HlaMin

Category: RIT

Engineering Schools in Burma

  • COVID

    COVID

    by Hla Min

    Update : September 2026

    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.
  • October — 2017

    October — 2017

    by Hla Min

    Update : September 2026

    69ers

    The Class of 69 (mostly M69) paid respect to Sayagyi U Ba Than on October 1, 2017. U Aung Min organized the visit.

    Sayagyi’s birthday is October 2.

    U Ba Than

    The group attended the birthday celebration ceremony and received blessing from sayargyi. The group handed over garawa birthday gifts that they had collected before and on the monthly breakfast gathering held earlier that day.

    Sayagyi U Ba Than

    Sayagyi usually performs dana with the Garawa money he received for his birthday and for attending the SPZPs and mini-SPZPs.

    Sayagyi has supported various charitable associations for the needy, the sick, the blind, the deaf and dumb, old people and “Nar Ye” . They include

    • Little Sisters for the Poor
    • U Hla Tun Foundation
    • Jivitadana ဇီဝိတဒါန
    • Hnin Si Gone Bo Bwa Yeik Tha နှင်းဆီကုန်းဘိုးဘွားရိပ်သာ
    • Mary Chapman
    • Kyaw Thu Nar Ye (နာရေး အဖွဲ့)
    • Medical Clinics

    On his Birthday every year, Sayagyi offers “soon kwyay” ဆွမ်းကျွေး at Yaw Sayadaw’s monastery.

    The Soon kwyay held on October 2, 2017 was attended by sayas, alumni, relatives and friends.

    Updates

    • During the pandemic, physical gatherings were put on hold. Celebrations were done virtually, e.g via Zoom
    • U Tin Htoon compiled a Photo Album for Sayagyi’s 90th birthday in 2020.
    U Ba Than
    • Sayagyi passed away peacefully after his 94th birthday.

    Posts

    • B (Names)
    • Dana
    • Engineering Library
    • Garawa
    • HMEE
    • Mechanical Engineering
  • RIT — Class of 1973

    RIT — Class of 1973

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    မှတ်တမ်း (တချို့)

    M73 Hovercraft Project

    M73
    • Project Supervisor : ဆရာ U Tu Myint ဦးထူးမြင့်
    • U Hla Win ဦးလှဝင်း၊ U Khin Maung Cho ဦးခင်မောင်ချို နဲ့ အဖွဲ့

    Dr. Myint Thein / Dr မြင့်သိန်း (M73)

    • Georgia Tech က ပါရဂူ
    • Pen name : ဘသိန်း (Atlanta)
    • ဇနီး — ဒေါ်ညိုညိုဝင်း (T73)

    Dr. L Sein Myint / Dr L စိန်မြင့် (M73)

    • Organizer, East Coast RIT Alumni Reunion

    U Nyunt Htay ဦးညွန့်ဌေး (Met73)

    • High School လူရည်ချွန်
    • RIT ဆရာ ငြိမ်း
    • မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး — အထက်မင်းလှ
    • ကဗျာ ဆရာ၊ စာတည်း

    U Aung Moung ဦးအောင်မောင်း (M73, ကွယ်လွန်)

    Volunteer for HMEE, SPZP, SDYF, ARITA

    General အထွေထွေ

    Computer Science M.Sc ဘွဲ့ရ

    • U San Lin ဦးစံလင်း (EC73)
    • U Htun Aung Kyaw ဦးထွန်းအောင်ကျော် (EC73)
    • U Khin Maung Aye ဦးခင်မောင်အေး (M73, ကွယ်လွန်)

    Hovercraft Project Interview

    • စီစဉ်သူ — တက္ကသိုလ်မိုးဝါ

    ဦးကြည်အောင် (ChE73)

    • Donor
    • Class photo ပို့ပေး
  • RIT — Sayas

    RIT — Sayas

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Singapore (SPZP-2007)

    SPZP-2007

    Attendees include

    • U Maung Maung Win (M61, Australia)
    • Dr. Tin Win (M62, USA)
    • U Aung Myint (M69, Singapore)
    • U Tin Htut (M60, USA)

    Sayas in 2009

    69ers celebrated 40th Anniversary of graduation with Reunion and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe.

    The sayas include

    2009
    • U Thein Lwin (E, GBNF)
    • Dr. Win Thein (M)
    • U Tun Shwe (M)
    • U Thit (Met, GBNF)
    • U Myo Myint Sein (A)
    • U Khin Aung Kyi (Ch, GBNF)
    • Dr. Ba Lwin (E)
    • Dr. Ba Myint (E)
    • U Myo Kyi (E)
    • Dr. Pe Win (Met)
    • U Han Tun (M, GBNF)
    • Daw Tin Tin Myint (Ch)
    • U S. Kyaw Aye (M, GBNF)
    • U Khine Oo (E)
    • U C. Maung (C)
    • U Sein Maung (E)
    • U Aung Hla Tun (Met, GBNF)
    • U Tin Shwe (E, GBNF)
    • Dr. Thaung Myint (Math)
    • U Soe Paing (E)
    • U Moe Aung (E)
    • U S. Arya (M, GBNF)
    • Dr. Kyaw Win (Pet)
    • U Soe Lwin (M, GBNF)
    • U Tin Maung (C)
    • U Win (M)
    • U Phone Myint (M)
    • U Ngwe Tun (C, GBNF)

    New Jersey (2018)

    Ivan Lee (M69) & team hosted the RIT-UCC Gathering in New Jersey in 2018.

    The sayas include

    2018
    • U Aung Myint (M)
    • U Htun Aung Kyaw (Ch)
    • U Soe Paing (E)
    • Dr. Aung Gyi (C, Rector)
    • Dr. San Hla Aung (C)
    • Dr. Tin Win (M)
    • Dr. Ohn Myint (C)

    U Ba Toke (GBNF)

    Saya is a Phwa Bet Taw of Rangoon University & the First RU Students’ Strike in December 1920.

    Memories

    • On behalf of the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65, U Khin Maung Myint (ChE71) offered Garawa money to Sayagyi.
    U Ba Toke 1
    • Pansy Thin provided transportation for Saya U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me
    U Ba Toke 2
    • Birthday celebration with Six (of Eight) Children. Sayagadaw, son & daughter are GBNF.
    U Ba Toke 3

    Allen Htay (C58, GBNF)

    Saya served as President of the RIT Alumni International, which hosted SPZP-2000.

    1966 Thingyan

    Saya Allen

    Memories

    Saya Allen 2
    Saya Allen 3
    Saya Allen 4
    Saya Allen 5

    U Tin Shwe (EP66, GBNF)

    • Taught at RIT and Assumption University
    • After retirement, Saya became a monk.
    • Swel Daw Yeik Foundation provided some financial assistance during his hospitalization.
    • Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) wrote “To the Shwe Duo” in memory of Saya U Tin Shwe and Saya U Hla Shwe (T69).
    U Tin Shwe 1
    U Tin Shwe 2
    U Tin Shwe 3

    U Tin Lin (ChE72)

    • Taught at RIT and at a Polytechnic in Singapore.
    • Organizer, SPZPs in Singapore
    • Annotated Pon Tu’s of Sayas (by Bagyee Myat Myo Myint & archived by Saya U Kyaw Sein)
    • Donated K2 Lakhs to the YTU Library Modernization Project.
    U Tin Lin 1
    U Tin Lin 2

    U Tin Htut (M60)

    • Captain & Gold of RUBC
    • Founder & Past President of BASES
    • Financial Controller, 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
    • Donated K100 Lakhs for the YTU Library Modernization Project
    • Donated K10 Lakhs to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • Donated to the All-Mechanical Gathering

    Memories

    U Tin Htut 1
    U Tin Htut 2
    U Tin Htut 3
    U Tin Htut 4
    U Tin Htut 5

    U Thet Lwin

    • Taught Burmese at the Institute of Economics
    • Registrar of RIT
    • Retired as Director of DHE
    • Pen name : “Tekkatho Maung Ngwe Hlinne”.
    • Composed “Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Kun Yeik Kho”

    Memories

    U Thet Lwin 1
    U Thet Lwin 2
    U Thet Lwin 3

    Dr. San Hla Aung (C58)

    • Taught at RIT and the University of New Orleans.
    • Seen with former students : Saya U Nyi Hla Nge (C69) and U Saw Lin (C71, GBNF).
    Dr. San Hla Aung

    S Kyaw Aye (M63, GBNF)

    Elder brother of my classmate Abdul Raof (EP69).

    S Kyaw Aye

    U Thein Lwin (EE, GBNF)

    • President, RIT Badminton
    • Taught at RIT EE and Singapore Polytechnic

    Memories

    • With oldies in Singapore
    U Thein Lwin 1
    U Thein Lwin 2

    U Soe Paing (EE)

    • Taught at RIT EE and UCC
    • Co-founder, UCC
    • Retiree, UN

    Memories

    U Soe Paing 1
    U Soe Paing 2
    U Soe Paing 3

    U Shwe Hlaing (Maths)

    • Taught Engineering Maths & Computer Programmer
    • Helped UCC Project
    U Shwe Hlaing

    U Ngwe Tun (C, GBNF)

    • Taught at RIT Civil
    • Owned bookshop
    U Ngwe Tun

    U Myat Htoo (C68)

    • Taught at RIT Civil
    • Retired from CalTrans
    • Founding member, RIT Alumni International
    • Co-emcee, SPZP-2000
    • Founding member & BOD Chair, NorCal RITAA

    Memories

    U Myat Htoo 1
    U Myat Htoo 2
    U Myat Htoo 3
    U Myat Htoo 4
    U Myat Htoo 5

    U Moe Aung (EE)

    • See posts : Tekkatho Moe War, EE Sayas, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine, Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung, Kabyars, Translation

    Memories

    U Moe Aung 1
    U Moe Aung 2
    U Moe Aung 3
    U Moe Aung 4
    U Moe Aung 5

    U Lin (M66)

    • Rowing
    • Buddhist Association
    • SPZP

    Memories

    U Lin 1
    U Lin 2
    U Lin 3

    U Kyaw Myint (M/Auto64)

    • UN projects in Beijing
    • Moved to California
    • Patron, TDS
    U Kyaw Myint

    U Ba Than (M)

    • Several posts : Mech Sayas, HMEE, Dana

    Memories

    U Ba Than 1
    U Ba Than 2
    U Ba Than 3

    U Ba Myint (EE)

    • Retired as Pro-Rector
    • Taught at RIT EE
    U Ba Myint

    U Aung Khin (M)

    • First native Mech Prof
    • Moved to Canada
    • Wrote articles for RIT Alumni Newsletter, SPZPs & HMEE

    Memories

    U Aung Khin 1
    U Aung Khin 2
    U Aung Khin 4

    Dr. Tin Win (M62)

    • See posts : Class of 62, BASES, Mech Engg, 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

    Memories

    Dr. Tin Win 1
    Dr. Tin Win 2

    U Tun Shwe (M60)

    • Patron, RIT Alumni Association
    • Patron, SDYF
    • Provided Certificates & IDs from RU
    • Sagar Waing (Video to celebrate 60th Anniversary of RIT)
    U Tun Shwe 1
    U Tun Shwe

    Updates

    • Jara, Byadi and Marana have effected Sayas and Sayamas
    • U Ba Than hosted the first HMEE meeting. He donated photos to HMEE and MES. He invited former colleagues and students to his Birthday Soon Kyway. He passed away after his 94th birthday.
    • Need help to organize my website.

    Posts

    • Brief Bios
    • Engineering Departments
    • From BIT to YTU
    • HMEE
    • SPZP
  • Class of 1962

    Class of 1962

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Most Members

    • Matriculated in 1956
    • Attended Faculty of Engineering in 1958
    • Moved to BIT at Gyogone Campus for 1961 – 62 Academic Year.
    • B.Sc. (Engg) in 1962

    Textile

    Daw Khin Than Nwe (T)

    Daw Khin Than Nwe 1
    • Lone female graduate in 1962.
    • Spouse Dr. Khin Maung Win was Head of Metallurgy Department. Became Director General of Technical, Agricultural & Vocational Training.
    • Son, two daughters & several grandchildren
    Daw Khin Than Nwe 2
    • Elder sister of two Paulians : Dr. Tin Maung Maung Than (Edward, Political Economics) & Dr. Khin Maung Maung Than (Freddie)
    Pon Tu
    • On behalf of Bagyee Myat Myo Myint, Saya U Nyunt Htay (Met73) presented a Pon Tu of Dr. Khin Maung Win (Met, GBNF) to Sayagadaw

    Mechanical

    Saya Mao Toon Siong (M)

    Saya Mao
    Saya Mao and U Hla Min
    • National Coach of Burma Table Tennis Team
    • National Table Tennis Champion in Singles and Doubles
    • Competed in the World Championship in Beijing
    • Spouse Daw Tin Tin Maw was Chemistry Sayama. They moved to USA.

    U Aye (M)

    • U Aye (HIC, UN/FAO), U Soe and U Tin Win — all M62 —- received their degree certificates from Saya U Yone Mo at Aung San Stadium.
    A group of friends at BIT after attending the convocation at the Aung San Stadium in 1962
    Saya U Yone Mo and M62 graduates
    • Represented RU & BIT in Volleyball
    BIT Volleyball
    • Retired in Thailand
    • Provided feedback / info (e.g Grads from 1952 – 1963).

    Saya S Arya (M, GBNF)

    S Arya (M62)
    S Arya (M62)
    Thet Kyee Pu Zaw Pwe
    • Lovely accent
    • Remembered by students of his Strength of Materials Tutorial Class, and Ba Thein (Atlanta)

    Saya Dr. Tin Win (M)

    Dr. Tin Win and Lily
    • Youngest in the Class, but among the Top
    • In 1958, Gold Medal for Joint Highest Marks in Maths for Combined I.Sc classes
    • Past President of BASES
    • Organizer of 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
    • Competed in the LA Marathon to raise fund to sponsor Sayas for SPZP-2007
    • Spouse Lily (T72) : Founding member & Secretary of BEA

    U Myint Thein Lwin (M)

    • Retired from DI / HIC
    • Brother: U Kyaw Thein (DCA, RUBC Captain)

    U Hla Kyi (M)

    • Moved to UK
    • Daughter married son of U Hlwan Moe & Daw Khin Swe Aye (both Physics)
    U Hla Kyi (M) and Dr. Tin Win (M)
    U Hla Kyi (M) and daughter visiting Los Angeles

    Electrical

    Saya U Tin Maung Thein (EE)

    • Eldest son of ICS U Ohn Maung (Arzani)
    U Tin Maung Thein

    Chemical

    U Than Se (Richard, ChE)

    • SPHS56 : Classmate of U Soe Paing
    • Moved to USA

    U Aung Gyi (Simon, ChE)

    • Helped publish ChE magazine
    • Spends time in Australia
    • Spouse : Daw Yin Yin Kyi (T61)

    Civil

    Dr. San Lin (C)

    • Taught part-time at RIT.
    • Worked at EPC & UN Project in Thailand
    • Moved to USA
    • Spouse Dr. Daw Thynn Thynn founded Sae Taw Win 2 Dhamma Center in Sebastopol, California. Replica of Shwe Dagon & surrounding Zedis had Htee Tin Pwe in March, 2022.
    Dr. San Lin (middle)

    Posts

    • Alumni
    • BIT
    • Faculty of Engineering
  • My Mentor

    My Mentor

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    U Soe Paing
    U Soe Paing & Daw Saw Yu Tint
    U Soe Paing, U & Mrs. Hla Min

    Name: U Soe Paing

    Qualification: BS (Stanford), MS (Stanford), MSc. Computer Science (Southampton)

    Department: Electrical Communications
    Position: Assistant Lecturer, (Jan 1964 to March 1971)
    Reason for Leaving: Joined Universities’ Computer Center in April 1971.

    Engineering Alumni: Attended First Year Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University from June to December, 1958.
    Reason for Leaving: Awarded State Scholarship to study in USA.

    Occupation: Data Processing Adviser (Retired)

    Organization: United Nations

    Updates

    • Saya was my mentor at RIT and UCC.
    • He offered me and Saya U Aung Zaw (UCC, GBNF) to be his co-authors. We wrote programming texts, manuals and guides.
    • Saya was a prime mover to get the “RIT Alumni International Newsletters” and http://www-ex-rit.org started.
    • Saya would mention that I am a “Shay Hmi; Nauk Hmi. ရှေ့မှီ၊ နောက်မှီ”
    • Sayagadaw added: “Bay Hmi ဘေးမှီ as well’.
    • Saya wrote articles for the RIT Newsletter and selected journals & magazines. They can be accessed via SCRIB-D
    • He also gave an interview for MASTAA
    SP 2
    SP 3
    SP 4
    SP 5
    SP 6
    SP 7
    SP 8
    SP 9
    SP 10
    SP 11
  • Rowing

    Rowing

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Songs

    • Two Rowing songs
    • Shorter one appears on the Regatta Program
    RUBC Song 1
    RUBC Song 2

    1948 Independence Day Regatta

    RUBC 1948
    • RUBC Fours
    • Dick San Pe (Pe Nyun)
    • Bobby Tin (Khin Maung Wint)
    • Cox — name not known
    • Tom San Pe (Pe Thein)
    • Tin U

    1958 Inter-Varsity Race

    RUBC 1958 a
    • RUBC beat CURC (Calcutta University Rowing Club)
    RUBC 1958 b

    FEARA Regatta in Hong Kong

    RUBC competed in Coxed Fours, Coxed Pairs, and Sculls.

    • Tun Shein (Willie)
    • Win Kyi
    • Tin Htoon
    • Harry Saing
    • San Maung (Gerald)
    • Hla Min (Eddie)
    FEARA

    RUBC Regatta in 1996

    • U Maung Maung Than Tun (GBNF)
    • U Tun Shein (Willie)
    • U Hla Myint (Michael, GBNF)
    • U Sein Htoon
    • U Thant Kyaw
    • U Hla Min
    • U Myo Myint
    • Young & Old members
    RUBC 1996 a
    RUBC 1996 b

    RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine

    I served as Contributing Editor. I wrote three articles and Prelude for each Section.

    RUBC 1
    Magazine Committee

    Club House

    RUBC 2

    RUBC 40th Anniversary

    RUBC 4

    Two Teams at FEARA

    • The opponents of RUBC were taller.
    RUBC 5

    Engineering Eights

    • won the Inter-Faculty Eights
    • Myo Myint
    • L. Than Myint
    • Lazarus
    • Than Htut
    • Thaung Lwin
    • Htain Lin
    • Ohn Hlaing (Elmo, GBNF)
    • Kyaw Lwin (George, GBNF)
    • Tin Aung (Victor, GBNF)
    RUBC 6

    U Chan Tha

    • Captain, RUBC
    RUBC 7
    RUBC 8
    RUBC 9
    RUBC 10
    RUBC 11

    Selected Photos

    • Coxed Fours
    • Throw the winning cox into the water
    • Kayak
    RUBC 12
    RUBC 13
    RUBC 14

    Posts

    • Rangoon University Boat Club
    • RUBC 90th Anniversary
    • RUBC Centennial
    • Sir Arthur Eggar
  • SPZP-2012

    SPZP-2012

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    SPZP-2012

    2012 နှစ် ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ

    • SPZP-2000 was held in USA
    • SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 & SPZP-2010 were held in Singapore
    • SPZP-2004, SPZP-2012 & SPZP-2016 were held in Yangon

    ပွင့်လင်းခေတ် — First True Home Coming

    SPZP-2012
    • SPZP-2012 was held at Gyogone Campus ကြို့ကုန်း ကျောင်းဝင်း
    • U Aye Myint (EP72) did not forget his alma mater. He helped realize the Home Coming.

    1964 က ပထမနှစ် ကျောင်းသား သုံးယောက်

    ဦးသောင်းစိန် (Steeve Kay, EC70)

    Steeve
    • Admitted to 1st BE as a top student in Nov 1964
    • Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs
    • Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
    • Kay Family Foundation
    • Steeve and Helen Kay Health Care Fund for RIT Sayas
    • Donated $200000 + to RIT projects
    • He is now GBNF

    ဦးချိုလင်း (Yu Beng, Benny Tan, M70)

    Benny
    • Admitted to 1st BE in Nov 1964
    • Entrepreneur
    • Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs
    • Co-chair of SPZP 2000

    ဦးအုန်းခိုင် (Ohn Khine, M70)

    Ohn Khine
    • Admitted to 1st BE in Nov 1964
    • Organizer for SPZP & SDYF
    • CD Supplement for HMEE book
    • Co-author of “RIT Days 1964 – 1970”

    1964 က ဒုတိယနှစ်ကျောင်းသား

    ဦးလှမင်း (Hla Min, EC69)

    Hla Min
    • Admitted to 2nd BE as a top student in Nov 1964
    • Lifelong Learner
    • RIT Alumni Newsletter and Updates (1999 – present)
    • Organizer for SPZPs
    • CD Supplement for HMEE book
    • Admin & Moderator of selected FB pages and website

    Posts

    • Alumni
    • Gatherings
    • Noble Tradition
    • Paying back to our alma mater
  • Alumni — HIC

    Alumni — HIC

    by Hla Min & Tin Aung Win

    Update : September 2026

    Zoom Meeting

    • U Myint Thein Lwin (M62)
    • U Than Htut (M67, RUBC Gold)
    • U Tin Aung Win (M69)
    • U Ohn Khine (M70)
    • U Ye Myint (EP72)
    Zoom Participants

    Gatherings

    • Before the pandemic, some HIC Alumni had lunch gatherings

    HIC Alumni

    • U Aye (M62) — retired from FAO; provided feedback & info for my posts
    M62 Graduation
    • U Sein Htoon (M63) — Past Captain & Gold, RUBC; Past President, Burma Rowing Federation
    Sein Htoon
    • U Thein Aung (M72) — moved to Singapore; wrote episodes for “Once upon a time at RIT”
    • U Kyaw Myint (EP72) — founded “Good Morning Bakery”; donated food at selected RIT Gatherings
    • U Khin Maung Cho (M73) — Retd. Minister
    • U Sann Tun Ni — founded “Sunny Sushi” in Las Vegas; Gawpaka at LV monastery
  • Engg — Belles

    Engg — Belles

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Female Engineering Students

    • In the old Education System, there were only a handful of female Engineering students
    • The first batch of five female students graduated in 1961.
      Four were from Textile : Tin Tin Ohn (Amy Thwin), Julie Han (later Dr.), Yin Yin Kyi and Mi Mi Lay. Pauline Reynolds was the first female Chemical Engineering graduate.
    Julie Han
    Pauline Reynolds
    • In 1962, Khin Than Nwe (Margaret, Tex) was the lone female engineering graduate.
    Khin Than Nwe
    • Ma Ni Ni Thwin, Ma Khin Thein Yi, Ma Tin Myint, Ma Pyi Aye, Ma Khin Khin Kyu, Nancy Hla Aung, Maywaddy Tun Tun, Ma Yi Yi Aung, Ma Mya Mya Than, Ma Nyunt Nyunt Zaw, Ma Cho are grads from 1963 – 68.
    Nancy & Yi Yi Aung
    • The new Education System saw more female students.
    • There were about 45 female students in the 1st BE intake in 1964, and about 30 female students in the 2nd BE intake in 1964. G-Hall accepted most female students.
    • There were more in the 1st BE intake in 1965.
    Archi

    Ushers at RIT Graduation

    Annotation : Daw Mae Khin Nyunt (Rosie, ChE71)
    Editor for “Swel Daw Yeik Magazine”
    Organizer for Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65

    • We all served as ushers at the Graduation Dinner in late 1966.
    • Graduation took place at RIT as well as the Dinner, at “aw bar lan” area.
    Ushers

    Right to Left

    • Sandi Hlaing — Ch 66 intake
    • Mai Khin Nyunt (Rosie Gyi) — Ch 65 intake
    • Nila Mya Aung — M 64 intake
    • Jessie Htwe — M 66 intake
    • Annie Ba Htaw — Tex65 intake
    • Aye Aye Than (Pauk Pauk) Ch 66 intake (UK)
    • Tin Tin Myint (Emma Myint) — Ch 64 intake (Singapore)
    • Than Than Yi (GBNF) Tex 65 intake (my best friend who passed away in Sept 2013, USA)
    • Phyu Phyu Latt (Christine Latt) — Ar – 64 intake (Australia)
    • Min Thet Mon (Pamela Myo Min) — Ar -64 intake

    Tazaungdaing Festival

    Photo provided by Daw Tin Aye (C73).
    Initially took Mechanical Engineering and helped with “Set Hmu Thadin Zin” (founded by U Win Thein).
    Played Volley for Civil Engineering
    Volunteered for SPZP-2012 and SPZP-2016

    Annotation : Daw Mae Khin Nyunt (Rosie, ChE71)

    Right to Left

    • Aye Aye Than (Pauk Pauk, Ch 66-72, UK)
    • Tin Tin Myint (Emma Myint, Ch 64-70, Singapore)
    • Hla Hla Aye (She was as a cover girl at one of the “Shay Tho Sar Saung”, and inside the Sar Saung had an article about RIT activities with photos. I kept that Sar Saung, but unfortunately (after so many years) now I only have a page left with a photo taken at the Chemistry lab, which included Ma Khin Myat Swe (spouse of Saya U Moe Aung), Henry Koe, my spouse Ko Khin Mg Miynt and myself).
    • Tin Aye (C )
    • Nelly Khin Myo Win (GBNF) (Ch 65-71, Mandalay)
    • Could be Margaret Yi (Ch 65)

    All are from G -Hall at one of the Tha Din Gyut or Da Saung Taing Pwe at Shwe Dagon Pagoda, organized by G -Hall.

    Reunions

    Daw Pwint Than

    Daw Pwint Than and Daw Cho Cho Tin
    • Selected High School Luyechun from Loikaw twice : Ngapali Camp in the Summer of 1964 and Inlay Camp in the Summer of 1965.
    • Graduated with Electrical Power in 1971.
    • Joined EPC.
    • Spouse : U Htun Aung (EP, Intake of 1964)

    Daw Cho Cho Tin

    Five Belles
    • Pen name : Ma Sandar
    • Award winning author / novelist
    • Sample hit : “G Hall Thu”
    • Graduated with Architecture in 1971.
    • Spouse : U San Maung (A, intake of 1964)

    Daw Than Yi

    • Maubin Ma Shwe Than

    Rosie Gyi

    • Editor, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine

    Rosie Tin Maung

    • Vocalist
    • Bilingual Author

    SPZP

    • Attendees
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