Engineering Schools in Burma
The members from the Class satisfy at least one condition
U Aung Min (M69) and team maintain
Sorted by Major and Name
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
He worked briefly for a JVC (Joint Venture Corporation) run by his relative. He applied for States Scholar after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper.
Upon his return, he was assigned to Yezin Agricultural College. Before reporting for duty, he visited RIT to pay respect to Saya U Ba Than who asked Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt if he would like to join the Agricultural Engineering (Sub-department of Mechanical Engineering).
He moved to Thailand and then USA.
Saya feels blessed for three occasions. They involve the simple joys of life.
Food was scarce during the war time. Saya’s mother had a small jar of oil to cook. Occasionally, she would give “See nei Sar” (oil and salt) to eat rice. Saya remembers that as a “Nutt Thokedar” (delicacies of the deities).
After the Japanese evacuated, the Allied planes still strafe suspect targets. Since there was no available transport, Saya and his did had to trek a long time to the nearest “safe haven”. Saya had “htamin chauk and a tomato”. He had to ration his food to survive the journey. The small bites brought a lot of joy — that cannot be equaled by later all-you-can-eat buffet.
Saya lives in California, USA. One year, he went to Myanmar to participate in a meditation retreat outside Yangon. Probably due to side effects of taking some medicine, there was swfor elling in the body and the face. It was “Kan So” (bad luck). Two dhamma friends took him to a nearby hospital where the doctor and the staff treated him well. It was “Kan Kaung” (good luck). The services were good and the costs were reasonable.
Saya stayed fit by doing exercises (hiking, stationary bike) and by practicing meditation.
He had an operation a couple of years back. He has recovered fully.
Saya donated for the Training Component of the YTU Library Project and also to the General Fund of Cal RIT Alumni Association.
He joined the Civil Engineering Department as Assistant Lecturer.
He received his MS from Harvard University.
Upon his return to Burma, he was promoted to Lecturer.
He moved to USA.
Saya Allen Htay was special in his own ways.
He would take different routes (going out and then coming back) to enjoy nature and the scenery. (
He took me to a BAPS picnic. After he told me that it was time to leave, it took an hour (or so) to reach his car. It was a typical “Burmese Good Bye” greeting his colleagues, friends and former students along the way.
He would often arrive late and stay late at gatherings.
Saya remembered that his mother would take the food (which a child refused to eat) and put in the fridge. There was no concession. When the child felt really hungry, he or she will devour the food.
Saya was the de facto leader of the San Francisco Bay Area RIT Alumni Group. He served as President of “RIT Alumni International” which organized the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in Northern California, USA in October. His article “Brother, can you afford US 500 dollars?” resulted in having five Golden Sponsors for SPZP-2000.
He attended SPZPs in Singapore and Myanmar, and took photographs at the SF Bay Area Gatherings.
During a visit to Las Vegas for the MEHS Reunion (along with his spouse who matriculated from MEHS in 1957), Saya had a stroke. He briefly recovered, but finally succumbed to his illness.
He retired twice in the USA, but his former students offered him jobs to “un-retire”.
Two of his grandsons have Allen in their names : one as a first name, and another as a middle name.
Uzin Bobby Myo Tun (A69) wrote :
U Kin Maung Yin was everyone’s friend – one of the most amicable individuals I’ve ever known. He was mentor to many of us student architects of the late 1960s and of the 70s. His versatile talents extended into move-making, authorship and painting. His avant-garde movie “နှမလက်လျှော့နေလေတော့” made six decades ago remains unrivaled to date in the Myanmar movie industry. He immersed himself in modern painting and writing during the last two decades of his life. An icon of the arts, indeed!
U Htun Aung (EP70) wrote :
In 1971, I was waiting for the governmental employment living with Demonstrator (civil) and Inlay hostel hall tutor Saya U Khin Mg Tint. One day U Khin Mg Yin came and unexpectedly invited me to accompany him as his aid in movie-making and shooting a film named “Bahman Bazan Akhyaung” (ဘမှန်ဘဇံအကြောင်း). For that film, he was the Director. I was always near him to help for everything he ordered me to do. In those days, from morning to night I was together with him at film shooting sites, especially at Collegian Nay Win and Dar Khin Marlar’s home where most of the indoor scenes of the film had been shot. Also we had to spend much time in making the film at Film upgrading [processing] Studio. The producer of the film was “Momyint Thawdar Film Production” which was owned by Daw Khin Mar Lar, Actor U Nay Win’s spouse. Time taken to shoot that film was nearly three months. Main actors were Collegian Nay Win, Khin Yu May and Aye Aye Thin.
After that film, I was also with U Khin Mg Yin to help reading and editing the directing schedules of the film named “Thway” the Novel written by Journal Kyaw Daw Ma Ma Lay. But that script was not approved by State Film Editing Committee [Censor Board] due to the Fascism hating point of view of the country at that time.
U San Lin (Maung Lu Pay, M87) wrote:
YIT/YTU produced some movie stars including the following :
U Aung Win (C87) added :
Also Pyi Ti Oo (Civil)
Nang Khaming (A70) wrote :
Most of the people didn’t like the movie Hna ma let shawt nay lay dawt because there was no dialog in the movie except ‘pea pyout’. Most can’t appreciate that kind of movie, but I like that movie and appreciate .
Ko Wint Khin Zaw (A79) wrote :
Architect UKMY must be too advanced for the period. I think he directed another movie called “Ba Hman Ba Zan Akyaung” which was appreciated a bit more by some audience.
Ko Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) added :
I vividly remember the days where I used to hang out with Saya U Maung Maung Than at Ko Maung Maung’s office အားကစားမွူး near Textile Dept. Saya U Hla Shwe (Textile, GBNF) and Saya U Win Maung (Civil) were among frequent visitors, we played darts there, had some good times there.
One time he lamented that he had to refrain from drinking in the evening due to an alert from the authorities on possible student unrest.
Only much later, I found out that he was a very good close friend of my cousin during their college days.
May his soul rest in peace.
Saya visited Myanmar. The alumni from 63 to 69 hosted a welcome party for Saya at Western Park Hotel.
I met Saya at the Mingalardon Air port. We were waiting for the plane from China Air Lines to come in. It was delayed by about 30 minutes.
Saya became worried. Saya’s flight Yangon -> Taipei -> Los Angeles -> Seattle has about 1 hour to catch the connecting flight to LA. The air line told Saya not to worry.
On the contrary, my flight Yangon -> Taipei -> San Francisco would require to spend 6+ hours in Taipei waiting for the connecting flight.
Saya rushed to catch the connecting flight to Los Angeles.
I had time to kill at the Taipei air port before taking the flight to San Francisco.
We heard lots of Burmese voices around. Among them was an 84-year old Pastor from Vancouver. At the transit counter, James gave an entertaining talk about Ngapi. In the early days, he had to hide Ngapi from the Canadians because they would not withstand the smell. Now, he has to hide Ngapi from the Canadians, who like Ngapi (and other Myanmar food).
I wish I were “Tekkatho Phone Naing” or “Thawda Swe” to be able to write short and long stories about their friends and the people they meet.
U Myo Nyunt (C69) visits his elder son in Seattle, Washington. He would have a gathering with Saya U Kaung.
*** 69ers
** Need more info / status
Ko Albert Kyaw Min
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
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** 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
HlaMin 