Category: 69er

By U Aung Min (M69)

Dear RIT69ers

ဒီနေ့နံနက် (၂၅/၉/၂၂)တွင် ဆရာကြီး ဦးဘသန်း Mechanical Professor ထံသို့ အတန်းဖေါ်သူငယ်ချင်းနှင့် သွားရောက် ဂါရဝပြုလျက် စုပေါင်းကန်တောငွေ ကျပ်၁၄သိန်းအားဆက်ကပ် ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ဆေးရုံမှဆင်းတာမကြာသေးတာကြောင့် အနည်းငယ်ပိန်သွားတာမှလွဲလို့ ကျန်းမာနေကြောင်းတွေ့ခဲ့ရပါတယ်။

ဆရာကြီးက တပည့်များအားမှာကြားလိုက်သည်ကတော့ ” ယခုအသက် ၉၂ နှစ်ရှိပြီ၊ မကြာခင်အသက် ၁၀၀ ပြည့်မည်၊မကြာ မကြာ လာတွေ့ကြပါ၊အားလုံးကျန်းမာကြပါစေ။” ဟူ၍ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

“Representatives of RIT69ERS” paying respect to Sayar Gyi U Ba Than

• Khin Maung Tin
• Walter Ngwe Soe,
• Tin Aung Win
• Mehm Aye Chan,
• Aung Min
• Tin Mg Aye,
• Sein Tun.

• He was from Myaung Mya.
• He attended SPHS as a Boarder.
• He graduated from RIT.
• He and family donated K4 lakhs to Myaung Mya Wailuwadi monastery / meditation center.

Notes

• After the 69er monthly breakfast gathering, he took Ko Htay Aung and me to his house.
  
• After small talk, he took me to a restaurant in Yin Pyin, where Old Paulians offered Soon to Sayadaw Beatson (Physics saya & Scout Master).

Feedback

• Than Win wrote :

အလှူမှတ်တမ်းလေးတင်ပေးတဲ့သူငယ်ချင်းကို အထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်

• Represented RIT in Swimming, Water Polo and Rowing
• Donor / Organizer for 69er activities
• Retired

Swimming & Water Polo

His swimming and water polo partners include

• Htay Aung
• Win Maung (“Lake”)
• Han Sein (GBNF)
• Moe Hein (“Ajala”)
• Hla Kyaing
• …

Rowing

His rowing partner was Ko Win Naing (Dicky, M69, GBNF).

He coxed several crews. One crew consisted of Ko Khin Maung Myint (M71), Ko Win Kyaw (Met71), Ko Myint Than (M71)

Donor / Organizer

He is a major donor for

• 69er Health Care Fund
• EE69er Health Care Fund.

He was one of the organizers (along with Ko Daniel Tint Lwin, Ko Kyaw Than, …) for the 30th Anniversary of the Graduation for the Class of 69.

Miscellaneous

He worked in Singapore (with occasional business trip to Indonesia).

He visits his children and grand children in California and Yangon.

Hosts

• Myint Myint
• Myint Myint Aye
• Maung Shwe
• Maung Maung
• Myo Min
• Frederick Thetgyi (USA)

Attendees

1. Aung Min (Chair, 69er HCF)
2. Aung San (Paw Daw Mu)
3. Aye Kyi Kyi
4. Ba Oke Paw Daw Mu)
5. Htay Aung (Swimming, Water Polo)
6. Htay Myint
7. Khin Maung Gyi
8. Khin Maung Win (Donald)
9. Khin Maung Win (Roland)
10. Kyaw Min (Albert)
11. Kyaw Tint
12. Kyi Win
13. Maung Maung (Host)
14. Maung Shwe (Host)
15. Mehm Aye Chan (Ohn Maung)
16. Myint Aung
17. Myint Myint (Host)
18. Myint Myint Aye (Host)
19. Myint Thein (David)
20. Myo Chit
21. Myo Min (Host)
22. Myo Win (Paw Daw Mu)
23. Ngwe Soe (Walter)
24. Ngwe Tun (Tun Tun)
25. Pe Han Tun (Paw Daw Mu)
26. Sai Kyaw Myint
27. Saw Myint Naing
28. Saw Yu Tint (Alice)
29. Sein Tun
30. Soe Thein (Peter)
31. Soe Win
32. Than Myaing
33. Than Win
34. Thaung Htay
35. Thaung Win
36. Tin Aung Win (Oscar)
37. Tin Htut (Seafarer)
38. Tin Maung Aye (Accordion)
39. Tin Shein (Chinlon)
40. Tin Shwe (Thar Min Kyi)

• RIT Selected for Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Basketball
  
• He was a Prisoner of Conscience.
  Sentenced to 20 years by Adhamma authorities.
  Released after 17 years.
  
• He was inadvertently listed as GBNF in the 69er Address Book.
  He became a Tone Kyaw
  
• He volunteered as Photographer for the 69er gatherings.
  
• He was active in Latha Township
  
• Passed away a year ago

Some Memories

• She has a big heart.
• Co-founder of Myit Ma Kha International Trading Co.
  with her beloved spouse U Htein Win (M66, GBNF)
  
• The following are sampling of her donations.
• Donated twice (100 and 50 Lakhs)
  for YTU Library Modernization Project.
• Major donor (along with Ivan Lee and U Sein Myint)
  for the 69er Health Care Fund.
• Sponsored / Hosted several 69er Gatherings.
  Monthly Breakfast Gathering at Taw Win Hnin Si (e.g. for her birthday)
  Ad hoc Lunch Gathering (e.g. Welcoming Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T69) at Western Park
  Several tables at the Annual Dinner & Entertainment Gathering

Major Donors

• Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M69)
• K K Wong (Sein Myint, EP69)
• Myint Myint, Daw (C69)
• …

The members from the Class satisfy at least one condition

• (a) attended 2nd BE in 1964
• (b) graduated in 1969
• (c) left before graduation
• (d) studied at least a year with those defined in (a) and (b).

U Aung Min (M69) and team maintain

• 69er Health Care Fund (HCF)
• Contact info : email, phone …
• List of GBNF

GBNF List of 69ers

Sorted by Major and Name

Architecture

• Tobias Kittum Ku (Tobi) #108
• Tin Maung Hla

Chemical

• Aung Min
• Aung Myat Kyaw
• Khin Maung Oo #74
• Mehm Tun Hlaing
• Myint Swe #53
• Tin Nu, Daw

Civil

• Aung Myint #101
• Ba Hla Myint
• John Aung
• Han Sein (Tone Kyaw Ah Pho Gyi) #93
• Khin Maung Myint #85
• Khin Maung Nyunt
• Khin Maung Than
• Khin Swe
• Kyaw Zan Hein
• Maung Aye
• Maung Ko
• Mya Than
• Myo Kywe
• Pho Tin #62
• San Linn #82
• Saw Yan Naing #79
• Soe Myint #42
• Than Soe Hlaing #63
• Thar Dway #44
• Tin Hla #97
• Tin Nwe #41
• Tin San #98
• Tin Shwe #112
• Tun Aung Lwin #57
• Win Aung Kyaw #43
• Win Kyi #87

Electrical

• Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye) #100
• Aung Gyi Shwe #107
• Aung Than (Pyinmana)
• Aung Thu Yein (Brownie) #61
• Aye Thaw #50
• Chit Tin #78
• Khin Maung Nyo
• Khin Maung Thwe
• Khin Maung Tint #95
• Khin Maung Win (Sargalay) #90
• Khin Win
• Kyaw Soe (DCA)
• Mehm Paw Oo #114
• Min Thaw (Gilbert)
• Myint Swe (Mogok)
• Myo Aung #75
• Myo Hein #96
• Soe Myint Thein #113
• Soe Thein (Yamethin) #48
• Soe Win
• Thein Swe #103
• Tin Hla #59
• Tin Maung Soe (Tommy) #91
• Tun Oo Khine #49
• Win Myint #69
• Ye Naing

Mechanical

• Chit Pe #106
• Chit Po Po #52
• Hla Than
• I Zyar Linn #86
• Khin Maung
• Khin Maung Gyi #105
• Khin Maung Lay #72
• Kyaw Nyunt (Tennis) #88
• Lun Maung #40
• Myat San #45
• Myint Aung #73
• Myint Sein
• Myint Swe #92
• Myint Thein (Maung Kabar) #77
• Nay Win #81
• Nyunt Maung
• Phaw Re La
• Sein Than #51
• Sein Win #94
• Soe Tint
• Soe Win #104
• Thein Maung 109
• Tin Aung
• Tin Maung Lay #66
• Tin Myint #80
• Tun Aung
• Win Htein
• Win Thein #46
• Win Naing #71
• Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung) #99
• Yin Kyu #54

Metallurgy

• Maung Tun #102
• Mya Thaung #84
• Myo Myint #83

Mining

• Aung Naing #55
• Chit Htun #58
• Chit Swe
• Kyaw Soe #65
• Kyaw Than
• Kyaw Tint #110
• Myint Kyi #47
• Myint Swe

Petroleum

• Kyaw San
• Nyi Maung

Textile

• Chit Swe #60
• Hla Shwe #70
• Hla Tun (Japan Gyi)
• Jimmy Kyin
• Kyaw Din
• Kyaw Min #89
• Kyaw Sint (E Tai) #64
• Min Min Than, Daw #76
• Myint Myint Kyi, Daw #56
• Nan Su Su, Daw #111
• Sein Win #68
• Tint Swe (Amarapura)

GBNF in July – October 2021

98. Tin San Civil
99. Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung) Mechanical
100. Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye) Electrical
101. Aung Myint Civil
102. Tun Metallurgy
103. Thein Swe Electrical
104. Soe Win Mechanical
105. Khin Maung Gyi Mechanical
106. Chit Pe Mechanical
107. Aung Gyi Shwe Electrical
108. Tobias Kittim Ku, Saw Architecture
109. Thein Maung Mechanical
110. Kyaw Tint Mining
111. Nan Su Su, Daw Textile
112. Tin Shwe Civil
113. Soe Myint Thein Electrical
114. Mehm Paw Oo Electrical
115. Aung Myint Petroleum

Architecture — 2 ယောက်

1. တိုဘီ
   Tobias Kittim Ku
2. တင်မောင်လှ
   Tin Maung Hla

Metallurgical Engineering — 3 ယောက်

1. မျိုးမြင့်
   Myo Myint
2. မြသောင်း
   Mya Thaung
3. မောင်ထွန်း
   Maung Tun

Petroleum Production Engg. — 4 ယောက်

• ကျော်ဆန်း
  Kyaw San
• ညီမောင်
  Nyi Maung
• အောင်မြင့်
  Aung Myint
• မြင့်မောင်
  Myint Maung

Chemical Engineering — 6 ယောက်

• မ တင်နု
  Ma Tin Nu
• အောင်မင်း
  Aung Min
• အောင်မြတ်ကျော်
  Aung Myat Kyaw
• မင်းထွန်းလှိုင်
  Mehm Tun Hlaing
• မြင့်ဆွေ
  Myint Swe
• ခင်မောင်ဦး
  Khin Maung Oo

Mining Engineering — 10 ယောက်

• ချစ်ဆွေ
  Chit Swe
• ကျော်သန်း
  Kyaw Than
• မြင့်ဆွေ
  Myint Swe
• မြင့်ကြည်
  Myint Kyi
• အောင်နိုင်
  Aung Naing
• ချစ်ထွန်း
  Chit Tun
• ကျော်စိုး
  Kyaw Soe
• ကျော်တင့်
  Kyaw Tint
• ခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်း
  Khin Kyaw Nyein
• အောင်ဝင်း
  Aung Win

Textile Engineering — 12 ယောက်

• လှထွန်း
  Hla Tun
• ဂျင်မီကြင်
  Jimmy Kyin
• ကျော်ဒင်
  Kyaw Din
• တင့်ဆွေ (အမရပူရ)
  Tint Swe
• မ မြင့်မြင့်ကြည်
  Ma Myint Myint Kyi
• ချစ်ဆွေ
  Chit Swe
• ကျော်ဆင့်
  Kyaw Sint
• စိန်ဝင်း
  Sein Win
• လှရွှေ
  Hla Shwe
• မ မင်းမင်းသန်း
  Ma Min Min Than
• ကျော်မင်း
  Kyaw Min
• နန်းစုစု
  Nan Su Su

• Received an awesome gift from Bagyee Myat Myo Myint, (Distinguished Artist and Pon Tu Specialist).
  
• He was gracious to spare my Grey Hair and Wrinkles and make me look young and vibrant.
  
• He put his heart into every painting — both inanimate and animate objects — and produce priceless Collectibles.

Comments

• U Moe Aung
  Exquisitely marvelous.
  
• U Zaw Winn
  Awesome
  
• U Aung Myaing
  Both lips and eyes are wearing gracious smile.
  Wonderful !
  My respect to both of you, Ko Hla Min and Ko U Myo Myint.
  
• U Tin Aung Win
  Very impressive!
  
• U Aung Min
  One of the best Pon Tu
  
• U “Daniel” Tint Lwin
  Great portrait of a great man.
  Good
  
• U Ngwe Tun (Tun Tun)
  You’re amazing.
  Don’t forget it
  
• Ashin Siri
  Beautiful Art ပါ ဒကာကြီး
  
• Than Win
  အမှတ်တရ save ထားလိုက်မယ်သူငယ်ချင်းရေ
  
• Rita Chan
  What a great picture တော်တော်တူတယ်နော်
  
• Aye Khin
  Great picture
  
• U Hla Myint RIT
  V. V. Nice
  Be mindful
  
• Tin May Lwin
  Very nice!!!
  
• U Maung Maung Thant
  Looks really good
  
• Sann Ni
  Very nice Arts, especially the talking eyes
  
• Rosie Mai Khin Nyunt
  Very very nice painting.
  
• Mu Mumyint
  Looks really good sayar.
  Be healthy.
  
• Khin Maw
  Awesome
  
• Tin Aung Win
  Very nice “Pon Tu”.
  Thanks,Bagyee Myat Myo Myint.
  
• San Tint Tint Zaw
  Love it
  
• Kyaw Thura
  ေလးစားလ်က္ပါ ဆရာႀကီး
  
• Hla Lay
  That’s Great
  
• Maung Htay
  Good looking Saya.
  
• Thane Oke Kyaw Myint
  Very good portrait
  
• Thet Hta Su
  Looks great
  
• Myint Myint Than
  Nice shot
  
• Khin Sabai
  Looking good
  
• Nwe Ni Tun
  တူတယ် ဆရာ
  
• Thein Han
  Excellent painting.
  
• Sein Yie
  The best!!!

*** 69ers

** Need more info / status

Ko Albert Kyaw Min

Uzin Aung Chaw / Victor

Ko Aung Khin (U)

Ko Aung Kyaw Pe (A?)

Ma Aye Kyi Kyi (?)

Ko Aung Min

Ko Aung Than

Ko Aung Thein (U)

Ma Aye Aye Kyu

Mehm Aye Chan / Ohn Maung

Ko Aye Thein

Ko Ba Oke

Ko Bishnu Shahi (?)

Ko Chit Aung / Charlie

Ko David Myint Thein

Ko Fred Thetgyi (U)

Ko Harry Tin Htut

Ko Htay Aung

Ko Htay Aung (C)

Ko Htin Aung

Ko Hla Kyaing (U)

Ko Hla Min (U)

Ko Hla Myint

Ko Hla Myint Thein

Ko Ivan Lee / Khin Maung Oo (U)

Ko Kenny Wong (U)

Sai Kham Pan

Ko Khin Maung Aye / မောင်မှတ်

Ko Khin Maung Bo / Alan

Ko Khin Maung Gyi

Ko Khin Maung Hasan (?)

Ko Khin Maung Nyunt (?)

Ko Khin Maung Oo (U)

Ko Khin Maung Tin

Ko Khin Maung Tint

Ko Khin Maung Win – ChE

Ko Khin Maung Win / Donald

Ko Khin Maung Win / Roland

Ko Khin Sein (S)

Ma Khin Than Myint Tin / Margaret

Ko Khrishnan Lal (A)

Ko Kyaw Kyaw

Ko Kyaw Min / Ei Kun (S)

Ko Kyaw Min Thein / Kenneth

Sai Kyaw Myint

Ko Kyaw Sein (S)

Ko Kyaw Tint

Ko Kyaw Zin (A)

Ko Kyi Win / Kyaw Gyi

Saw Lawla

Ma Lin Lin Aung (S)

Ma Lyo Kyin Sein / Mabel (U)

Sa Maung Maung

Ko Maung Maung Aye (?)

Ko Minn Aung / Hla Thaung

Ko Moe Hein / Ajala

Naw Mu Mu Aye

Ko Mya Win

Ko Myat Soe Lwin / Sai Hwet

Ko Myint Maung / Bu

Ma Myint Myint

Ko Myint Sein

Ko Myo Khin (J)

Mehm Myo Min

Ko Myo Nyunt (U)

Uzin Myo Tun / Bobby

Ko Ngwe Soe / Walter

Ko Ngwe Tun / Tun Tun

Ko Nyi Hla Nge

Ma Nyunt Nyunt Wai / Millie (G)

Ko Oo Kyaw Hla (C?)

Ko Samuel Ni Than (U)

Ma San Kyi (U)

Ma San San Myint / Shu May / Helen (U)

Ma Saw Yu Tint / Alice

Ko Sein Myint / K K Wong (S)

Ko Sein Tin

Ko Sein Tun

Ko Sein Win

Ko Shwe

Ko Soe Thein / Peter

Ko Surinder Singh (A)

Ko Taing Oke (J)

Ko Than Lwin / Henry

Ko Than Htay (?)

Ko Than Myaing

Ko Than Win

Ma Thaung Htwe

Ko Thet Tun (?)

Ma Thwin Thwin Aye Hmi / Olive

Ko Tin Aung Win / Oscar

Ko Tin Htut

Ko Tin Maung

Ko Tin Maung Aye

Ko Tin Maung Soe

Ko Tin Shein

Ko Tin Shwe / Thar Min Kyi

Ma Tin Tin / Ann (U)

Ko Tin Tun

Ko Tin Win

Ko Tint Lwin / Danny (S)

Ko Toung / Tom (U)

Ko Tun Aung Kyaw

Ko Tun Tin

Ko Win Aung (U)

Ko Win Bo / Robert (A)

Ko Win Lwin

Ko Win Maung / A Yo Phaya (U)

Ko Win Maung / Leik

Ko Win Thein Zaw / Wai Lu

Ko Yaw Han

Ma Yi Yi Khaing / Vilma (S)

Ko Zau Lai

…

** Notes

110+ (About a third of the Class) are GBNF

30+ attend Monthly Breakfast Gatherings

50 – 100 attended Anniversary Gatherings

No contact with some 69ers