GBNF before being entertained to food, drinks, welcome addresses, songs and dances. Thanks. Please read Ko Aung Min’s e-mail.
With metta,
Hla Min
From U Aung Min (M69)
Dear All 69++er Classmates,
Today, (31 December, 2012) we RIT 1969++ classmates held a grand re-union lunch successfully.
About 90 classmates including about 8 ladies join the re-union, from abroad and in land.
Although we sold the lunch tickets @ 10000 Kyats per head, KO TIN WIN (Mining) took the opportunity of hosting the re-reunion and providing Whiskey.
So, almost all the cash, sold amount, will be transferred to the 69er Health Care Fund
Ko Kyaw Zin also brought one liter of Chivas
Danny, Albert, and Saw Law La Htwe — good vocalists — entertained at the ceremony.
HlaMin 