World Wide SPZPs (SPZP-2000, SPZP-2002, SPZP-2004, SPZP-2007, SPZP-2010, SPZP-2012, SPZP-2016).
The following is a sample of gatherings.
Welcoming Sayas
San Francisco Bay Area Alumni welcomed several sayas. They include
U Ba Toke (Myanmar)
U Num Kok (Oregon)
Dr. Aung Gyi (Napean, Canada)
U Aung Khin (Windsor, Canada)
U Khin Aung Kyi (then in Thailand)
U Soe Paing (then in Myanmar)
U Maung Maung Win (Australia)
Dr. Hla Myint (Mack, Australia)
U Hla Myint (Charlie, Australia)
U Kyaw Myint (then in Beijing)
Dr. San Hla Aung (then in New Orleans)
U Win Kyaw & U Nyunt Htay (after attending 2015 LA Reunion)
CD
2006
Attended the RIT Alumni Dinner in Sydney, Australia. Met Saya U Hla Myint (M65), Saya U Myo Win (M/Ag65), Daw Phyu Phyu Latt (Christine, A70), U Aye Win Hlaing (Abel, La La, EE7x), U Myo Lwin (Stanley Saw, M71), U Htun Aung Kyaw (EC73), U Kyaw Thu (Dennis Mackey, C73), George Peters (C73), U Thet Htun (Henry, M75), U Wint Khin Zaw (A79), U Htay Aung (EC80), U Sein Win (C80), and several alumni.
Reunion CD
2007
Due to time, resource, and delivery constraints, I do not always get the official CDs. I sometimes get (a) preview versions (b) copy of the “master gold” (c) alternate to the official. It’s better to have something rather than nothing.
Preview CDOfficial CD
2011
The Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65 (aka Class of 70 & 71) had hosted Reunion & Acariya Pu Zaw Pwes for almost two decades.
The group usually published booklets at their main events.
Magazine 1Magazine 2
2012
Thanks to U Aye Myint (EP72), SPZP-2012 was a true Home Coming at the Gyogone Campus.
Pu Zaw Pwe was held at YTU.
Reunion Dinner was held at MICT Park.
PZPDinnerOfficial CD
2014
In November 1964, three batches of students were admitted to 1st BE, 2nd BE and 3rd BE classes.
RIT 69ers celebrated the pseudo Golden Jubilee (50th Anniversary of the Admission to RIT) in 2014. Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe was held at the YTU Assembly Hall. Reunion Dinner was held at Panda.
CD 1CD 2
2016
SPZP-2016 : Full day event at Gyogone Campus; Free Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Entertainment
SPZP-2016
Aug 2016 : Birthday Soon Kyway at Dhammanda Vihara, Half Moon Bay; Received Alumni Appreciation Award
Birthday Soon KywayAward 1
Sept 2016 : NorCal RITAA Annual Dinner; Received Alumni Appreciation Award
First classes offered in 1924 to two sets of students : B.Sc. graduates for a “compressed” 3-year course and eligible I.Sc. passed for a regular 4-year course. Details can be found in the article by U Hla Maung (1928 grad) for RU Golden Jubilee Magazine in 1970; and the History of Myanmar Engineering Education book published in 2012. The early sayas were British and Indian.
RIT Alumni Newsletter
RIT Alumni Newsletter and ex-rit.org published several articles by Civil alumni & sayas. They include articles by U Aw Taik Moh (C54), Dr. San Hla Aung (C58), Mr. Allen Htay (C58, GBNF), U Myint Khine (C63), Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun, …
Civil Engineering Sayas
U Ba Hli
U Ba Hli
First native Dean of Engineering
Former Professor of Civil Engineering & Principal of GTI
Proposed “Twinning Program” between Faculty of Engineering and prestigious US Universities
U Mya Han
Professor before moving to industry
His company interned & hired Civil Engineers
Dr. Aung Gyi
BS and MS from MIT, and his doctorate from University of Alberta.
Retired as Rector
Gave a key note speech at SPZP-2000 emphasizing the importance of Health and Emotional Intelligence.
I was an Ei Hmyaung at two dinner gatherings in Myanmar given to Saya and Daw Emma.
Hosted us during our visit to Canada.
U Min Wun
Taught Surveying in our 2nd BE class in 1964
Retired as Professor & Head of Civil
BS from MIT; MS from Cornell — Photogrammetry
Founding member & VP of BARB. His expertise include Astronomy and Astrology.
Early supporter of RIT Alumni Newsletter
C58
Saya Allen Htay (GBNF), Saya Dr. San Hla Aung and Saya Dr. Win Thein (GBNF) are C58
AllenHtay
MS from Harvard University
Leader, SF Bay Area Alumni Group
President, RIT Alumni International
Organizer, SPZP-2000)
His article “Brother, can you afford $500?” resulted in Golden Sponsors & Donors for SPZP-2000.
President, RIT Photography Association
Retired & unretired twice in the USA.
Dr. San Hla Aung
MS from MIT
Doctorate from Tulane University
Taught until the age of 80.
Line Judge at RUBC regattas.
President of RIT Rowing
President, RIT Swimming
Dr. Win Thein
Retired as Professor & Head
Several batches of students donated medical expenses for Saya
His sister donated most of the Garawa money to charities in Saya’s memory
C61
Dr. Aung Soe (C61)
Led Practical sessions for our 2nd BE Surveying
Saya soccer team
Attended SPZP-2000
U Myint Lwin (C61)
Younger brother of Saya H Num Kok
Rowed for Engineering
Attended SPZP-2000
C62 – C63
U Tauk Lin — moved to USA
U Kyi (C63) — moved to USA
Kyi Kong Tham (C63) — moved to USA
Christopher Maung
U Tin Maung
U Ngwe Tun (GBNF)
C64
U Thein Tan (C64)
Rowed for Engineering
Retired as Rector of MTU
U Khin Maung Phone Ko (C64)
Phone Ko — famous cartoonist
Patron of RIT Cartoon Box
Dr. Ohn Myint (C64)
Moved to Irrigation
Worked for World Bank
U Win Maung (C64, GBNF)
Organizer, Lanzin Lu Nge
C65 – C68
U Myint Soe (C68, GBNF)
U Myat Htoo (C68) — moved to USA
Organizers
Saya U Hla Myint Thein (C69), Saya Dr. Myo Khin (C70) and U Saw Lin (C71) served as Secretary of the RIT Civil Association.
U Hla Myint Thein entered family business. He is Advisor to Hse Mile Gone monastery.
Dr. Myo Khin and Daw Mya Nwe (C73) donated K100 lakhs for YTU Library Modernization.
U Saw Lin was a Core Organizer for SPZP-2012. He wore multiple hats : Head of Security & Logistics, Chief Editor of commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Magazine, Coordinator for Reprint of 23 RIT Annual Magazines …
Saya U Myat Htoo (C68) served as President of TBSA and BADA. He is a founding member of RIT Alumni international and served as emcee for SPZP-2000. He is also a founding member of Norcal RITAA and Chair of BOD. He wrote, played and sung a parody of “Lost Neikban” at 2015 Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.
C69ers
Several C69ers joined the faculty. They include U Nyi Hla Nge, Dr. Htin Aung, Dr. Khin Maung Win, U Khin Maung Tint, U Hla Myint, U Hla Myint Thein …
U Nyi Hla Nge — Professor, Rector, Dy. Minister
Dr. Htin Aung — Chinlon selection; Played badminton and soccer; Retired as Professor
Dr. Khin Maung Win — Retired as Associate Professor; Taught in Malaysia
U Khin Maung Tint —- Secretary of RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thin; Found a Minthamee as his soul mate
U Hla Myint and U Hla Myint Thein have successful business. They Consult selected monasteries
Daw Myint Myint — Major donor to 69er Health Care Fund & 69er activities; Donated K150 Lakhs to YTU Library Modernization proj
U Han Sein (GBNF) represented RIT in Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Basketball; Sentenced to 20 years by Adhamma authorities; Served 17 years. Since most 69ers were unaware, he was listed as GBNF in the Group’s Address Book (for the 30th Anniversary of Graduation); Became a Tone Kyaw; Succumbed to Covid
GBNF List
GBNF list include Sayas :
Saya H Num Kok
H Num Kok
Allen Htay
Dr. Win Thein
U Ngwe Tun
U Win Maung
U Myint Soe
U Aye Win Kyaw
Madan Chand
U Khin Maung Maung
…
Miscellaneous
Part time sayas include U Tin U, Percy Lao, Dr. San Lin, U Kyaw San (GBNF) …
Burma selected include Kyaw Htin (soccer) …
U Aye Win Kyaw (C70, GBNF) was a founding member and EC of BARB.
U Aung (C70, Maung Aw) was involved in providing help to selected schools.
Madan Chand (C70) was wrongly assigned to G-hall.
Dr. Soe Thein (C75) was organizer and web master for SPZP-2007.
Saya U Ba HliDr. Aung GyiU Min WunSPZP-2000Saya U Tin USaya Allen HtayDr. San Hla Aung Dr. Win Thein
ဦးသစ် (ကွယ်လွန်) U Thit was Head of the Department. He passed away in Melbourne, Australia.
Met 2
ဒေါက်တာစောဖြူ (ကွယ်လွန်) Dr. Saw Pru received Doctorate from Germany. He succeeded Saya U Thit as Head of Department. He passed away in Yangon. Some believe that he was reborn as the son of his nephew U Khin Aung Shwe.
Met 3
ဦးသန်းတင် U Than Tin : He studied in USA. He served as Interim Head of Department. He moved to the USA (East Coast and later to Southern California). We invited him to SPZP-2000, but he could not attend.
ဒေါက်တာခင်မောင်ဝင်း (ကွယ်လွန်) Dr. Khin Maung Win : He taught at Mandalay University and worked at UBARI. He received Doctorate from USA. He served as Head of Department before becoming DG of Technical, Agricultural & Vocational Training. He passed away in Yangon.
Met 4
ဦးအောင်လှထွန်း (ကွယ်လွန်) U Aung Hla Tun : He retired as Associate Professor. He published two books. He won the National Literary Award for the first book. He was Chief Editor for the RIT Annual Magazine. He was the Leader of HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education) Project. He passed away in Yangon. His former students published a book in his memory.
Met 5
ဦးဖေဝင်း U Pe Win : He was Professor before he became Rector of YTU.
Met 6
Victoria Simon : She retired as Professor.
Met 7
ဦးတင်မောင်ညွန့် U Tin Maung Nyunt : He retired as Professor.
Met 8
ဦးဝင်းကျော် U Win Kyaw : He taught at RIT before moving to the Ministry of Mines. He represented RIT in Rowing. He attended the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles and the gathering hosted by iNapa Winery.
U Win Kyaw 1U Win Kyaw 2
ဦးသိန်းအောင် U Thein Aung : He taught at RIT before moving to the USA. He retired from Lawrence Livermore Lab. He represented RIT in Weightlifting & Body Building. He was Mr. RIT in 1968. His mentor was Bohmu Maung Maung (first Maung Bamar). He is a founding member of RIT Alumni International. He was an organizer and co-emcee at SPZP-2000. He had a reunion with U Win Kyaw & U Nyunt Htay at the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles and the gathering hosted by iNapa Winery.
U Thein AungSPZP-2000Hand over Salwei to Mg Mar Ga
ဦးညွန့်ဌေး U Nyunt Htay : He retired as Associate Professor. He is a poet. He is a contributor to “Poetic Art” Series organized by U Aung Myaing (Okpo Maung Yin Maung) and U Myo Myint (Bagyee Myat Myo Myint). He was Chief Editor of RIT Annual Magazine and Myanmar Mudita Sar Saung. He attended the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles and the gathering hosted by iNapa Winery. During my visit to Yangon before the pandemic, he hosted a Dinner Gathering for U Ye Myint, U Win Kyaw and me.
During our RIT days, he was a super energetic organizer and a prime mover. As a member of the Gold Flake Cigarette Family, he inherited business acumen and organization skills.
Co-founded “Set Hmu Thadizin Zin စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ်”. Typing and drawing on stencil paper were not easy, but he spent time crafting the stencils into the revered weekly Thadinzin.
Vice President, RIT Mechanical Engg Association. Co-founded Magazine for the Association.
Suggested to name the main gate as “U Lu Paw Gate ဦးလူပေါ ဂိတ်” after the famous cartoon character from “Burma Star”.
Organized mini-festivals for freshers and junior students.
Graduated in 1967 with Mechanical Engineering
Worked for Sittaung Paper Mill and PCIC.
Founded “Ya Tha Cho”.
Did not live long enough to see SPZPs, SDYF, RITAA, HMEE & Shwe YaDu.
Remembering U Win Thein
The following remembered his contributions well.
U Tin Maung Aye (M69) : Member of RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Troupe, Member of RIT Annual Magazine & Co-worker at PCIC. He gave us two photos of U Win Thein (one at RIT, one at PCIC)
U Aung Min (M69) : Chair of 69er Health Care Fund & Organizer for the Class of 69
U Thein Swe (EP69, GBNF) : 3rd BE Luyechun & Organizer of EE69er Gatherings
U Maung Maung Kyi (Dip Ing, Wales, GBNF) : Co-worker at Sittaung Paper Mill & PCIC
Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70, Singapore) : Co-founder of Dana Sri Lanka, Minthamee, Organizer of Singapore Pon Chan Chan Group
U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) : Super Fund raiser for RIT-related activities including SPZPs, YTU Library Modernization Project; Patron of RITAA
U Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu) wrote : နာမည်ချင်းတူ၍သိခြင်း။ ကျောင်းသားချင်း Tuition ပေးခြင်း။ စစ်တောင်းစက္ကူစက်အုပ်စုဖြစ်ခြင်း။ မန္တလေးကုန်စည်ဒိုင်သို့ဆရာဦးလင်းနှင့်ရောက်လာခြင်း။ နေမကောင်းစဉ်ရန်ကုန်အိမ်တွင်တွေ့လိုက်ရခြင်းများကိုသတိရလျက်ပါကိုဝင်းသိန်းရေ
Updates
Mechanical Newsletters for 1968-69 to 1973-74 were scanned and archived in a CD by U Kyaw Thein and Daw Than Than Mu (1974 batch)
Worked briefly at Namtu mines before joining Electrical Engineeering Department at Rangoon University
Reunion
Saya of our sayas. His students include Saya U Sein Hlaing and Saya U Tin Swe
Requested C Ping Lee (father of Dr. Win Aung M62) to join EE department. HE U Than Aung asked Saya C Ping Lee (his former student at SPHS) to head Technical & Vocational Training Directorate and to improve curriculum (e.g GTI).
President of RIT Electrical Engineering Association
RIT EE Association
Patron of Hlyat Sit Sar Saung Committee
Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
Taught “Principles of Electrical Engineering” to non-engineering students. Sayas who later taught the course include Sayas U Myo Kyi & U Moe Aung.
Told a class that suitors of his lovely daughters must be doctors (medical or Ph.D). Anecdote was recounted by “Doctor” Tin Aung Win (spouse of Dorothy Kyaw Tun) for SPZP-2000. Saya’s elder daughter Elizabeth (Dr. Daw Tin Nu) has a Doctorate in English.
After retirement, Saya visited Australia
Passed away peacefully in Yangon
Spouse passed away during our RIT days. We attended her memorial service at Saya’s home.
Updates
Several EE sayas are GBNF.
For SPZP-2010, I wrote “A Sad & Short Clip : EE Sayas”.
President of Swel Daw Yeik Foundation; Hosted lunch meetings
Major donor for SDYF
Donated to Alumni Association for YTU Library Modernization
Donated for the Entertainment Program of SPZPs & SDYF events
Provided Eye Care for eligible RIT sayas & sayamas
Sang SDYF theme song with Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War, Patron of SDYF). The song is not a transformation of Saya’s poem. It was a new composition. Ko Than Po (M75) helped with the music injection.
Attended the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.
Attended the Alumni Gathering in SF Bay Area.
Updates
Balance of the “Vision Care fund for RIT sayas & sayamas” was transferred to SDYF / Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
Daw Mya Mya Than ဒေါ်မြမြသန်း (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဆရာမ ငြိမ်း
Sayama Daw Mya Mya Than (EP68, GBNF)
Daw Mya Mya Than
U Soe Myint Lwin ဦးစိုးမြင့်လွင် (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဘော်လုံး
U Soe Myint Lwin (EP68) played Soccer for Burma, EPC and All Universities and Institutes; Patron of Women Soccer Federation; EC member of RIT EE Association
Soe Myint LwinRU Soccer
U Tun Aung ဦးထွန်းအောင် (Jeffrey, ကွယ်လွန်) — BASES
U Tun Aung / Jeffrey (EC68, GBNF) was a founding member and president of BASES
He passed away in Southern California
Tun AungJeffrey
U Saw Win ဦးစောဝင်း (ကွယ်လွန်)
U Saw Win (GBNF)
Saw Win
U Thein Zaw ဦးသိန်းဇော် (Joe, ကွယ်လွန်)
U Thein Zaw / Joe Chow / Ah Yoke passed away in Northern California
Thein Zaw
Dickey Paul (ကွယ်လွန်)
Dicky Paul passed away in Australia.
U Myo Myintဦးမျိုးမြင့် — လျှပ်စစ်စာဆောင်
U Myo Myint (EC68) was Associate Editor of Hlyat Sit Sar Saung published by RIT EE Association
Myo Myint
U Aung Khin ဦးအောင်ခင် — Gawpaka, BASES
U Aung Khin is an EC member of BASES and Gawpaka of selected monasteries in the USA
Aung Khin
U Min Maung ဦးမင်းမောင် Gawpaka
U Min Maung is Gawpaka of Seattle Monastery
မြို့ပြ Civil
U Myat Htoo ဦးမြတ်ထူး — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း၊
U Myat Htoo is a Founding member, RIT Alumni International; Organizer, SPZP-2000; Founding member & BOD Chair, NorCal RITAA
Passed away peacefully in June 2026
Myat Htoo
U Myint Soe ဦးမြင့်စိုး (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း
Saya U Myint Soe (C68, SPHS62, GBNF)
Myint Soe
U Tin Nwe / Milton ဦးတင်နွယ်
U Tin Nwe / Milton (C68, SPHS62) is Past President of BASES
Tin Nwe
C68 — Class Photo
C68
C68 — Status
21 in Myanmar
1 Monk
5 in USA
1 in UK
16 ယောက် ခန့် — ကွယ်လွန် GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten)
List needs updating by a C68
GBNF
စက်မှု Mechanical
U Yu Swan ဦးယုစွမ် —ဒုံမင်း Don Min
Don Min U Yu Swan : Singapore
Yu Swan
U Khin Maung Nyo ဦးခင်မောင်ညို — ကြက်တောင်
U Khin Maung Nyo
Member of the RIT Badminton Team which won the Inter-Institute Trophy
U Ngwe Tun ဦးငွေထွန်း — Dio
U Ngwe Tun
Provided comments for several posts
ချည်ထည် Textile
U Khin Maung Lay ဦးခင်မောင်လေး (Henry)
U Khin Maung Lay / Henry
ပြေးခုန်ပစ်၊ Secretary, RIT Track and Field
ဘော်လုံး၊ RIT Soccer
လှေလှော်၊ RIT Rowing
President, BASES
Organizer, 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
Khin Maung Lay
ဓာတု Chemical
ဦးအုန်းမောင် (Anthony) — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း
Saya U Ohn Maung / Anthony (ChE68, SPHS62, GBNF)
Passed away in Singapore
ပိသုကာ Architecture
Sai Yee Laik စိုင်းရီလိတ် (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း
Sai Yee Laik (A68, GBNF) was “First and Last” in his Class.
Worked for the company that won the Burmese Buddhist Temple project in Singapore.
Nicknames
Three female students were fondly called “Half Size”, “Full Size” and “Double Size”.
Ko Henry Khin Maung Lay was also known as “Kywe Gyi”.
NAPA (in Northern California) is known for its fine wineries.
Gordon Kaung (M83), founder of Mechanical Solutions, extended his entrepreneurship by co-founding iNapa Winery with his spouse Lillian (EC83).
iNapa Winery has hosted several RIT gatherings.
Gathering in 2015
It was a follow up to the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles to welcome Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi & Daw Emma, Saya U Win Kyaw (Met71), Saya U Nyunt Htay (Met73) and selected guests.
Saya U Myat Htoo (C68) and Ma Ku / Daw Hnin Maung Maung drove Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi & Daw Emma from LA to SF Bay Area.
iNapa Winery hosted lunch and dinner gathering. Ko Thiri Nyunt (Met) played Gordon’s keyboard and sang.
Fundraiser Kyan Yay (Sugar Cane Drink) Htamane Food & Desserts
BAP Booth selling Sugar Cane Drink
Annual Dinner & Entertainment
Trips
Helped 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
2015 Reunion 12015 Reunion 22015 Reunion 3
Active in Activities sponsored by SCBA (Southern California Burmese Associations)
Notes
Many members are RIT alumni. Some volunteered for SPZP-2000 held in San Francisco.
U Aung Khin (EP68) is Past Vice President
James Shwe (M76) is a Donor and EC.
U Khin Maung Lay (Henry) served as Emcee for BAPS gatherings and 2015 Alumni Reunion. He was Secretary of RIT Track & Field Association. He represented RIT in Soccer, Rowing and T&F. He loves Cooking.
I attended BASES gatherings as Guest of EC and/or Saya U Tin Htut.
Mra Tun (UCC, TAMPS) and Ricky Zaw are guitarists & vocalists. Ricky’s sister is Nyunt Nyunt Zaw (T68, GBNF).
2015 Reunion
NorCal RITAA invited selected BASES EC to the gatherings.
