U Ba Toke is a saya of our sayas. He was born on December 26, 1920. He passed away on December 2, 2020 (the day following the RU Centennial). He was active until his early 80s. Aging degraded some of his senses, but not his spirit. His story […]
Saya U Ba Hli was the first native Dean of Engineering. He also served as Professor of Civil Engineering. He proposed the Twinning Program of the Faculty of Engineering with prestigious universities in the USA. His son (Saya Dr. F Ba Hli) wrote an article for SPZP-2000. Saya […]
Saya U Ko Ko Lay matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1956. He received BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, USA. He transferred from PWD to UCC as Manager of Operations Division. He received MS in Systems Engineering from Lancaster University, UK. He served […]
Saya U Tin Swe graduated with Electrical Engineering in 1953. He joined the EE Department as Assistant Lecturer. He received MS from Michigan University. He was promoted to Lecturer. Due to scarcity of Professorships in those days, he retired as Lecturer. He played Soccer for Pegu Hall and […]
Saya U Sein Hlaing graduated with Electrical Engineering in 1952. He joined the EE Department as Assistant Lecturer. He received MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He became Lecturer and Head of Department. He became one of the early Professors. He passed away a couple of years after […]
Saya U Tin Shwe (also known as Tin Shwe Lay) graduated with EP (Electrical Power) in 1966. He taught at RIT and Assumption University (formerly known as ABAC). After retirement, he became a monk. He served as Dhamma Librarian. He wrote an article for the Swel Daw Yeik […]
Saya U Hla Shwe (GBNF) graduated with Textile Engineering in 1969. He retired as Associate Professor. When a Boot Licker asked him to end his class to pay respect to a visiting Taing Hmu, he continued teaching. A post about the event caused some alumni (who did not […]
Saya Dr. Win Thein graduated with Civil Engineering in 1958. He retired as Professor and Head of Civil Engineering. He had medical checkup and treatment in Bangkok and Yangon. Former colleagues and students donated to his medical expenses fund. They also provided health status reports. He lost mobility […]
Saya U Khin Aung Kyi stood 7th in Burma in the Matriculation of 1949 and won Collegiate Scholarship. He was a Mechanical Engineering student at RU when he won States Scholarship to study BS and MS in Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RU offered early ChE […]
Several M69ers passed away (mostly due to medical conditions). The parents of U Win Htein (M69) ran a Lorry / Transportation business. He contracted Malaria. He was treated with Quinine and/or Blood Transfusion. Sadly, he passed away. U Nay Win (M69, Singapore) taught Maritime subjects at a Polytechnic […]
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