Category: 1970s

တက္ကသိုလ် ပေါင်းစုံ က ကျောင်းသူများ

Credit : ဒေါ်ဖြူဖြူလတ် (ပိသုကာ 1970) — Christine Hlaing

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* စာတည်းချုပ် — ဗမ ဘသော် (မောင်သော်က) Chief Editor

Reunion and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe

• Started in 2000
• Held annually (before the pandemic)
• During the pandemic, Garawa money was sent online or by selected volunteers

Ma Sandar (Daw Cho Cho Tin)

• National Literature Award
• Life time Achievement Award
• Editor, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine

Maubin Ma Shwe Than (Daw Than Yi)

• Author & Publisher
• Editor, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
• Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Rosy Tin Maung (Daw Tin Myint Oo)

• Author & Poet
• Vocalist & Dancer
• Entertainment at SPZP

Rosie Gyi (Daw Mai Khin Nyunt)

• Editor, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine
• Collection (various types)

Daw Khin Mya Swe

• Spouse & Supporter of Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)

Saya Madan Chand

• Second in C70
• was wrongly assigned to G-Hall

Saya U Aye Win Kyaw (GBNF)

• Taught Astronomy & Astrology
• Founding member & EC, BARB
• Double tragedy in Pyin Oo Lwin

Maung Aw (Saya U Aung)

• Joint Third in C70
• Organizer, SPZP & Civil PZP
• Supported selected schools (e.g with stationery)
• Wrote memories of Sayadaw U Wara and Kyant Ba Hone Saya U Aung Myint

Sayama Emma wrote on her 73rd birthday (on December 6, 2018)

Today is my birthday.

Am now listening to U Su Mingala and will meditate to start my next year.

Hope to do more Taya and less of everything.

I thank everyone in my life.

Love everyone.

I ask forgiveness to those whom I unknowingly did wrong.

Likewise I forgive anyone who did to me.

Am grateful for my family, my Husband, my Daughter, my Son in law and my delightful grandchildren.

Am indeed blessed.

** Editor’s Note :

Wishing Model & Minthamee turned Mae Daw Gyi & Phwa Phwa a Happy Birthday and many more to come.

You can perform Parahita and also practice Meditation.

You can also continue to enjoy the simple pleasures like Pon Chan Chan parties (with music, dancing, and cooking) and spending quality time with your lovely grand kids.

You can gain merits repeatedly by contemplating on your kusala and how you had taken care of your beloved mother.

Have a balanced life and live beyond the 120 years mentioned in your natal horoscope.

From different majors

Daw Mai Khin Nyunt (Rosie, ChE)

Daw Pwint Than (EP)

U Win Kyaw (Met)

Saya U Tin Win (EC71) shared a photo from 2014 taken with his EP/EC classmates.

• Ko Tin Win
• Ko Than Hlaing,
• Ko Kyaw Win
• Nyi Nyi Soe (Sandaya) from Myeik.

• Attended GTI for a while before joining the first ever 1st BE class in 1964.
• MS from Stanford University
• MBA from Pepperdine University
• First career : Electronics Designer
• Second career : Co-founder and CEO, QTC Management
  His sister (a medical doctor who had patents for processing “disability” claims) requested him to co-found QTC.
• After private investors showed interest in his company, he “retired
• Continued to lead a multiple-purpose career:
  (a) visiting the places of the world’s leading religions
  (b) incubating the projects of young professionals
  (c) supporting education (e.g. as trustee of University of California at Irvine) via Kay Family Foundation
  (d) maintaining [diverse] business portfolio
  (e) helping those in need (via Charitable Alliance of Burmese Americans)
  (f) continue paying back the metta and cetana of his mentors —
  as Golden Sponsor of RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwes,
  Helen and Steeve Kay Health Care Fund for the RIT Sayas and Sayamas.

From the SPZP-2000 Archives

RIT Poet Laureate Ko Hla Min:

I must admit that I was suffering from a Monday morning “hangover”, having been intoxicated with emotional overdose over the reunion weekend [in October 2000].

Judging from the post-reunion emails I read, I am not alone. What a reunion!

By all measures, it was a success and did satisfy the alumni’s tremendous pent-up desire to reconnect with each other after many decades of separation. The dedication of the members of the organizing committee is second to none.

With the assistance of his lovely wife, Benny Tan devoted practically full-time to this project for several months. I had a first-hand experience to see how meticulous he was when he was designing the RIT T-shirt. It came out a winner!

I do appreciate the sensitivity the organizing committee displayed in making this event non-religious and non-political. Otherwise, it would have been very difficult for me to attend. The only regret is that I failed to locate the whereabouts of my buddy Ko Aung Min of Taunggyi (ME 70). I heard he went to Singapore, but so far my search has ended in “no find”.

Now that the grand reunion is over, everybody is slowly recovering from the “hangover”. The big question is who would go to Singapore in 2002, and how do we go about doing it?

With best regards,
Steeve Kay (Ko Thaung Sein)

• Matriculated from TTC Practicing School.
  Classmate : Win Aung (M70, Luyechun, RIT Swimming and Water Polo)
• Computer Engineer at UCC
• Moved to PTC.

• After retirement, he moved to Mawlamyine where his spouse has a family business.
• Elder brother : U Soe Myint (Guardian, GBNF) published my poems. translations and articles. He became the father-in-law of U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76).
• Younger brother : U Kyaw Zaw (EC72, TTC Luyechun, DCA)

Visit to USA

• During his visit to his youngest brother U Khin Zaw (UCC) in Cupertino, Northern California there was a mini-gathering of UCC alumni, RIT alumni and friends of U Khin Zaw and Daw Wai Wai Tun.

The attendees include

• Saya U Myo Min (UCC)
• U Hla Min (EC69, UCC) and Daw Sein Yi
• U and Mrs. Soe Win (EC70, UCC)
• Benny Tan (M70) and Angelina Tan
• Charlie Tseng (EC70) and Diana Tseng (ChE71)
• U Myint Swe (EP74) and Daw San San (EC74)
• U Hla Kyi (EC77, Met/Hydro Computer)
• U Aung Zaw Maung (Pet78, UCC)
• U Aung Myint Oo (EC84, UCC) and Daw Thida Khin (UCC)
• Dr. Rafiul Ahad (Physics, UCC) and Frances Ahad
• U Khin Zaw (Physics, UCC) and Daw Wai Wai Tun (Physics)
• Dr. Kyaw Tint (Physics)
• U Thein Naing (Patrick, Physics) and Daw Mi Mi Aung (Physics)

U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70, GBNF)

• Entrepreneur
• Philanthropist
  Kay Family Foundation
• Multiple Golden Sponsor
  RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe
• Donated US$ 200000+
  for RIT-related activities
• See related Posts

Tan Yu Beng (Benny Tan, M70)

• Entrepreneur
• Philanthropist
• Multiple Golden Sponsor of RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe
• Co-chair, Working Committee, SPZP-2000
• See related Posts

U Zaw Min (Zaw Min Nawaday, EP70)

• Author, “Memories of RIT Days (1964 – 1970)”
• See related posts

U Ohn Khine (Gaing Gyi, M70)

• Co-Author, “Memories of RIT Days (1964 – 1970)”
• Moderator, Google Group for Combined 1st BE Intake of 1964 and 1965
• Volunteer, SPZP-2012, Shwe YaDu 2014, SPZP-2016
• Contributing Member, HMEE-2012
  Compiled CD Supplement for the book with U Hla Min (EC69)
• See related posts

U Win Paing (Sayadaw U Wara, ChE70)

• He became a monk on the day after the final year examination.
• He was a Golf Champion at RGC and BGC.
  He gave away his favorite golf clubs.
• He served as Taik Ok Sayadaw at the Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung. (
• A few years back, his mentor Sayadaw U Vinaya passed away in his late 90s.
  U Wara became the Chief Sayadaw.
• He has gone on Dhamma Duta missions abroad. He also leads meditation retreats at the monasteries affiliated to Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung.

U Naing Win (M70)

• He is GBNF.
• His spouse Polly Ba San was Burma Selected in swimming.
  She has a son and a daughter.
• A few years back, I met Polly at the then new A Lo Daw Pyie monastery in Apache Junction, Arizona.
  She volunteered her culinary expertise.

David Myint Thein wrote :
Ko Naing Win worked a few years at Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise ( MOGE ) as Senior Mechanical Engineer together with me. He was a nice guy.

U Khin Aung Kyi (GBNF)

• He succeeded Saya Dr. Aung Gyi as Rector.
• He earlier served as Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering.
• He later taught at Rengsit University (Thailand).
• Several former ChE students sponsored him and his spouse to attend SPZP-2000.