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  • SPZP-2000 Golden Sponsors

    Appreciation

    We appreciate the cetana of the following alumni who felt that the RIT Alumni International should have activities beyond the First ever RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe.

    They are honored as “Golden Sponsors” of SPZP-2000.

    • Steeve Kay (U Thaung Sein, EC70, Southern California)
      Donated $1000 initially and later gave an additional $1800.
    Steeve Kay 1
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    Steeve Kay 2
    • Ivan Lee (U Khin Maung Oo, M69, New Jersey)
      Donated $1200 for the General Fund of RIT Alumni International (and for SPZP-2000).
      Earlier donated $360 for one year’s operating expense of the ex-rit.or web site
    Ivan Lee 1
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    Ivan Lee 2
    • David Ko (U Tin Myint, M67, Northern California)
      Donated $1000 for SPZP-2000
    • Benny Tan (Tan Eu Beng, M70)
      Donated in cash and kind.
      Designed the memorabilia (Banner, Mug, Calculator/Clock and Tee-shirt).
      Since he had gift shops, he obtained most of the memorabilia from his vendors at discount prices.
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    • U Maung Maung Than (M79, Texas)
      Donated a Round-trip ticket to Myanmar
      By popular acclaim, the ticket was given to Sayagyi U Ba Toke.

    Update

    Steeve Kay

    • Multiple Golden Sponsor for SPZPs.
    • Established the “Steeve and Helen Kay Health Care Fund for RIT Sayas and Sayamas. In 2019, the balance of the Fund was handed over to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation.
    • Donated $200,000+ over the years to RIT-related activities.
    • He is now GBNF.

    Ivan Lee

    • Hosted the annual RIT-UCC Gathering in New Jersey
    • Golden Sponsor for SPZP-2007
      Sponsored ayama Naw Mu Mu Aye to attend the SPZP

    David Ko

    • Donated US $3000 to SPZP-2012
    • Sponsored Dinner Tables at NorCal RITAA Dinner
    • He is now GBNF.

    Benny Tan

    • Multiple Golden Sponsor for SPZPs
    • For SPZP-2000, Ko Benny used Steeve’s donation as seed money to raise funds.
      He designed memorabilia to give to sayas, sayamas and selected organizers / volunteers.
      Some memorabilia were put on sale for attendees at SPZP-2000.

    U Maung Maung Than

    • Could not attend SPZP-2000, but he comunicated with Saya Allen Htay
    • Supported Saya Dr. Tin Win’s “Run LA Marathon to raise fund for SPZP-2007”

    Sponsors for Sayagyi U Ba Toke

    • U Maung Maung Than donated the round trip ticket
    • U Zaw Min Nawaday (EP70) hosted Sayagyi U Ba Toke and his son U Ye Myint (EP72) at his then new house in Hayward, California.
    • Saya Allen Htay, Saya U Tin Htut, Saya Mao Toon Siong and several sayas and alumni took care of Sayagyi’s stay.

  • Shwe YaDu

    GJ 1964

    In the old Education systems, only those who passed I.Sc. examination with science option (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) with 50 or more marks in those “major” subjects could apply for the engineering school.

    The classes were called 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (Final) year of engineering.

    New Education System

    In November 1964, under the then new Education System, three batches of students were admitted to RIT.

    • 400+ students attended the first ever 1st BE
    • 300+ students attended the first ever 2nd BE
    • about 200 students attended the first ever 3rd BE

    RU Golden Jubilee

    The Golden Jubilee of Rangoon University was celebrated in 1970. “Swel Daw Yiek Anyeint” and “Htee Yein” from RIT were attractions. The two items were organized by Saya U Saw Htun (“Saw Lu”, Head of the RIT Burmese Department).

    Shwe YaDu

    The Shwe YaDu of the New Education System was celebrated by

    • 69ers (for the admission to the 2nd BE in 1964)
    • the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65
    • YTU with the support of Swel Daw Yeik Foundation and Alumni

  • EE58

    • Most members matriculated in 1952 and graduated with B.Sc.(Engg) in 1958.
    • Per request of Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (Director General of UBARI and Part-time saya at the Electrical Engineering Department, his son-in-law U Htay Aung (Victor, EC80) provided the Class Photo of EE58.
    • U Htay Aung is the nephew of Saya U Sein Hlaing (EE Professor)
    • Sayagyi U Ba Hli was the first native Dean of Engineering.
      He also taught Civil Engineering classes.
    • Saya U Kyaw Tun is an early Saya at the EE Department.
      He is a Saya of our sayas.
    • Saya U Tin Swe retired as Lecturer.
      In the early days, EE Department had a single professor.
      Many years later, EC (Electronics) and EP (Power) would become separate Departments with their own Professors.
    • U Maung Maung (UBARI) taught part time.
    • Mr. Redpath (UK) and Dr. Calder (USA) were non-Burmese sayas.
    • U Ba Than taught Mechanical Engineering subjects.
    EE58

    U Aye (M62) wrote : U Aung Pe (EE 58), 2nd row 4th from L. (Retired Lt. Col DI)

    U Htin Paw (EE58, GBNF)

    U Htin Paw
    • Won two Gold Medals at the RU Convocation in 1958.
    • Since the Endowment could not cover the rising cost of Gold, his family had to contribute K300 for the “true” Gold Medals.
    • Joined the Faculty of Engineering as Assistant Lecturer.
    • Studied for his Masters at the University of Michigan (under the UBARI scholarship).
    • Upon his return, he taught part time at the EE Department while working for UBARI
    • Transferred to the Electrical Inspectorate.
    • Moved to USA.
    • Past President of TBSA (Theravada Buddhist Society of America)
    • Co-founder and President of BEA (Burmese Engineers Association).
    • Son : Dr. Barry Paw (MD, Ph.D, GBNF)
    • Brother : U Tun Thein (A67)
    • Nephews : U Hla Thein (Robert, M72)
    • Wrote a series of articles for “RIT Alumni International Newsletter”

    Saya U Ba Nyunt (EE58, GBNF)

    EE sayas & alumni at SPZP-2000
    • Joined the Faculty of Engineering as Assistant Lecturer
    • Did further studies in the USA.
    • Upon return to Burma, Saya transferred to BOC/MOC.
    • Spouse : Daw May Su (Physics, GBNF)
    • In 2000, visited USA to see his daughter and grand child.
    • Attended SPZP-2000

    Mini-reunion of the Class of 58 at SPZP-2000

    • Saya U Htin Paw (EE58, GBNF)
    • Saya U Ba Nyunt (EE58, GBNF)
    • Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF)
    • Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58)
    • Mr. Oscar Shazaree (C58)

  • EE74 Gathering in Yangon

    Ko Myint Swe (EP) & Ma San San Swe (EC) provided the photos.

  • Micro-gathering in Singapore

    U Aung Kyaw Myint (Eddie Shein), U Sein Myint, Daw Mar Mar Yee, Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma)

    U Aung Kyaw Myint (M70)

    He is an Old Paulian. He did not enjoy studying medicine, so he transferred to RIT. His hobby includes astrology. He visits Australia and Singapore.

    U Sein Myint (EC69)

    He represented RIT in Rowing, Swimming and Water Polo. He is a major donor to the 69er Health Care Fund and the EE69er Health Care Fund. After retirement, he visits his children in USA and Myanmar.

    Daw Mar Mar Yee (M75)

    She is a vocalist and Minthamee. Her spouse U Tin Tun (M70) is a pianist. They are core entertainers for the SPZPs held in Singapore and Yangon. She served as Master of Ceremonies for the M75 Gatherings and All-Mechanical Gathering.

    Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70)

    She is fondly known as “Rocket” (during her RIT days”), “ageless Minthamee” (as entertainer for SPZPs) and Mae Daw Gyi (by the young monks sponsored by Dana Sri Lanka). She made frequent visits to Yangon to take care of her mother (who finally passed away peacefully). She visited USA as a teenager for winning an essay contest. She has traveled to several countries. She joking said that she married U Yu Swan (Don Min Sayagyi) so that she would be a Minthamee and a co-leader of the Pon Chan Chan Group.

  • HMEE Meeting in Mar 2012

    Ko Ohn Khine (M70) took me to Saya U Aung Hla Tun’s place on Inya Road to attend the “History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar” meeting.

    The book was published in time for SPZP-2012 in December, 2012.

    Ko Ohn Khine and I compiled a CD supplement for the History Book.

    The early supporters for the project include Sayagyi U Ba Than and Saya U Soe Paing.

  • October 9, 2022

    Ceremony

    • Today is the Full Moon Day of Thadinkyut.
      It is known as “Abhidhamma Day”.
      It marks the end of the Buddhist Lent.
    • Pavayana Ceremony (General Assembly of monks) of the San Francisco Bay Area took place this year at Kusalakari monastery at French Camp. 30+ monks (including some from Sri Lankan monasteries took part).

    Attendees

    U Hla Min and spouse

    Some RIT alumni were among the attendees :

    • Kenneth Kay (Class of 66)
    • U Nyan Shein (Henry, C68)
    • Saya U Myat Htoo (C68)
    • U Hla Min (EC69)
    • Dr. Myint Thein (M73)
    • Daw Nyo Nyo Win (T73)
    • U Kyaw Lwin (Bobby, Class of 75)
    • U Nyunt Than (M86)
    • U Tin Maung Win (C86)

  • EE60

    1960 လျှပ်စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာ နောက်ဆုံးနှစ် သင်တန်း

    ** ရှေ့တန်း

    * ဆရာများ

    T Kyin Khin, L တင်ထွန်း၊ ဦးစိန်လှိုင်၊ ဦးကျော်ထွန်း၊ William Paw, Dr. Guile, ကိုဘလွင်၊ ကိုမျိုးကြည်၊ ဦးတင်ဆွေ

    ** ဒုတိယတန်း

    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

    ** ဒုတိယတန်း

    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

  • 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

  • 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