by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

လျှပ်စစ် Electrical

Daw Mya Mya Than ဒေါ်မြမြသန်း (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဆရာမ ငြိမ်း

U Soe Myint Lwin ဦးစိုးမြင့်လွင် (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဘော်လုံး

U Tun Aung ဦးထွန်းအောင် (Jeffrey, ကွယ်လွန်) — BASES

U Saw Win ဦးစောဝင်း (ကွယ်လွန်)

U Thein Zaw ဦးသိန်းဇော် (Joe, ကွယ်လွန်)

Dickey Paul (ကွယ်လွန်)

He passed away in Australia.

U Myo Myint ဦးမျိုးမြင့် — လျှပ်စစ်စာဆောင်

U Aung Khin ဦးအောင်ခင် — Gawpaka, BASES

U Min Maung ဦးမင်းမောင် Gawpaka

• Seattle Monastery

မြို့ပြ Civil

U Myat Htoo ဦးမြတ်ထူး — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း၊

Founding member, RIT Alumni International
Organizer, SPZP-2000
Founding member, NorCal RITAA

U Myint Soe ဦးမြင့်စိုး (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း

He is SPHS 62.

C68 — Class Photo

C68 — Status

15 ယောက် ခန့် — ကွယ်လွန် GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten)

စက်မှု Mechanical

U Yu Swan ဦးယုစွမ် —ဒုံမင်း Don Min

U Khin Maung Nyo ဦးခင်မောင်ညို — ကြက်တောင်

Member of the RIT Badminton Team which won the Inter-Institute Trophy

U Ngwe Tun ဦးငွေထွန်း — Dio

Provided comments for several posts

ချည်ထည် Textile

U Khin Maung Lay ဦးခင်မောင်လေး (Henry)

ပြေးခုန်ပစ်၊ Secretary, RIT Track and Field
ဘော်လုံး၊ RIT Soccer
လှေလှော်၊ RIT Rowing
President, BASES
Organizer, 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

ဓာတု Chemical

ဦးအုန်းမောင် (Anthony) — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း

ပိသုကာ Architecture

Sai Yee Laik စိုင်းရီလိတ် (ကွယ်လွန်) — ဆရာ ငြိမ်း

Worked for the company that won the Burmese Buddhist Temple project in Singapore.

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

Organizers

• Saya Dr. Tin Win (M62)
• Saya U Tin Htut (M60, Financial Controller)
• U Thura Thant Zin (M76, Organizer for Breakfast Gathering)
• U Khin Maung Lay (Henry, T68, Entertainment)

Sponsors

• Steeve Kay (Thaung Sein, EC70) and Kay Family Foundation provided a matching fund of US$30,000.

Attendees

• Sayas & Alumni from USA, Myanmar, and Japan
• Family members & friends

Entertainers

• Saya U Myat Htoo
• U Khin Maung Lay (Henry)
• Daw Mya Than Win (Golden Jubilee Swel Daw Yeik Minthamee)
• Steeve (singing “Shwe Mi”)
• May Win Maung and daughter
• Ni Ni Win Shwe.

Photo : George Wong (LA)

L to R : Ni Ni Win Shwe, Dr. Naing Naing Aung (Met), May Win Maung, Ko Thein Ngwe (RITAJ)

SF Bay Area Dinner Gathering

After attending the 2015 Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles, Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi visited the SF Bay Area.

The dinner gathering at a sea food restaurant was attended by sayas and alumni. 

They include :

• Percy Lao (part-time Saya)
• Dr. San Lin (part-time Saya)
• Saya U Kyi Kong Tham (C63)
• Saya U Maung Maung (George, ChE66)
• Victor Wong (King Wong, C66)
• Saya U Myat Htoo (C68)
• U Nyan Shein (Henry, C68)
• U Hla Min (EC69)
• Benny Tan (M70)
• Walter Tan (M70)
• Patrick Fong (C70)
• Saya U Thein Aung (James, Met72)
• Maurice Chee (M75)
• U Aye Tun (Anthony, M76)
• Daw Khin Mya Yee (Sarah, C77)
• Daw San San Nyunt (Sandra, M77)
• U Khin Maung Tun (T78, President, SDYF)
• U Aung Kyaw (Alex Khoo, C81)
• U Yu Ket (Edward Saw, EC85)
• U Tin Maung Win (C86)
• U Tin Oo (M86)
• U Nyunt Than (M86)

iNapa Winery

• Lunch, Dinner & Live Music
• Guest of Honor : Dr. Aung Gyi
• Welcome Sayas U Win Kyaw (Met71), U Nyunt Htay (Met73) from Myanmar

Posts

• Alumni
• Gatherings
• iNapa Winery

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

RIT Alumni International

• Founded by SF Bay Area Group led by Saya Allen Htay
• First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (SPZP-2000) in October 2000.

• Welcome Sayas visiting Northern California

• Tenth Anniversary of the Founding of RIT Alumni International

• Celebrations (Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, Retirement, Appreciation …)

Gathering hosted by Steeve Kay (EC70)

• Steeve is a Multiple Golden Sponsor of Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (SPZP)
• In 2011, he hosted a gathering in Southern California to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of his arrival in USA.
• Benny Tan (M70), Ko Zaw Min Nawaday (EP70) and Ko Htin Aung (Richard, M70) are his former classmates.
• Steeve thanked Henry Khoo (EC67) for picking him up at the SF International airport upon his arrival to the USA.
• Dr. Chris Lee, Dr. Zaw Tun and Sam Chin (ChE62, who worked at Unilever) were active in the Burmese American Associations in Southern California.
• Steeve requested me not to retire, but to re-tire (stay active with worthwhile projects).

Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

• SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010 in Singapore

• SPZP-2002, SPZP-2012 and SPZP-2016 in Yangon

Other Gatherings

• Discipline wide Gatherings (e.g All-Mechanical)

• Celebrations (e.g Shwe YaDu in 2014)

• Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles in 2015

• Class Gatherings

• Mini-gatherings

• Micro-gatherings

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

• Most members matriculated in 1956 and graduated with B.Sc.(Engg) in 1962.

Textile

Daw Khin Than Nwe (T62)

• Lone female graduate in 1962

• Spouse : Saya Dr. Khin Maung Win (Metallurgy, GBNF) who transferred as Director General of Technical & Vocational Training.
• Children : One son & two daughters

• Elder sister of two Paulians : Dr. Tin Maung Maung Than (Edward, Political Economics) and Dr. Khin Maung Maung Than (Freddie).

• On behalf of Bagyee Myat Myo Myint, U Nyunt Htay (Met73) presented a Pon Tu of Saya Dr. Khin Maung Win (Met, GBNF) to Sayagadaw.

Mechanical

Saya Mao Toon Siong (M62)

• 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 (Chemistry Sayama)
• Moved to USA.

U Aye (M62)

• U Aye (HIC, UN/FAO), U Soe and U Tin Win received their degree certificates from Saya U Yone Mo at Aung San Stadium.
• U Aye played volleyball for BIT and RU. He retired in Thailand.
  He provided feedback & information (e.g Grads from 1952 – 1963).

Saya S Arya (M62, GBNF)

• He had a lovely accent.
• He is remembered by students of his Strength of Materials Tutorial Class in general & Ba Thein (Atlanta) in particular.

Saya Dr. Tin Win (M62)

• He was the youngest in his Class, but among the Top.
• Joint Winner for scoring the highest marks in Maths for Combined I.Sc classes.
• Past President of BASES
• Organizer of the 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
• Competed in the LA Marathon to raise fund to sponsor Sayas for SPZP-2007
• Spouse : Lily (T72) was Founding member & Secretary of BEA

U Myint Thein Lwin (M62)

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

U Hla Kyi (M62)

• Moved to UK
• His daughter married Dr. Moe Aye, son of Saya U Hlwan Moe (Phy) & Sayama Daw Khin Swe Aye (Phy).

Electrical

Saya U Tin Maung Thein (EE62)

• Father : ICS U Ohn Maung (Arzani)

Chemical

U Than Se (Richard, ChE62)

• moved to USA

U Aung Gyi (Simon, ChE62)

• helped publish ChE magazine

• spends time in Australia

Civil

Dr. San Lin (C62)

• Taught part-time at RIT.
• Worked at EPC and UN Project in Thailand before moving to USA.
• Spouse : Dr. Daw Thynn Thynn founded Sae Taw Win 2 Dhamma Center in Sebastopol, California.