Saya U Ba Toke, Hla MinSaya U Ba Toke, Saya U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut, Hla Min
H Num Kok
Saya H Num Kok
U Aung Khin
Saya U Aung Khin in MexicoFred, Hla Min, Saya U Aung Khin, Ivan in Windsor, Canada
Dr. Aung Gyi
Saya Dr. Aung Gyi visiting San Francisco Bay AreaSaya Dr. Aung Gyi at iNapa Winery
U Sein Win, U Tin Swe, Dr. San Tint, U Soe Paing
Saya U Sein Win, Saya Dr. San Tint, Saya U Soe Paing, Saya U Tin Swe
U Min Wun
U Tin Htoon, U Ohn Kyaw and Saya U Min WunSaya U Min Wun at Dhamma discussion in Southern California
U Tin U
Saya U Tin U and familySaya U Tin U (Interview by RGC)
U Ba Than
Saya U Ba Than, U Hla Min, Saya Dr. San Hla Aung Medical treatment in SingaporeU Ba Than, Dr. Tin Hlaing, U Tu Myint, Maurice, Ko Tin Aung Win, Ko Soe Win Thant
U Myo Myint Sein
Saya U Myo Myint Sein, Saya Dr. Tin Win, Saya U Maung Maung at NorCal RITAA Dinner
Dr. Win Thein
Saya Dr. Win Thein and C58
U Sein Shan
U Ngwe Tun
U Thet Lwin
Saya U Thet Lwin and former students
U Han Tun (GBNF)
Saya U Han Tun (GBNF)
U Tin Maung Nyunt and U Kyaw Myint
Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt, Saya U Kyaw Myint, Hla Min, U Myint Lwin (Henry, GBNF)Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt’s donation to YTU Library Modernization Project
U Soe Paing
Saya Paing in FloridaSaya U Soe Paing visiting Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt
U Moe Aung
U Moe Aung, U Khin Maung Tun
U Thein Lwin
U Thein Lwin, Daw May Than Nwe, U Kyaw Sein, U Tu Myint, Danny, Nyan Win Shwe, Myint Thin, Tin Aung Win in Singapore
U Shwe Hlaing
U Shwe Hlaing
U Aung Hla Tun, U Ba Myint
U Aung Hla Tun, Khine Khine Win, U Ba MyintLiterary Award for U Aung Hla Tun
U Tin Htut
U Tin Lin
Nan Khin Nwe, U Tin Lin
U Kaung
U Kaung, Hla Min at Mingalardon airport
U Hla Myint
U Nyunt Yin
Dr. Tin Win
U Tun Shwe
U Tin Shwe
Saya U Tin Shwe
U San Tun
U Myat Htoo and Dr. Nyo Win
U Thein Tun Aung
U Thein Tan
S Kyaw Aye
U Aung Myint (Kyant Ba Hone)
U Linn
U Kyaw Tun
Dr. Maung Maung Win and Dr. Taing Oke
U Maung Maung (George)
U Win Kyaw
U Win Kyaw
U Nyunt Htay
Saya U Nyunt Htay, Saya U Win Kyaw at iNapa Winery
U Tin Myint
U Tin Myint
U Maung Maung Win and U Myo Win (GBNF)
Saya U Maung Maung Win, Saya U Myo Win and RIT Auto Club Members
U Kyaw Sein
Saya U Kyaw SeinSaya U Kyaw SeinMrs. Kyaw Sein
U Hla Myint Thein
Saya U Hla Myint Thein and Daw Myint Myint Than’s Dana for their 45th Anniversary
Dr. Saw Tin
Dr. Saw Tin and Daw Thida
Dr. Taing Oke
Dr. Taing Oke
Dr. Thein Hlyne
Dr. Win Thein, Dr. Thein Hlyne, U Than Po
Dr. Maung Maung Win
Dr. Maung Maung Win
Dr. Lwin Aung
Dr. Lwin Aung
EE Sayas in mid 1960s
EE Sayas
C85 Gathering
Dr. Win Thein, Dr. Htin Aung, Dr. Myo Khin, U Aung
ဦးသာထွန်း (ကွယ်လွန်) Head of Department in the 1960s See article by Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67, GBNF) and U Than Tun (A65)
U Khin Maung Thint (Jimmy Tin) Taught the early batches Moved to USA
ပိသုကာ ကျော်မင်း (ကွယ်လွန်) Designed Mausoleum for Thakin Kodaw Hmaing Founding member, BARB
U Myo Myint Sein
ဦးမျိုးမြင့်စိန် Retired as Professor and Head of Architecture Celebrated his 91st birthday on October 1, 2022
Bilal Raschid Son of H.E. M A Raschid (Minister in the AFPFL Government) Graduated with Civil Engineering from RU in 1956 Studied Architecture in UK Moved to USA
ဒေါက်တာမောင်ကျော် (ကွယ်လွန်)
ဒေါက်တာလွင်အောင် Former Professor and Head Retired as Pro-Rector, YTU Became a monk after retirement
ပန်းချီ အောင်စိုး Artist Taught Sketching
ဦးမောင်မောင်
U Hla Myint Served as Hall Warder
ဦးစိန်မောင် (Stanley Ba Pe)
ဦးမောင်မောင်ဖုန်းမြင့်
ဒေါက်တာကောင်းညွန့် (ကွယ်လွန်) Studied in Japan Moved to New Zealand Wrote articles for RIT Alumni International Newsletter
ဦးကျော်သိန်း
စိုင်းရီလိတ် (ကွယ်လွန်)
ဦးလှသန်း Retired as Pro-Rector (Acting Rector)
ဒေါ်မင်းသက်မွန် (Pamela Myo Min) Retired as Professor and Head
ဦးကျော်ဝင်း
ဒေါ်ဆွေဆွေအေး
ဦးမောင်လှိုင်
Feedback
Thein Ngwe (ChE76) posted photos of Dr. Koung Nyunt’s visit to Japan.
Saya U Aung Khin in MexicoFred, Hla Min, Saya U Aung Khin, Ivan in Windsor, Canada
Dr. Aung Gyi (C, Rector)
Saya Dr. Aung Gyi visiting San Francisco Bay AreaSaya Dr. Aung Gyi at iNapa Winery
U Min Wun (C)
U Tin Htoon, U Ohn Kyaw and Saya U Min WunSaya U Min Wun at Dhamma discussion in Southern California
U Tin U (C)
Saya U Tin U and familySaya U Tin U (Interview by RGC)
U Ba Than (M)
Saya U Ba Than, U Hla Min, Saya Dr. San Hla Aung Medical treatment in SingaporeU Ba Than, Dr. Tin Hlaing, U Tu Myint, Maurice, Ko Tin Aung Win, Ko Soe Win Thant
U Myo Myint Sein (A)
Saya U Myo Myint Sein, Saya Dr. Tin Win, Saya U Maung Maung at NorCal RITAA Dinner
Dr. Win Thein (C)
Saya Dr. Win Thein and C58
U Ngwe Tun (C)
U Thet Lwin (Registrar)
Saya U Thet Lwin and former students
U Tin Maung Nyunt (M)
U Kyaw Myint (M)
Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt, Saya U Kyaw Myint, Hla Min, U Myint Lwin (Henry, GBNF)
U Soe Paing (EE, UCC)
Saya U Soe Paing visiting Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt
U Moe Aung (EE)
U Moe Aung, U Khin Maung Tun
U Shwe Hlaing (Maths)
U Shwe Hlaing
U Aung Hla Tun (Met)
U Ba Myint (EE, Pro-Rector)
U Aung Hla Tun, Khine Khine Win, U Ba Myint
U Tin Htut (M)
U Tin Lin (Ch)
Nan Khin Nwe, U Tin Lin
U Kaung (M)
U Kaung, Hla Min at Mingalardon airport
U Hla Myint (Maths)
U Nyunt Yin (Phy)
Dr. Tin Win (M)
U Tun Shwe (M)
U San Tun (M)
Dr. Nyo Win (M)
U Myat Htoo (C)
U Thein Tan (C, Rector)
S Kyaw Aye (M)
U Aung Myint (Pet)
U Linn (M)
U Kyaw Tun (Ch)
Dr. Maung Maung Win (Ch)
Dr. Taing Oke (Ch)
U Maung Maung (Ch)
U Win Kyaw (Met)
U Win Kyaw
U Nyunt Htay (Met)
Saya U Nyunt Htay, Saya U Win Kyaw at iNapa Winery
U Tin Myint (M)
U Tin Myint
U Maung Maung Win (M)
Saya U Maung Maung Win, Saya U Myo Win and RIT Auto Club Members
U Kyaw Sein (M)
Saya U Kyaw Sein
U Hla Myint Thein (C)
Saya U Hla Myint Thein and Daw Myint Myint Than’s Dana for their 45th Anniversary
On May 20, 2018, the BOD (Board of Directors) and EC (Executive Committee) members of NorCal RITAA (Northern California Rangoon Institute of Technology Alumni Association) threw a surprise party to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Saya U Myat Htoo (C68, Chair of BOD) and Daw Hnin Maung Maung (Ma Ku, “Nyima Lay”).
According to Saya U Myat Htoo, he was the youngest in his family and wanted a younger sibling (preferably a sister).
Saya found an innocent 9 year old neighbor (and family friend).
Sayagyi U Ba Toke is a Phwa Bet Taw of (a) Rangoon University (established by the 1920 Rangoon University Act (b) First Strike of Rangoon University students (later celebrated as Ah Myo Thar Aung Pwe Nay). All three events occurred in December 1920.
Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char) interviewed Sayagyi.
The interview covered six audio tapes. They were transcribed by Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing (daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing).
With the support of the Rangoon University Mathematics Association, they compiled and published the book as an 80+ Birthday present for Sayagyi.
During my visits to Yangon, I visited and paid respect to Sayagyi.
Sayagyi gave Ko Ohn Khine (M70) and me autographed copies of the book.
Sadly both Sayas are GBNF.
Sayagyi passed away on December 2, 2020 (the day after the Rangoon University Centennial Celebrations). It was a few days ahead of his 100th Birthday.
During my visits to Yangon, I paid homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke with (a) Ko Ohn Khine (provided the ride) (b) Sayagyi U Ba Than (would pay respect to his Saya at least once every year) (c) Saya U Tin Htut (d) “Oo Lay” U Aung Soe (GBNF, was Sayagyi’s dhamma friend and a member of the group who would walk every weekend from Yankin to Shwe Dagon Pagoda)
Book
Sayagyi gave an autographed copy of the book about him.
Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char) interviewed Sayagyi resulting in six audo cassettes.
Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing (Saya KMS’s spouse, daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing) helped with the transcription.
The book not only covers Sayagyi’s life journey, but also describes some events at the University of Rangoon, and a list of the early Thin Char Sayas (e.g. U Aung Hla, U Kar, U Net)
Book about Sayagyi U Ba Toke
Phwa Bet Taw
Sayagyi was born in December 1920.
His Phwa Bet Taws include the University of Rangoon and the first RU Students’ Strike.
The main events of the RU Centennial will be held in November and December 2020.
The kick off for the RU Centennial took place on December 1, 2019.
From the third batch of Architects produced by the Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University.
Graduated in 1960 with U Aung Kyee Myint and U Khin Maung Yin.
Architect / Work Experience / Volunteer Work
U Bo Gyi (A59), U Tin Htoon (A60) and U Aung Kyee Myint (A60) founded “Architects Incorporated”.
They later joined PWD. U Bo Gyi designed the Mausoleum for Daw Khin Kyi. After retirement, U Bo Gyi became a monk. U Tin Htoon was architect for the Bagan Thiripyitsaya Project. U Aung Kyee Myint retired as Chief Architect.
Moved to Singapore. Helped with the Burmese Buddhist Temple Project.
Settled in Southern California. Co-founder, Goenka Vipassana Center Board member, Pariyatti Society Co-founder, Triple Gems Publication
Rowing and Sailing
Some photos were provided by U Myo Myint (EC67, RUBC Gold) and U Linn Tun (Houston, son of U Tun Shein (RUBC Gold)).
RUBC Captains
Captain of RUBC for the 1959-60 term.
RUBC Gold
Represented RUBC in Burma, India, Ceylon, and Hong Kong.
In the early days, he often rowed as No. (2) in the Coxed Fours and No. (4) in the Coxed Eights with U Tun Shein (Willie Saing) or James/Jimmy Saw Lwin as Timing Stroke.
Later, he rowed mostly as Timing Stroke.
Won the Venables Bowl for Coxless Pairs with Dr. Harry Saing (Bow, GBNF) at the ARAE Regatta in Calcutta in 1958.
Won the Willingdon Trophy for Coxed Fours with Dr. Harry Saing (Bow, GBNF), Victor Htun Shein (No.(2), GBNF), Sunny Teng (No.(3)) and U Sein Htoon (Cox, M63) at the ARAE Regatta in Colombo in 1960.
Won the Silver Medal in Yachting at a SEAP Games with U Hla Khin (Navy).
In 1963, Sithu U Tin, U Po Zon and U Tin Htoon compiled the souvenir magazine for the 40th Anniversary of the founding of RUBC.
In 2013, U Tin Htoon, U Myo Myint, U Htaik San (Henry Kao), U Hla Min and team compiled the souvenir magazine for the 90th Anniversary of the founding of RUBC.
Sasana work
Co-founded Triple Gem Publications with U Harry Than Htut (Canada), Dr. Maung Maung Lwin (UK), Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70, Singapore) and U Htay Aung (Victor, EC80, Australia).
Volunteered for several Saya S N Goenka’s projects (in India and USA)
Helped several monasteries with the publications (e.g. Centennial)
Dr. Richard Yu Khin (Economist, SEAP Gold Medalist in Yachting) wrote
Background information on Ko Tin Htoon. His elder sister Ruby [Dr. Daw Win Hlaing] was a close friend of my aunt. My mother [Dr. Daw Phay] was personal physician to his mother. Their family mansion was located on 17 acres in prestigious Windermere Road. Former RUBC Captains Ko Tin Htoon, Ko Tin Htut & Ko Tin Wa later joined Rangoon Sailing Club. All three of them presently reside in California.
Compiler of Magazines and Photo books
Magazines
Anniversary Magazines for selected organizations and monasteries
RUBC 40th Anniversary Issue with Sithu U Tin (GBNF) and U Po Zon (GBNF)
Chair, RUBC 90th Anniversary Issue U Myo Myint Vice-Chair Henry Kao (Htaik San) Secretary
Photo Books
One for his parents
One for his eldest brother (U Tin U’s 90th Birthday on August 3, 2019)
In Preparation : One for his second eldest brother (U Ba Than’s 90th Birthday on October 2, 2020)
Some for his immediate family Photos from Burma, Singapore, US and Trips
Major helper : Henry Kao (U Htaik San, Past Captain and Gold of RUBC) for the design and layout
The First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe was hosted by RIT Alumni International in October 2000. It was a formal two day event. On October 29, the Reunion Dinner and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe was held at Embassy Suites Hotel. On October 30, a lunch gathering was held for the sayas, alumni, volunteers and family members.
Archives
Set of DVDs Converted from the VHS Tape (recorded at SPZP-2000)
Commemorative Issue of “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” Chief Editor : U Hla Min Associate Editors : U Thein Aung and Henry Lim
RIT website : Special web pages for SPZP-2000 Webmaster : U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ) Content Provider and Editor : U Hla Min
Countdown to the Reunion 64 posts by U Hla Min
Post-Reunion 36 posts by U Hla Min
Photos by official photographers and volunteer alumni
Organizers
RIT Alumni International President : Saya Allen Htay
Working Committee Co-chairs : Benny Tan and Maurice Chee
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