by Hla Min
Updated : July 2024
Feb 2024 Breakfast Gathering
Daw Thaung Htwe
Tin Aung Win
Category: 69er
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Contributing Editor of Newsletters
by Hla Min
Updated : July 2025
RIT Alumni Newsletter
- In April 1999, I started sharing news of selected Alumni and Gatherings via e-mail.
- It was called RIT Alumni (Abroad) Newsletter.
- Several readers suggested a more inclusive name : RIT Alumni International Newsletter.
Special Issue for
SPZP-2000
Page 1 of Special Issue - In October 2000, the First RIT Alumni Reunion & Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (SPZP-2000) was held in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- We published a Special Issue of RIT Alumni Newsletter for SPZP-2000.
Editors
- I was the Chief Editor. Saya U Thein Aung (Met72) and Henry Lim (U Aung Myint) were Editors.
- I wrote “SAYA PU ZAW PWE” poem and the Editorial.
Authors authors
- Saya Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (GBNF)
- Saya U Aung Khin
- Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF)
- Saya Dr. Nyo Win (M65)
- Saya U Myo Win (M/Ag65, GBNF)
- Saya Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67, GBNF)
- U Hla Min (EC69)
- Benny Tan (M70)
- Saya U Thein Aung (Met72)
- Dr. Myint Thein (M73)
- Maurice Chee (M75)
- U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76)
Contents
Page 2 of Special Issue 
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Page 16 of Special Issue Archives
U Khin Maung Zaw archived the early newsletters in ex-rit org website.
U Wunna Ko Ko archived the later newsletters in RitAlumniInfo website.
Both websites are no longer active.
Contributing Editor
I volunteered as a Contributing Editor for the following newsletters
- RIT English Association Newsletter
- BAPS (Burmese American Professional Society) Newsletter
- Dhammananda Newsletter published by TBSA (Theravada Buddhist Society of America)
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Yin Kyu (M69)
by Hla Min
Updated : July 2025
Sad News in 2011
Dear Ko Hla Min and all,
- Here is a sad news for us.
- Ko Yin Kyu (age 67), Mech/Agri RIT 69er passed away today (26th April, 2011) at 8/45 am.
- His funeral will be on 28 April, 2011 at Yae Wai.
- He worked for Public Works (Construction Corporation) as superintending engineer and retired in 2006.
- He died of kidney failure, based on diabetes.
- He had been hospitalized since 3rd April at the Shwegonedine Hospital.
With Metta.
Aung Min (M69)Comments
Danny (Tint Lwin, M69) wrote :
Dear Ko Aung Min,
So sorry to hear that Ko Yin Kyu has passed away.
Did anybody visit him when was hospitalised?Ivan (Khin Maung Oo, M69) wrote :
Hi dear classmates:
It is sad, sad sad, we need contribute our Nar Ye fund for his funeral and for supporting his family. It is the best we can do now.
Another suggestion to our dear classmate to evaluate our balancing life.
* The longer we stay, the more this kind of sad news will hear, the less of our classmate counting, so value our relationship and childhood friends.
* Life is short, don’t stretch your exhaustion brain and still-healthy body working. Enough is enough, take the retirement at or before 65 years old.
* You must know exactly to Love YOURSELF, it sounds selfish, but be practical. Don’t lie to yourself , be honest yourself.Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69) wrote :
My condolences for the family of Ko Yin Kyu’s family.
Yes I agree totally with Ivan, to cherish our friends and families in our sunset years. At the same time doing good deeds while we can.69ers who passed away in 2011
- Aung Naing (Bahadhur, Min)
- Chit Htun (Min)
- Yin Kyu (M)
Updates
- As of July 2025, there are 138 members in the 69er GBNF list.
- The latest is Ashin Ukkamsa
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Donors
by Hla Min
Updated : July 2025
Daw Myint Myint (C69)
Myint Myint - Co-founder of Myit Ma Kha Co. Ltd with spouse U Htein Win (M66, GBNF)
- Philanthropist : donations in memory of U Htein Win
- Major Donor of 69er Health Care Fund
Award from 69ers 
69er HCF - YTU Library Modernization
YTU Library - Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
SDYF - Hunger Eradication
- Selected religious and social organizations
အလှူ Donation of K 1111
- ဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့် Daw Myint Myint — K 1000 Lakhs (SDYF)
- ဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့် Daw Myint Myint — K 100 Lakhs (Starvation Eradication)
- ဦးတင့်ကြိုင် U Tint Kyaing — K 10 Lakhs
- မှော်ဆြာကြီး Hmaw Sayagyi — K 1 Lakh
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* စုစုပေါင်း Total — K 1111 Lakhs
သာဓု၊ သာဓု၊ သာဓု၊
Sadhu, Sadhu, SadhuDonation for Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
သိန်း၁၀၀၀အလှု
Wynn Htain Oo’s post :
အကိုဦးထိန်၀င်း(Mech66)ရဲ့အသက်၈၁နှစ်ပြည့်တဲ့ဒိီနေ့မှာမွေးနေ့အလှုအဖြစ်ဇနီးဖြစ်သူအမဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့်(civil69)မှစွယ်တော်ရိပ်ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်းသို့သိန်းတစ်ထောင်လှုဒါန်းပါတယ်
SDYF အတိုးများများရမှဆရာတွေကိုပိုမိုအကျိုးပြုနိုင်မှာဖြစ်လို့အရင်းတိုးပွားဖို့ဒီလောက်ပမာဏလှုတဲ့အမကိုစွယ်တောိရိပ်ကိုယ်စားအထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ရပါတယ်
ဒိနေ့အခန်းအနားကိုမောင်မာဃနဲ့အတူလက်လှမ်းမီရာကိုစိုးမြင့်၊ကိုစန်းကြူ၊ကိုတင့်ကြိုင်၊ကိုတင်ဦး၊နန်းခင်နွဲ့နဲ့ကိုအောင်ခိုင်တို့ကစွယ်တော်ရိပ်ကိုယ်စားလက်ခံယူခဲ့ပါတယ်
ကိုစိုးမြင့်ကစွယ်တော်ရိပ်ကိုယ်စားကျေးဇူးတင်စကားပြောကြားခဲ့ပါတယ်
အမတို့စေတနာထက်သန်စွာလှုသလိုထိရောက်စွာသုံးစွဲပါ့မယ်
အမလဲသက်ရှည်ကျန်းမာလိုရာပြည့်ပါစေ
Donation for Eradication of Starvation
by Daw Myint Myint
Myint Myint 8 -
COVID
by Hla Min
Update : July 2025
2019
- Disease caused by Corona Virus
- Discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019
- Took a long time before it was declared to be deadly and contagious by Health Authorities around the world.
2020
Restrictions
- Quarantine
- Curfew
- Lock down
- Stay at home
- Circuit breaker
- Mask wearing
- Social distancing
Impact
- Work from home
- Online classes
- Massive unemployment
- Zoom (for Dana & last journey)
- Home delivery services
- Cancellation or downsizing of events (Olympics, Sports, SPZP)
- Say mee toe (some detrimental)
- Fast track clinical trials for vaccination
- Untimely demise of front line health care workers
- Overrun of hospitals
- Shortage of crematorium
2021 – 2025
Issues Remain
- The Origin of Covid was debated, but did not produce answers
- Multiple waves of Covid
- Mutations & variants
- Some had multiple doses of Covid vaccines, but still test positive
Relatives
- Four relatives succumbed to Covid.
- My cousin nephew Dr. Peter Khin Tun (MRCP, former Associate Dean of Oxford University) was an early victim of Covid. I chronicled his last days.
Dr. Peter Khin Tun - Two cousins (Dr. Myo Tint & Daw Aye May) and an aunt (Daw Than Than Yi) also passed away.
Dr. Myo Tint 69ers
- 18 members of the RIT Class of 1969 succumbed to Covid. Saw most of them last at the Dinner for the Golden Jubilee of 69ers Graduation.
- Some 69ers lost their family members — spouse and/or children
GBNF Covid might not go away
- Some say that we may have to take annual Covid vaccines
- A few do not want to take booster doses for Covid.
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69er Grads Reunion in 1999
by Tint Lwin & Hla Min
Update : July 2025
69ers
- Most 69ers matriculated in 1963
- Attended last ever I.Sc(A)
- Admitted to first ever 2nd BE in November 1964
- Graduated in 1969
1969
EE69ers
EE69ers in 1969 69ers Reunion in 1999
30th Anniversary
The 1969 RIT Graduates Reunion was held in Rangoon/Yangon, Burma/Myanmar on Saturday, 20 February 1999 at Sait-Teng-Kya Restaurant near Kandawgyi lake.
Idea
The idea was mooted three years ago when a few of us were having dinner together and thought of having a gathering in 1999. After that most of us have forgotten about the idea until around the end of November 1998 when a group of our friends led by Ko Yee Pinn (Tavoy), Ko Myint Maung (aka “Bu”, RIT Volleyball selected), Ko Shwe, Ko Win Lwin, etc. decided to have a grand re-union in February 1999. They also decided that to be more meaningful we should invite our Sayas to pay them respect as well and, hence, it became the reunion cum Saya-ga-daw-pwe.
Attendees
On that very day the guest trickled in starting from about 4.00 p.m at the restaurant. The guests were required to fill in their names and contact numbers. The organizers promised to compile the name list and send to everybody who attended. By 6.00 p.m. about 30 Sayas and about 120 of our graduates were in the restaurant. The master-of-ceremony, Ko Win Lwin, announced the start of the ceremony.
Speeches
The programme started off with a few speeches, led by Nyi Hla Nge, representing the graduates in Rangoon, followed by Danny, representing the graduates overseas, Sai Aung Win, representing graduates outside Rangoon and last but not the least, by Saya U Kyin Soe, representing all the Sayas.
Paying respect
After that we gave respect to the Sayas. All the Sayas were seated on the stage and all of us sat on the floor. Some gifts were distributed to the Sayas followed by photo taking session and then the sumptuous dinner began.
Dinner & Entertainment
About 9 to 10 dishes were served but, most of us were too excited to notice what we were eating. Halfway through the dinner some of us went up the stage and sang some songs for entertainment. Even all the ladies, led by Alice and Naw Mu Mu Aye were on the stage as well. The crowd went wild.
Vow
The party ended at about 9.30 p.m. with some of the graduates not so sober. It was indeed a memorable gathering and we all vowed to meet again in December 2000 at place and date to be announced early next year. Three cheers to the organizers and those who have one way or the other help in making this event a great success.
1969 Updates
- How time flies.
- The Class of 69 celebrated the 30th anniversary reunion in 1999. The correspondence (Ko Daniel Tint Lwin, Ma Alice Saw Yu Tint, …) was partly responsible for the establishment of the “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” and the first ex-RIT web site.
- 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2009
2009 - Golden Jubilee of Admission in 2014
2014 - Golden Jubilee of Graduation in 2019
2019 - U Aung Min (M69) is Chair of 69er Health Care Fund. He and his team maintain the GBNF list.
GBNF - Several Octogenarians — U Tin Maung, Harry Tin Htut, Uzin Bobby, Uzin Aung Chaw, U Ngwe Tun, U Win Thein Zaw, U Ngwe Soe, Albert Kyaw Min, Mehm Aye Chan, U Kyaw Zin, Robert Win Boh, U Tin Aung Win …
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M69er
by Hla Min
Update : July 2025
Major Gatherings of 69ers
- 30th Anniversary Gathering in 1999
- 40th Anniversary Gathering in 2009
- Golden Jubilee of Admission to RIT in 2014
- Golden Jubilee of Graduation in 2019
40th Anniversary Gathering in 2009
Group photos were taken at the gathering. Several sayas and alumni in the Mech Group photo are now GBNF.
2009 - Saya S. Kyaw Aye
- Saya S. Arya
- Saya U Soe Lwin
- Saya U Han Tun
- Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung)
- Soe Win
- Myint Sein
- Khin Maung Gyi
- Thein Maung
- Chit Pe
- Aye Lwin
- Myint Thein (Kabar)
- Tin Tun
Some 69ers
Aung Min
Aung Min - Chair, 69er Health Care Fund
Maintains the 69er GBNF List - Organizer, 69er Gatherings
- Organizer, Paying respect to Saya U Ba Than around Saya’s birthday (October 2nd).
- Photo taken at a gathering with Fred Thetgyi (M69)
Aung Myint
Dicky, Danny, Aung Myint, Nay Win - Taught at RIT and Singapore Polytechnic
- After retirement, resided mostly in New Zealand
Aye Lwin (GBNF)
Mehm Aye Chan, Sein Tun, Aye Lwin, Htay Aung, Tin Htut - Secretary, RIT Annual Magazine
- Secretary, RIT Mechanical Engineering Association
- Attended 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
Charlie Aung (Chit Aung)
- MEHS Alumnus
- Brother : Stanley Aung (EE63)
- Not active
Chit Pe (GBNF)
- Succumbed to COVID
Chit Po Po (GBNF)
Chit Po Po - Rowed for RIT
- Harpist
Daniel (Tint Lwin)
Daniel - Matriculated from MEHS
- Postgrad studies in Canada
- Retired as Associate Professor from NTU
- Attended SPZPs starting with SPZP-2000 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- Organizer & Entertainer, Singapore Gatherings : SPZp, Thingyan
- Guitarist & Vocalist
David (Myint Thein)
David - Matriculated from St. Columban’s High School, Bhamo
- Member of RUBC (Cox: Dicky / Win Naing)
- MOGE
Dicky Tan (Win Naing, GBNF)
Dicky - Represented RIT in Rowing
- Passed away in Singapore
Frederick Thetgyi
Fred, Ivan - Moved to Philadelphia, USA
- Attended RIT-UCC Gatherings in New Jersey
- Drove most of the trip to Canada and East Coast of USA (organized by Ivan)
- President of MASTAA
Hla Kyaing
- Represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo
- Had a consulting / contracting firm in the SF Bay Area
Htay Aung
Htay Aung - Burma Selected in Water Polo (1969 SEAP Games)
- Secretary, RIT Swimming and Water Polo; Gold medal for 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m & Crosslake
- Spouse: Than Than (Asian Games Champion Sprinter)
Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo)
Fred, Ivan - Life time Platinum for Bridge
- Major Donor, 69er Health Care Fund
- Golden Sponsor, SPZP-2000 and SPZP-2007
- Host, RIT-UCC Gatherings in New Jersey
- Founder & Past CEO, MASTAA
- Organized two trips to Canada to pay respect to Saya U Aung Khin and Saya Dr. Aung Gyi
Kenny Wong
- 6th in Burma in Matric of 1963
- Moved to California. Worked briefly in Malaysia as Engineer and Missionary
Khin Maung Aye
- Retired from Army
- Pen name: Maung Hmutt
Khin Maung Gyi (GBNF)
- Succumbed to Covid
Khin Maung Lay
- Need info
Khin Maung Tin
- Taught at RIT & Maritime University
Khin Than Myint Tin (Margaret)
- Represented RIT in Track and Field
- RIT Luyechun
- Spouse : Kyi Win (Chan Nyein)
Kyaw Nyunt (GBNF)
Kyaw Nyunt - Member of RIT Tennis Team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy
- Patron, ex-Irrigation Welfare
Kyi Win (Chan Nyein)
- Spouse : Khin Than Myint Tin
Kyin Lwin (GBNF)
- Need info
Mehm Aye Chan (Ohn Maung)
- Taught at RIT
- Seafarer
- Company/Agency for Seafarers
- For his 80th birthday, hosted the 69er Breakfast Gathering and donated K10 Lakhs to 69er HCF
Myat San
- Need info
Myint Aung
- Nickname: Minthagyi
Myint Sein (GBNF)
Myint Sein - Member, RIT Badminton Team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy
Myint Swe
- Need info
Myint Thein (Kabar, GBNF)
Kabar - Organizer, 69er HCF
Nay Win (GBNF)
- Alumnus of PPBRS and MEHS
- Taught at a Polytechnic in Singapore
Saw Law La Htwe
- Need info
Sein Tun
- Seafarer
Sein Win
- Need info
Soe Win
- Need info
Than Hlaing
- Need info
Than Myaing
- Musician (Violin)
Thein Maung (GBNF)
- Succumbed to Covid
Tin Aung Win (Oscar)
- Organizer, HIC Zoom Meeting
- Moderator, RIT Updates
- Photo taken at Graduation with his father
Tin Htut (Harry)
- Pen name : Mon Yu
- Hobbies : Music, Tai Chi
Tin Htut
- Seafarer
Tin Maung Aye
- Accordion
Tin Maung Lay (GBNF)
- Moved to California
- Worked for assignments in Middle East
Tin Myint (John T Lee, GBNF)
- Luyechun for 4th BE
- RIT Table Tennis
- Spouse : Lyo Kyin Sein (Mabel)
Danny & Tin Myint Tin Shein
- Represented RIT in Chinlon
Tin Tun (GBNF)
- Old Paulian (SPHS63)
- Secretary, RIT Thaing Association
- Taught to seafarers
Than Win & Tin Tun Walter (Ngwe Soe)
- UTC
- Guitarist
Win Htein (GBNF)
- Helped run his family business (e.g trucking)
Win Lwin
- Secretary, RIT Hiking and Mountaineering Association
- Represented RIT in the All Institutes Expedition to Sarameti.
Win Lwin Ye Kaung
- Need info
Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung, GBNF)
Yi Pinn - Entrepreneur in Dawei
- Spouse succumbed to Covid
- A year later, he succumbed to Covid
GBNF
69er GBNF Posts
- 69er
- Alumni Worldwide
- Health Care Funds
- Mechanical Engineering
- Monthly Breakfast Gatherings
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A69er
by Hla Min
Update : July 2025
Graduation
Grad 1 
Grad 2 Aung Khin
Aung Khin - Worked in Botswana
- After retirement, he and Tin Tin Hla (A70) moved to Seattle, Washington, USA to be near their daughters and grand children.
- Attended 69er Golden Jubilee of Graduation on December 14, 2019 in Yangon.
Kyaw Kyaw
- Member of elite group who married before graduation.
Myo Tun (Bobby)
- Johnian
- Studied in UK twice. During his high school days, he received BOC Scholarship to study in the UK, but the program discontinued around 1962.
- Finished GCE. Had to take some subjects in Matric to attend Rangoon University.
- Won essay contests as Errol Than Tun.
- Assisted P Aung Khin (Guardian) with Supplement & Scrabble Tournament
- Joined PWD
- Received State Scholarship to pursue Masters in the UK.
- After retirement, he became Ashin Pannagavesaka. He served as an editor of Pa Auk Sayadaw’s books and a dhamma librarian at the Mawlamyine Pa Auk Taw Ya. He later taught at selected monasteries. He went on dhamma dhuta missions (e.g. to Vietnam).
Tobias Kittim Ku & Uzin Bobby Myo Tun Saw Tobias Kittim Ku (Tobi, GBNF)
- Albertian
- Sang “Kawthoolei” at RIT games
- Attended 69er monthly breakfast gatherings.
- Passed away due to Covid. His daughter also succumbed to Covid.
Thet Htun
- Moved to Taiwan.
Thwin Thwin Aye Hmi (Olive)
- Played chinlon with her A69 classmates
- Spouse : U Han Zaw
- Met them last at Lunch gathering at Crystal Jade in 2012
Tin Maung Hla (GBNF)
- Expert in Abhidhamma studies.
- Although his health was failing, he attended the monthly Breakfast Gathering to bid farewell to his former classmates.
- Per his request, his family hosted the BFG after his demise.
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69ers — Sept 2018
by Hla Min
Update : July 2025
Status (2018)
- Junior 69ers are 71 years old.
- Senior 69ers are 75+ years old.
- Many 69ers have children, grand children and even great grandchildren.
- Myint Maung (EP69) and Nyi Hla Nge (retired Dy. Minister, C69) are eligible bachelors.
- GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten) list stands at 85.
- Aging and sickness have hit several 69ers.
Myint Soe (M69)
- Fell down about 10 days ago at his flat
- Admitted to Hospital for 4 days to undergo 7 stitches, head scanning etc.
- Back at home & taking rest.
Harry Tin Htut (M69)
- Pen name : Mon Yu”
- Young at heart. Stays fit by doing exercises (e.g. Tai Chi) & singing songs.
- Many were awed to know that he recently turned 77.
Ivan Lee (M69)
Ivan 
Ivy - Aka Khin Maung Oo
- Golden Sponsor of SPZP-2000 and SPZP-2007
- Major Donor to 69er Health Care Fund
- Hosted Annual RIT-UCC Gathering at his house in NJ
- Life time Platinum at Bridge (card game).
- PEs from NY (New York State) and NJ (New Jersey).
- Had a private company
- Recently celebrated his 76th birthday with 11 family members (two daughters, two son-in-laws, six grand children) and invited guests
- Has donated in memory of his spouse Ivy Lee.
- Organized two trips — in July 2015 and June 2018 — to Canada to visit Saya U Aung Khin in Windsor and Saya Dr. Aung Gyi in Napean
Saya U Aung Khin 
Saya Dr. Aung Gyi Updates (2025)
- Several 69ers are now Octogenarians.
- The GBNF list has 137 members.
GBNF - Ivan co-founded MASTAA and served as CEO
- 69ers celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Graduation in 2019
- About twenty 69ers succumbed to Covid
Posts
- 69ers
- Anniversaries & Celebrations
- GBNF
- Health Care Funds
- Memories of a 69er
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Aung Thu Yein
by Hla Min
Updated : July 2025
Highlights
ATY - Alias : A Nyo & Brownie Way
- Younger brother of Dr. Thet Htar Way
- Classmate at SPHS, I.Sc & RIT.
ATY (Standing 2nd from right)
St. Paul’s High School
- Classmates in Std VIII(A), IX(A) and X(A).
- In the lower classes, he was in Section (C). I was in Section (D).
- Stood 13th in the whole of Burma in the Matric exam of 1963.
- Won Collegiate Scholarship. Only 40 of the 100 scholarship awards were given to students from private schools.
- SPHS had five in the Top Five, seven in the Top Ten, and ten in the top Twenty. Khin Maung U (1st), Min Oo (2nd), Myo San (Freddie, 3rd), Nyunt Wai (Victor, 4th), Thein Wai (5th), Hla Min (7th), Aung Kyaw Zaw (Johnny, 9th), Maung Maung Kyi (11th), Aung Thu Yein (Brownie, 13th), Khin Maung Zaw (Frank, 17th).
- Has a soft heart.
- Before the Matric exam, he read several subjects to Nyunt Wai (Victor), who was sick & could not study. Brownie could take credit for Victor’s success. Victor stood 4th in Burma & became medical professor in IM & Malaysia.
Dr. Nyunt Wai wrote :
Being my best friend since standard IV, I could write volumes about him. For now only two points: (1) my friend was called “ANyo”(Brownie) because he had much darker complexion compared with his elder brother (very fair complexion); this contrast repeated in the case of his two sons; (2) the brown brothers passed away years ahead of their fairer counterparts.
University Days
- We attended the last ever I.Sc.(A) at Leik Khone in 1963. We took the Science Option.
- After a long closure citing Security Concerns following the July 7th Anniversary, a new Education System was established in November 1964.
- Admitted to the first ever 2nd BE at the Gyogone Campus.
- Chose Electrical Engineering as Major & EC (Electrical Communications) as Option.
EE69 - Played Soccer and Tennis
ATY 3 - Learned to smoke — trying to fend off mosquitoes in the RIT rest rooms.
- Learned social drinking from his classmates (e.g “Robert” Win Boh) after the last paper of the RIT final exam.
After Graduation
- One of 13 EC Graduates
- Had a successful career at MOC/Schlumberger, & several foreign assignments.
- Became a heavy smoker & drinker. Felt lonely after the loss of spouse & eldest son.
- Had minor & not-so-minor health problems.
- Quit drinking & smoking for some time, but he still felt the urge.
Last Meeting (in March 2012)
- I visited Yangon to take part in preparations for SPZP-2012 (scheduled for December).
- Zaw Lai came to see me. We decided to surprise Brownie. He trusted people. He did not lock his house. He closed the gate & boarded Zaw Lai’s car.
- Zaw Lai coaxed him to take a couple of drinks.
- That dinner at Zaw Lai’s apartment would be remembered as Brownie’s farewell.
- Brownie did not show up at the 69er breakfast gathering at Royal Rose. The gathering was cut short when we learned that Brownie was in ICU and that the 69er HCF organizers would go to see him.
- Kyaw Zin took Win Lwin, Khin Maung Bo & me to the ICU. Brownie’s son, who is a medical doctor, said that Brownie was not ready for another operation. We left with samvegha that he could very well be No 61 (on Aung Min’s GBNF list). Win Lwin told me to meditate and also “do something for yourself”.
- I spent several days at the Kaba Aye Sun Lun Gu Kyaung as a monk. Sayadaw U Wara (ChE70) was my preceptor.
- During that period, Brownie remained unconsciousness and he finally succumbed.
- My 69er friends notified Brownie’s demise to my siblings, but requested not to notify me at the monastery.
They did not want to disrupt my meditation practice.
May Brownie be able to share my merits.
Ah Hmya, ah hmya, ah hmya.
Updates
Samvegha
- Three Scholarship winners from SPHS63 — Brownie, Freddie & Maung Maung Kyi — are GBNF
- Five EC69ers — Kyaw Soe, Brownie, Chit Tin, Oo Kyaw Hla & Sai Aik Yee — are GBNF
- 128 69ers (over 40% of the Class) are GBNF. The GBNF list is maintained by Aung Min (M69) & team
- Several RIT EE Sayas — U Kyaw Tun, U Sein Hlaing, U Tin Swe, U Sein Win, U Thein Lwin, Dr. San Tint, U Soe Min, U Chin Way & U Nyi Nyi — are GBNF. For SPZP-2010, I wrote “A Sad & Short Clip : EE Sayas”. Two sayas — U Thein Lwin & U Nyi Nyi — have passed away since the article was published.
RIT EE Sayas Posts
- 69er
- EE69er
- Electrical Engineering
- Memories of a 69er
- SPHS63
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