Category: RIT

Engineering Schools in Burma

U Win Maung
Rowing medal by Lake Win Maung

U Win Maung (T70, USA)
- He is from the Class of 69. He contracted TB and had to take a year off.
- His friends call him “A Yo Phaya”.
U Win Maung (George Tun, UBA)
- He is from the Class of 69. He left RIT before graduation to get License in the field of Aviation Maintenance from the UK.
- His younger sister is Sayama Daw Khin Swe Aye (Winnie, ChE70).
- His friends call him “Lake”.
- He represented RIT in rowing, swimming and water polo. He is a Back Stroke specialist. He completed Inya Lake cross lake (2000 meters) using Back Stroke.
- During my visits to Yangon, he provided me transportation.
U Win Maung (SPHS63)
- He was a Boarder.
- He played in the School Band.
U Win Maung (De La Salle)
- I met him when he was in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- He was a member of BADA.
- His younger sister is Dr. Agatha (IM1 79er).
Mahn Win Maung (President)
- He was the Third President of the Union of Burma. He was detained on March 2, 1962 by the Revolutionary Council which staged a Coup d’etat.
- He had a few misfortunes : one with a parachute jump and another during a horse ride.
U Win Maung (Soccer)
- He played for the Burma soccer team.
U Win Maung (Zat Mintha)
- He is a younger son of Shwe Mann Tin Maung.
U Win Maung (Min Yu Way)
- He is a distinguished writer and publisher.
- In primary school, I received the translation of Aesop’s Fables
  (by Min Yu Way and Ngwe Tar Yi) as a prize.
May 5, 2025
Sayas S. Arya and S. Kyaw Aye

by Saya U Tin Myint (M80)

အာအိုင်တီ ကျောင်းနေဖက်တွေနဲ့ ဒီနေ့လုပ်ဖြစ်တဲ့ ကုသိုလ်လေးများ

အသက် ၈၆ နှစ် ရှိနေပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ Mr S Arya ကို အိမ်တိုင်ရာရောက်သွားကန်တော့။

ဆရာကြီးက home made ginger tea နဲ့ ပါပလာကြော်ရယ် နာမည်မခေါ်တတ်တဲ့ နန်တစ်မျိုးရယ်ကျွေးပါတယ်၊ အဖွဲ့သားများ အားပါးတစ်ရ အားပေးခဲ့ကြပါတယ်။

ပြီးတော့…

အသက် ၇၈ နှစ် ရှိနေပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ Mr. S. Kyaw Aye ကို အိမ်တိုင်ရာရောက် သွားကန်တော့။

ဆရာတစ်ယောက် ၃၅၀,၀၀၀ စီ ကန်တော့နိုင်ပါတယ်။

Notes

Dr. Myint Thein (M73) wrote about Saya Arya and his memorable accent.

Saya S. Kyaw Aye is the brother of our classmate Adbul Raof (EP69).

Saya Arya passed away on the morning of March 13, 2021.

May 4, 2025
Alumni
Latin terms

There are four terms to describe students
- alumnus : former male student
- alumni : former male students
- alumna : former female student
- alumnae : former female students
The students may or may not graduate from the school.

Current usage

The term “alumni” covers all former students.

Most universities have
- alumni organization
- alumni building
- department to support alumni activities
NorCal RITAA

NorCal RITAA

It is an alumni organization based in Northern California. For several years before the pandemic, NorCal RITAA provided scholarship to eligible YTU students.

RITAA

It stands for RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association.
It is also known as ARITAA.

It provided support for Yangon SPZPs and the YTU Library Modernization Project.

Life membership costs 60,000 Kyats.
May 4, 2025
69er Health Care Fund (HCF)
Aung Min
- U Aung Min is Chair of the 69er Health Care Fund. He sends monthly reports about the Income and Expenditure.
- He and his team maintains the 69er GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten) list. The list has 128 members (about 40% of the Class).
Donors
- Daw Myint Myint (C69) — donated K300+ Lakhs
- U Khin Maung Oo (Ivan Lee, M69)
- U Sein Myint (K K Wong, EP69)
- Many 69ers donate once or more at the 69er Gatherings and for special celebrations.
Volunteers
- U Aung Min (M)
- U Myo Nyunt (C)
- U Zau Lai (EE)
- U Kyaw Zin (EE)
- U Myint Thein (M, GBNF)
- U Shwe (EE)
- U Myint Sein (M, GBNF)
- U Kyaw Nyunt (M, GBNF)
- U Sein Win (Pet)
- U Yee Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung, M, GBNF)
- U “David” Myint Thein (M)
- U Win Lwin (M)
- U Chit Tin (EE, GBNF)
- U Aung Gyi Shwe (EE, GBNF)
- Daw Myint Myint (C)
- Daw Thaung Htwe (C)
- U Kyaw Min Thein (C)
- U Moe Hein (ChE)
- U “Albert” Kyaw Min (ChE)
- U Hla Shwe (Tex, GBNF)
- U Sai Kyaw Myint (Met)
For Upper Burma/Myanmar
- U Myint Aung (M, GBNF)
- U Sein Tun (C)
For overseas
- Daw Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE)
- Daw Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, Tex)
- U Tint Lwin (Daniel, M)
- U Hla Min (EC)
- U Khin Maung Oo (Ivan, M)
- U Sein Myint (EP)
- U Win Boh (Robert, EC)
- Dr. Myo Khin (C)
Appreciation for Daw Myint Myint’s Donations

69er GJ of Graduation
May 3, 2025
Benny Tan (M70)
He matriculated from Methodist English High School (MEHS) in 1964 and was admitted to the first ever 1st BE at the RIT (Rangoon Institute of Technology). He graduated in 1970 with Mechanical Engineering.

Handbook
- Benny Tan (Tan Yu Beng, M70)
  Spouse : Angelina (Benny’s Xerox Copier during his RIT days)
  Two children
  Six grand children
- He received his MS from the University of California at Berkeley
- He worked for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
- He is a Serial entrepreneur. He started with a Gift Shop at San Francisco International airport. He expanded his business as CEO of Tan Enterprise.
- He never forgot his roots and his alma mater. He carried two copies of the “RIT Students’ Handbook” to the USA. One copy was borrowed by an alumni eons ago and had not returned the rare book.
- The Handbook includes a list of sayas and sayamas for the 1966 – 67 academic year.
- He succeeded Saya U Nyo Win (M65) as President of BAPS (Burmese American Professional Society).
- He is a Founding member of RIT Alumni International. He hosted several meetings at his house.
- He and Ko Maurice Chee (M75) served as Co-chair of the Working Committee for SPZP-2000.
- He designed the Banner, T-shirt, mug and calendar/clock for SPZP-2000.
- He is a Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs.
- Along with U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70) and U Tha Htay (M70), he sponsored several Reunion and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
May 3, 2025
SPZP-2016
- Seventh world wide RIT Grand Reunion and Pu Zaw Pwe
- Full Day events at Gyogone Campus
- Record attendance
- True display of RIT / Swel Daw Spirit
- Many sponsors and donors
- Free Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Entertainment and Exhibitions
May 3, 2025
RUESU Magazine 1951 – 52

Feedback from U Aye (M62) : Class of some members

Sitting L-R :
Ko Maung Maung (M54), Ko Maung Maung Aye (C52), Mr. V. P. Khetrapal, Ko Hla Aye (ES52), Ko Win Maung (EE52)

Standing L-R :
Ko Ohn Kyaing, Ko Aung Ban, Ko Thaung Sein (M55), Ko Myint Wai, Ko Oak Soe

U Aye (M62) wrote :

Sitting, second from left- Ko Mg Maung Aye (C52)
Sitting second from right, Ko Hla Aye (ES 52).

March 8, 2024
Thet Kyee Mechanical Sayas
- U Aung Khin — Canada
- U Ba Than
- U Kyin Soe
- U Tun Shwe
- U Tin Htut — USA
- Mao Toon Siong — USA
- U Maung Maung Win — Australia
- Dr. Tin Win — USA
- Dr. Tin Hlaing — Singapore
- U Tu Myint — Singapore
- U Kyaw Myint — USA
- Dr. Kyaw Sein
- Dr. Nyo Win — USA / Taiwan
- U Hla Myint (Charlie) — Australia
- U Lin
- U Khin Maung Tin
- U Aung Myint — Singapore / NZ
- Mehm Aye Chan
March 3, 2024
Thet Kyee Electrical Sayas
- U Myo Kyi
- Dr. Ba Lwin
- U Soe Paing
- U Tin Maung Thein
- U Sein Maung
- U Ba Myint
- Dr. Win Tin — Thailand
- U Khaing Oo
- U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)
- U Than Lwin
- U Thein Dan
- U Tin Win
- U Ko Ko Kyi
March 3, 2024
U Thein Aung (Met72)

U Thein Aung (James, Met72) studied Body Building under Bohmu Maung Maung (father of Sayama Rosy Maung [RIT English]).

He was Mr. RIT in 1968 and was awarded a “Sa Lwei Thaing“.

There were two Thein Aung in the Class of 72.

U Thein Aung (M72) would jokingly differentiate the two as :

I am Set Hmu — Maung Thein Aung.
He is Set Hmu Maung — Thein Aung.

Handover Ceremony at M72 Gathering

U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) welcomes non-Mechanical members of the Class of 72 to join their gathering.

U Thein Aung (Met72) attended the M72 and also handed over the Sa Lwai Thaing to U Wynn Htain Oo,

U Thein Aung handing over the Sa Lwei Thaing to U Wynn Htain Oo

Proud Hmaw Sayagayi

March 3, 2024