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Engineering Schools in Burma

  • Engineering Classes (1958 – 62)

    Engineering Classes (1958 – 62)

    by Hla Min

    Update : 27th October 2026

    1958

    C58

    C58 Group
    • Allen Htay (GBNF)
    Allen Htay
    • Dr. San Hla Aung
    Dr. San Hla Aung
    • Dr. Win Thein (GBNF)
    Dr. Win Thein
    • Oscar Sharazee
    • U Khin Maung Win (Sid Chen, GBNF)

    EE58

    EE58 Group
    • U Htin Paw (GBNF)
    U Htin Paw
    • U Ba Nyunt (GBNF)

    1959

    M59

    M59 Group
    • U San Tun (GBNF)
    U San Tun
    • U Tin Hlaing (GBNF)
    U Tin Hlaing
    • K Krishna
    • U Tin Htway

    A59

    • U Bo Gyi (GBNF)
    • Dr. Lwin Aung

    EE59

    • U Myo Kyi
    • Dr. Ba Lwin (GBNF)
    • L Tin Htun (Dr. Chris Lee)

    1960

    A60

    • U Tin Htoon
    • U Aung Kyee Myint
    • U Kin Maung Yin (GBNF)
    • Victor Pe Win
    U Tin Htoon

    M60

    • U Tin Htut
    U Tin Htut
    • U Tun Shwe

    ChE60

    Dr. Maung Maung Win
    • Dr. Maung Maung Win (GBNF)

    EE60

    EE60 Group
    • U Soe Thein

    1961

    EE61

    Dr. San Tint
    • Dr. San Tint (GBNF)

    T61

    Mi Mi Lay, Julie Han, Yin Yin Kyi, Pauline Reynolds, Amy Thwin
    • Dr. Julie Han (GBNF)
    • Daw Tin Tin Ohn (Amy Thwin, GBNF)
    • Daw Yin Yin Kyi
    • Daw Mi Mi Lay (GBNF)

    M61

    • U Maung Maung Win

    C61

    • Dr. Aung Soe

    ChE61

    • Pauline Reynolds

    1962

    M62

    Mao Toon Siong
    • Mao Toon Siong
    • Dr. Tin Win
    • U Aye
    • S. Arya (GBNF)

    C62

    • Dr. San Lin

    EE62

    • U Tin Maung Thein
  • Swel Daw Yeik Foundation

    Swel Daw Yeik Foundation

    by Hla Min

    Update : 27th October 2026

    စွယ်တော်ရိပ်ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း

    2013 တွင် ဖွဲ့စည်း Formed in 2013

    မှတ်တမ်း (တချို့)

    တံဆိပ် Logo

    SDYF 1

    ဆရာ ဆရာမ များ ရဲ့ ကျန်းမာရေး — ဦးစား Health Care for Sayas & Sayamas is a Priority

    အခမ်းအနား Ceremony

    SDYF 2

    ဦးဝင်းထိန်ဦး — Organizer / Fundraiser

    SDYF 3

    Annual Medical Checkup

    SDYF 4

    လစဉ် အစည်းအဝေး (Covid မတိုင်မီ) Monthly Meeting (before the pandemic)

    SDYF 5

    ဆရာဦးမိုးအောင် — နာယက U Moe Aung : Patron

    ဦးခင်မောင်ထွန်း — ဥက္ကဌ၊ U Khin Maung Tun, President & Major Donor

    ဆက်နွယ် Related

    • Steeve and Helen Kay Health Care Fund for RIT Sayas and Sayamas
    • Vision Care — ဦးခင်မောင်ထွန်း မိသားစု

    SDYF ထောက်ပံ့မှု များ Assistance

    • Hospitalization
    • Special Cases
    • Long term care assistance
    • Frequent visits to Clinic

    Related Posts

    • Annual Medical Checkup
    • Health Care Funds
    • Jara, Byadi & Marana
  • January 2013

    January 2013

    by Hla Min

    Update : 27th October 2026

    69ers
    Fred, Aung Min

    Greetings

    Dear Sayas and Colleagues,

    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.

    With Metta,
    Aung Min

  • Dr. Aung Soe

    Dr. Aung Soe

    by Hla Min

    Update : 26th October 2026

    Dr. Aung Soe (Right)

    Parents : Chiu Foke Yin and Moy Mei Lan in Mogok, Burma.

    Graduated with B. Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Rangoon in 1961. Awarded two gold medals.

    • The Todarmal Talwar Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining highest aggregates of the four examinations leading to the degree of B. Sc. in Engineering and
    • The U Kyaw Sein Gold Medal for standing first in the Final B. Sc. Civil Engineering Examination of March 1961.

    Begin teaching career in 1961 as an Assistant Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Burma Institute of Technology.

    In 1963 married to Twee Kyi Moy (Myint Khin), who worked in the Accounts Department of R.I.T. from 1963 to 1977.

    In 1965 went to German Democratic Republic for further studies. In 1971 obtained Doctor of Science (Dr.-Ing.) in the Fundamentals of Geodesy from the Dresden Technical University. Returned to Burma in 1972 and was promoted to Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department in the same year.

    In 1978 immigrated to the United States of America. In the same year worked as a Civil Engineer with DeLeuw, Cather & Company. Up to present still working with the same company as a Principal Civil Engineer. DeLeuw, Cather & Company becomes part of Parsons Transportation Group of Parsons Corporation.

    Editor’s Note

    • Saya and his team supervised the field work for Surveying class taught by Sayagyi U Min Wun.
    • Saya played on the RIT Sayas soccer team with U Soe Paing and U Tin Maung Nyunt
    • Saya and his brothers U Soe Thein and Saya K C Chiu attended SPZP-2000. Sayagadaw was disappointed when memorabilia were handed out to RIT sayas and sayamas and not to office staff members.
  • Aye Lwin

    Aye Lwin

    by Hla Min

    Update : 26th October 2026

    U Aye Lwin 1
    • Graduated with Mechanical Engineering in 1969
    • He was Secretary of the Committee for the inaugural RIT Annual Magazine
    • He is now GBNF

    Inaugural RIT Annual Magazine (1969)

    Magazine

    Editors

    RIT Annual Magazine Committee
    • Saya Dr. Aung Gyi
    • Saya U Aung Hla Tun
    • Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)
    • Sayama Daw Yin Yin Mya : absent in the Photo Shoot
    • U Aye Lwin (Secretary)
    • U Kyaw Win Maung
    • U Zaw Min
    • U Myo Khin : absent in the Photo Shoot
    • U Zaw Min : absent in the Photo Shoot

    RIT-related Activities

    • Ko Aye Lwin was Secretary of the RIT Mechanical Engineering Association.
    • He was Secretary of the RIT Annual Magazine Committee, which published the Inaugural Issue in 1969.
    • He attended RIT Gatherings including the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles. He brought a memento for me.
    69er Gathering 1
    69er Gathering 2
    • 69ers (especially M69ers) pay respect to Sayagyi U Ba Than around his birthday (October 2nd). The photo was taken in October 2017.
    Garawa

    December 2021

    Ko Aung Min (M69) wrote :

    So sad to inform you that our friend Ko Aye Lwin (M69) passed away last night of lung CA, at Pann Hlaing Hospital.

    Source: Than Hlaing & Zaw Win

    GBNF 116

    May his soul Rest In Peace.

    69er HCF & GBNF

    • U Aung Min is Chair of the 69er Health Care Fund. He & his team maintain Contact Info and the GBNF list. Ko Aye Lwin is GBNF #116.

    Kutho Donation

    • Ko Aung Min wrote :
      Dear RIT69ERS
      လူကိုယ်တိုင်တော့ ကွယ်လွန်သူ ကိုအေးလွင် (စက်မှု) ၏နေအိမ်သို့ မရောက်နိုင်ခဲ့ပါ။ သူ့ဇနီး ဒေါ်သန်းသန်းမြင့် နှင့် တော့ကြိုးစားဆက်သွယ်လျက် ဖုန်းဆက်ပြီး အားပေးစကားပြောနိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ကိုအေးလွင်အားရည်စူးလှူဒါန်းပေးမည့် အများ၏အလှူငွေ ကျပ်တစ်သိန်း ကိုလည်း ဒေါ်သန်းသန်းမြင့်မှ HCF သို့ ပြန်လည်လှူဒါန်းပါသည်။ ပခုက္ကူ မြစ်ခြေ သို့ယနေ့ပြန်ပြီး အဲဒီမှာ ရက်လည်ဆွမ်းသွတ် အမျှဝေခြမ်းပြုလုပ်ပါမည်။ ဤကောင်းမှုများအပေါ် ကောင်းမြတ်သောဘုံဘဝမှ သာဓုခေါ်ဆိုနိုင်ပါစေ ကိုအေးလွင်။
  • RIT Alumni Newsletter

    RIT Alumni Newsletter

    by Hla Min

    Update : 26th October 2026

    I founded the Newsletter in May 1999.

    We published a commemorative issue of the Newsletter for RIT Alumni Reunion & Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in October 2000.

    Newsletter for SPZP-2000

    • Front cover has my poem “SAYA PU ZAW PWE”
    • Back cover has a list of the SPZP-2000 Organizers
    • 16 pages
    P1
    P2
    P3
    P4
    P5
    P6
    P7
    P8
    P9
    P10
    P11
    P12
    P13
    P14
    P15
    P16
    Newsletter for SPZP-2000
  • 69er News

    69er News

    by Hla Min

    Update : 26th October 2026

    Gathering in November, 2015

    Host : U Tint Lwin (Daniel, M69)

    69ers 1
    69ers 2
    69ers 3
    69ers 4

    • Albert Kyaw Min wrote :
      The Oldies of RIT 64′ (Second BE) intake, 69’++ Luncheon Gathering at Feel Restaurant sponsored by Danny who arrived yesterday (November 28, 2015) from Singapore.
      Over 50 classmates gathered .
    • Emma (Tin Tin Myint) wrote :
      Good Friends, Good Food, Good Times
    • Albert, Danny & Robert are the Guitarists. Have not heard from Robert.

    U Win Kyi (GBNF)

    • U Aung Min wrote : Funeral service of Ko Win Kyi (GBNF 87) from The Mirror 30/11/18
    • U Kyaw Oo wrote : U Win Kyi was my roommate in Delft, the Netherlands.

    Updates

    • As of October 2026, 146 RIT69ers are GBNF.
    • More than 45%
  • Supplementary Materials for HMEE-2012

    Supplementary Materials for HMEE-2012

    by Ohn Khine & Hla Min

    Update : 24th October 2026

    Ohn Khine
    Hla Min
    CD for HMEE

    Constraints

    Due to time & resource constraints, only a fraction of the materials could be described in the book “History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar”

    CD Supplement

    U Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled references, articles in English and photos that were not covered in the book into a CD.

    We attempted to cover as much historical data and articles as possible.

    Materials for non-Burmese readers

    • Part 1 of the HMEE book was translated by U Ohn Khine (M 70). Saya Des Rodgers corrected the contextual and usage errors.
    • Part 2 is not a complete translation of the Burmese text. To avoid duplication of some materials (e.g. lengthy tables), we have chosen to present a summary & overview.

    Archives

    • Archives from the RIT web sites: http://www.ex-rit.org and http://www.rit-alumni.info.
      Thanks to U Khin Maung Zaw and U Wunna Ko Ko for designing and maintaining the web sites.
    • Archives from the SPZPs: SPZP-2000 (San Francisco), SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010 (Singapore), and SPZP-2004 (Yangon)

    Photo Albums

    • From ex-RIT web sites, RIT Alumni Facebook Pages, Sayagyi U Ba Than, Saya U Soe Paing and U Myo Myint (EC67)

    History of the Engineering Departments

    • By Dr. Aung Gyi (Rector), U Min Wun (C), U Aung Khin (M), U Soe Khaw (Min), U Thit (Met), U Myo Myint Sein (A)

    Selected Posts

    • Excerpts from “RIT Alumni International Newsletter Updates” from 1999 – 2012 by U Hla Min (EC 69)

    Interviews

    • Saya U Tin U, Saya U Ba Than and Saya U Khin Aung Kyi gave interviews for HMEE-2012 project.

    Proofreaders

    • Saya U Soe Paing, U Ohn Khine and I proof read HMEE-2012 and provided corrections (e.g. RIT Luyechun list did not contain 1965), but they was not enough time to do all the corrections.

    HMEE projects

    • Saya U Aung Hla Tun is the leader for HMEE-2012 and HMEE-2018 Projects.
    • HMEE-2018 will cover revisions and extensions to HMEE-2012.
    • Due to the pandemic and Saya’s demise, HMEE-2018 is in limbo.
  • Dr. Htin Aung

    Dr. Htin Aung

    by Hla Min

    Update : 23rd October 2026

    Dr. Htin Aung 1
    Dr. Htin Aung
    • Principal of Rangoon College
    • First native Rector of the University of Rangoon
    • Per Dr. Yan Naing Lwin, Dr. Htin Aung accompanied Prime Minister U Nu to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1954
    • Vice Chancellor, RU
    • After retirement, Dr. Htin Aung became Ambassador to Ceylon. Per U Tin Htoon, Dr. Htin Aung greeted the RUBC team and also provided transportation to visit Kandy.
    • Per Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint, his Ba Dwe was recalled back to Burma by the Foreign Office. One day, the then Number One asked Saya what he was doing in Burma and that he did not ask the Foreign Office to recall him. Saya went to UK to continue his research and writing.
    • Old alumni may have studied Saya’s books such as “Thirty Burmese Tales” and “Burmese Drama”
    • Saya is a scholar, a prolific writer, a historian and a folklorist
    • Saya’s siblings —ICS U Tin Tut; Dean of Law U Kyaw Myint; Chief Justice U Myint Thein; Kyauksar expert Daw Khin Mya Mu; Khit San poet Daw Khin Saw Mu; English lecturer Daw Tin Saw Mu

    Feedback from Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

    • [Ba Dwe] Dr Htin Aung did not get an ambassador post. He was Called a Minister (current title is Minister Counselor) and the office in Ceylon was under the Embassy in New Dehli.
    • Sometime later, on one occasion, Ne Win said, “Where is Saya Htin Aung?”
      Thi Han immediately called Dr Htin Aung to come back.
    • Ba Dwe could not find out why. It took nearly six months to see Ne Win. On meeting Ne Win, Ne Win asked why he had come back. Ba Dwe explained about being called back and that he could not go back as another person had been sent. Ne Win told him he did not call back [from Ceylon]. He was thinking of his teacher and was just asking where was. Wasn’t it like Shwe Pyin Nyi Naung?
    • He asked Ba Dwe what he could do for him. Ba Dwe asked to leave Burma for Oxford. He left to be Fellow of St Anthony’s College.
    • The other dignitaries to be awarded honorary degrees were Prince Souphanouvong of Cambodia and Emperor Haile Salasie of Ethiopia together with my father in 1958.
    • I had a photo of my father receiving the honorary LLD which he never used from PM U Ba Swe.
    U Kyaw Myint
  • Classes — 1973 – 93

    Classes — 1973 – 93

    by Hla Min

    Update : 23rd October 2026

    1973

    M73 Hovercraft
    • Six members — U Hla Win (M), U Khin Maung Cho (M), Saxon …
    • Dr. Myint Thein (M)
    Myint Thein
    • Dr. L Sein Myint (M)
    • U Myo Myint (M)
    • U Hla Win (M)
    • U Aung Moung (M, GBNF)
    • U San Lin (EC) & Daw Hla Myint (EC)
    San Lin
    • U Htun Aung Kyaw (EC)
    • U Kyi Aung (ChE)
    • Dennis Mackey (C)
    • George Peters (C)
    • U Nyunt Htay (Met)
    Nyunt Htay

    1974

    EE74
    Bagyee Myat Myo Myint
    • Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP, GBNF)
    • Sai Aung Thu Yein (EC, GBNF)
    • U Myint Swe (EP)
    • Daw San San Swe (EC)
    • Daw Khin Swe Oo (EC)
    • U Nay Win Maw (E)
    • U Myo Thant (E)
    • U Maung Maung Thant (M)
    • U Sann Aung (M, GBNF)
    • Charlie Than (M)
    • Bagyee Myat Myo Myint (M, GBNF)

    1975

    M75
    • Maurice Chee (M)
    • U Win Khaing (M, GBNF)
    • U Than Po (M, GBNF)
    • U Tin Myint (M, GBNF)
    • U Khin Maung Win (M)
    • U Ye Lin Oo (M)
    • U Ohn Win (M)
    • Daw Mar Mar Yee (M)
    Mar Mar Yee
    • U Mya Thwin (EP)
    • U Sein Tin (EC)

    1976

    Khin Maung Zaw
    • U Khin Maung Zaw (EC)
    • U Wynn Myint Aung (EC, GBNF)
    • U Sein Myint (EC)
    • U Thura Thant Zin (M)
    • U Aye Tun (M)
    • U Khin Maung Aye (M)

    1977

    • U Hla Kyi (EC)
    • Dr. San Lwin Lin (EC)
    • U Khin Maung Zaw (EP)

    1980

    U Tin Myint
    • U Tin Myint (M)
    • U Lu Aye (M)

    1981

    • U Tin Aung Win (C)

    1983

    Gordon & Lillian Kaung
    • Gordon Kaung (Kaung Kaung Oo, M)
    • U Kyaw Than Aung (M, GBNF)
    • U Kyaw Myint (M)
    • U Kyi Shane (M)
    • Lillian Kaung (EC)
    • U Tha Hlaing (EC)
    • U Thaung Tin (EC)
    • U Shein Soe Myint (EC, GBNF)
    • U Thein Htut (EC)

    1984

    KKZ, AMO, Ed, HK, NT, TMW
    • U Ko Ko Zin (M)
    • U Aung Myint Oo (EC)
    • Daw Khin Khin Hla (C)

    1985

    • Saw Yu Ket (Edward, EC)
    • U Tun Mra Gyaw (EC)
    • U San Oo (EC, GBNF)
    • U Tin Tun (EC)
    • U Aung Tun

    1986

    • U Tin Maung Win (C)
    • U Nyunt Than (M)
    • U Thaung Nyunt (M)
    • Daw Cho Cho Thwin (E)

    1987

    • U San Lin (M)
    • Eng Shwe Ho (M)
    • Andrew (M)

    1992

    Nan Khin Nwe
    • Nan Khin Nwe (M)
    • Daw May Than Htay (ChE)

    1993

    Mg Yit
    • U Mg Mg Win (Mg Yit, EC)
    • U Soe Min Oo (EC)
    • Daw Kay Thi (EC)