Category: RIT Saya

Electrical Engg Sayas
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

EE Sayas
- During our RIT days, there were about 20 sayas at the Electrical Engineering Department
- The Department offered two options : EC (Electrical Communications) and EP (Electrical Power).
- Several decades later EC and EP became Departments with their own Professors and Heads.
  EC is also known as EcE or Electronics Engineering.
- The Group photo shows 15 sayas.
  One was absent for the Photo Shoot.
  A few were on doing further studies abroad.
- For SPZP-2010 held in Singapore, I wrote an article “A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas” for the Commemorative Issue of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung.
  Saya U Moe War (Tekkatho Moe War, Chief Editor) suggested the Title.
- U Thein Lwin and U Nyi Nyi (who passed away a few years back) were not covered in the article.
Article from SPZP-2010

Article (continued)

Article (End)

U Kyaw Tun

Engg Students
- Group photo of the “Reunion in January 1980 of the Final Year Engineering Students in 1948 and 49” showed Sayagyi.
- Joined the Department of Electrical Engineering
- Continued teaching until his retirement.
- Recruited Saya C. Ping Lee to join EE department in 1950.
- Children : Dr. Elizabeth (Daw Tun Nu, Ph.D in English), Dorothy
- “Doctor” Tin Aung Win wrote about his beloved father-in-law.
C. Ping Lee

C. Ping Lee
- Recruited by Saya U Kyaw Tun to join Electrical Engineering, BOC College.
- Transferred to the Directorate of Technical Education and Vocational Training at the request of H.E. U Than Aung (his Burmese teacher at St. Paul’s).
- Dr. Win Aung (M 62) wrote about his beloved father in the “Post Reunion” series of SPZP-2000.
- Articles by Dr. Win Aung, Saya U Htin Paw (EE 58), U Aw Taik Moh (C54), Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58) have references to Saya C. Ping Lee.
- Saya passed away in Berkeley, CA in 1987.
- Former students included the late Professor U Sein Hlaing.
U Sein Hlaing

U Sein Hlaing
- Top in the class of 1952
- MSEE from MIT
- Professor of Electrical Engineering
- Taught at BIT/RIT until retirement
- Passed away a few years after retirement
U Tin Swe

U Tin Swe was member of the Prome Football Team
- MSEE from the University of Michigan.
- Excellent in Soccer and Tennis.
- Early Power User at the Universities’ Computer Center (UCC).
U Sein Win

U Sein Win
- MSEE from the University of Michigan
- Worked at the famous Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Technical Consultant for the UCC Project.
- President of RIT Swimming, Water Polo and Diving
- President of RIT Rowing
- Line Judge at RUBC Regattas
Dr. Freddie Ba Hli

Dr. F Ba Hli in Sydney, 2006
- Sc.D in EE from MIT
- Director General, UBARI
- Taught part time at EE Department
- Retired as National Advisor at the Ministry of National Planning and Finance
- Member, UCC Advisory Board
- External Examiner, UCC
- Passed away in Sydney, Australia in his 90s
U Thein Lwin

Saya U Thein Lwin’s birthday in Singapore
- MSEE from Lehigh University
- Saya taught at RIT and Singapore Polytechnic
- President, RIT Badminton Association
Dr. San Tint

Dr. San Tint
- Taught until retirement
- External Examiner, UCC
- Attended SPZP-2000
U Soe Min
- After training in UK, transferred to DCA (Directorate of Civil Aviation)
U Chin Way
- Joined RIT in 1963
- Active in SPARK
- Was offered a job [promptly] by his interviewers after learning that their boss U Tun Aung (Jeffrey, EC68) was a student of Saya
- Passed away in the USA
U Nyi Nyi
- Joined RIT in 1963
- Introduced U Soe Paing to Dr. Chit Swe
- Passed away in UK
U Tin Shwe

U Tin Shwe
- Joined RIT in 1966
- Taught at RIT and ABAC
- Became monk after retirement
- His demise is lamented in “To the Shwe Duo” (Poem by Tekkatho Moe War, Translation by Hla Min)
U Kyaw Lwin
- Hobbies : Rowing, Piano
RIT Eights

RIT Eights

Daw Mya Mya Than
- Joined RIT in 1968
- Passed away
Daw Nyunt Nyunt Yee
- Joined RIT in 1972
- Widow of Saya U Sein Hlaing
- Head of Electrical Engineering (Power) Department at RIT/YIT/MIT.
- Passed away on Jan 05, 2000
U Myo Kyi

U Myo Kyi
- Joined EE Faculty in 1959.
- Provided two lists of EE sayas : one for Senior sayas and another for Junior sayas
- Was on deputation when the EE Sayas Group photo was taken.
- Provided video for the 60th Anniversary of RIT.
Dr. Ba Lwin

Dr. Ba Lwin
- Joined EE Faculty in 1959.
- Was on deputation when the EE Sayas Group photo was taken.
- Provided video for the 60th Anniversary of RIT.
U Tin Maung Thein

U Tin Maung Thein
- Eldest son of Arzani U Ohn Maung.
- Joined EE Faculty in 1962.
- Was on deputation when the EE Sayas Group Photo was taken.
U Khine Oo

U Khine Oo
- Joined the EE Faculty in 1963.
- Missed the photo shoot of the EE Sayas.
April 22, 2026
U Ba Toke (1920 – 2020)
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

U Ba Toke
- Phwa Bet Taw of Rangoon University & the First RU Students’ Strike in December 1920
- Passed away on December 2nd, 2020 the day following the RU Centennial, but a few days before his Centennial Birthday on December 26th.
Obituary

Education & Experience
- Graduate of Mandalay University, Rangoon University and Harvard University
- Professor of Maths, RASU
- Rector, MASU
- Professor of Maths, RIT
- Associate Dean, Assumption University, Bangkok
- RU Sports Council
- Leader, Burma Team to Tokyo Olympics
Family 1

Family 2

Convocation

Invitation

Birthday Celebrations
- Saya celebrated his birthdays with his children, grand children and great grand children
U Ba Toke (Birthday)
- Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Maung Thin Char) interviewed Sayagyis. Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khine transcribed the tapes. The book was published by RU Thin Char Mi Thar Su as a birthday present for Sayagyi.
U Ba Toke (Book)

Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Maung Thin Char)

Daw Myint Myint Khine

U Ba Than’s visits
- U Ba Than, retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering, paid respect to his mentor Sayagyi U Ba Toke at least once every year.
- The group photo was taken on one visit. Sayagyi’s daughter Pansy Thin (ChE74) provided transportation for Saya U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me.
U Ba Toke & U Ba Than

Saya Pu Zaw Pwes
- Sayagyi attended RIT Alumni Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwes starting with the inaugural SPZP in San Francisco, California, USA in October 2000.
- Sayagyi missed a SPZP in Singapore due to Sayagadaw’s failing health.
U Ba Toke (SPZP)

Message from Pansy Thin

Pansy Thin wrote :

ကျမတို့ရဲ့ဖခင် သင်္ချာပါမောက္ခ ဦးဘတုတ် ဒီနေ့ ၂-၁၂-၂၀၂၀ ညနေ ၅:၄၃နာရီက လူကြီးရောဂါဖြင့်ကွယ်လွန်သွားပါတယ်။ ဖေဖေရှိစဥ်က ဖေဖေကို ဂရုတစိုက် နဲ့ ဂါရဝပြု စောင့်ရှောက်သူများအားလုံးကို ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။

Memories of Sayagyi

Betty Myo (Sayagyi’s eldest child) wrote :

ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်ကြီးကိုချစ်သောကျမတို့ဖေဖေသည်တက္ကသိုလ်ရာပြည့်ပွဲကြီးကိုကြိုဆိုပြီးနောက်နေ့မှာဘဲကွယ်လွန်သွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ဝမ်းနည်းစရာကောင်းတာကသူချစ်တဲ့သခ်ျာမိသားစုရဲ့မျှော်လင့်ချက်ဆန္ဒကိုတော့ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးမသွားနိုင်ခဲ့ရှာပါဘူး။ ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထားပြီးဖေဖေ့မွေးနေ့မှာကျင်းပမဲ့ဆရာကန်တော့ပွဲကိုမပါဝင်နိုင်တော့ပါဘူး။

ဒီပွဲကိုစိတ်အားထက်သန်စွာစီစဥ်ဆောင်ရွက်နေတဲ့သခ်ျာဌာနဆရာ၊ဆရာမများ၊မျိုးဆက်ဟောင်း၊မျိုဆက်သစ်သခ်ျာကျောင်းသားများရဲ့မေတ္တာစေတနာကိုဖေဖေ့ကိုယ်စားလှိုက်လှဲစွာ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါကြောင်းပြောကြားလိုပါတယ်။

သခ်ျာမိသားစုအပြင်အခြားဘာသာရပ်အသီသီး၊နယ်ပယ်အသီးသီးမှမေတ္တာတရား၊ဂါရဝတရားတို့ဖြင့်‌‌ေဖ‌ေဖ့ ပိုစ် တက်လာတိုင်းဆုတောင်းမေတ္တာများပို့ပေးကြသူအားလုံးကိုလည်းအထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်။ဖေဖေ့ကိုလာကန်တော့ချင်ပေမဲ့အခွင့်အရေးမရသွားတဲ့တက္ကသိုလ်ဘောလုံးအသင်း၊ အင်ဂျင်နီယာအသင်းစသည်တို့ကိုလဲဝမ်းနည်းစွာကျေးဇူးတင်ကြောင်းပြောချင်ပါတယ်။

ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထား၊ဂရုစိုက်ခဲ့တဲ့ဆွေမျိုး၊မိတ်သဂ်ဟအားလုံးကိုလဲ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်ရှင်။

အားလုံးကျန်းမာ၊ချမ်းသာဘေးရောဂါကင်းကြပါစေ။
April 20, 2026
Chemical Engineering
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026
- ChE courses were introduced in 1955 with Contract Sayas from India.
U Khin Aung Kyi

U Khin Aung Kyi
- Stood 7th in Burma in the Matriculation of 1949.
- While attending Rangoon University as a Mechanical Engineering student, he received State Scholarship to study Chemical Engineering at MIT.
- Received BS and MS from MIT.
- Joined Rangoon University as Assistant Lecturer.
- Promoted to Lecturer, and later as Professor and Head of ChE Department.
- Succeeded Dr. Aung Gyi as Rector in 1977.
- In 1988, he moved to Thailand & taught at Rengsit University.
- Former students sponsored him to attend SPZP-2000 in California, USA.
- In 2012, he gave an interview to U Ohn Khine (M70) & team for the HMEE project.
- Passed away in Yangon in 2021.
ChE Magazine

ChE Magazine
- U Aung Gyi (Simon, ChE62) & team published the magazine.
- Has a list of ChE graduates from 1957 to 1961.
ChE 57
- Ko Hla Myint (Mack)
  Dr. Hla Myint taught at RIT before moving to Thailand and Australia.
Dr. Hla Myint (Seated 3rd from Left)
- Saw Alpheus San Doke
- Ko Mya Shwe / Khoo Hoke Gwan
- Ko Mya Than
ChE 58
- Ko Soe Maung
- Ko Win Pe
- Ko Tun Aung Thwin
ChE 59
- Ko Khin Maung Lin
- Ko Win Myint
- Ko Mg Mg Sein
- Mr. Wong Koon Sha / Khin Zaw
- Ko Mg Than /Min Jack Tham (Distinction)
- Ko Sein Win
- Mr. Siong Yam (Distinction)
ChE 60
- Ko Tha Tun Aung
- Ko Aung Lin
- Ko Tint Shein
- Ko Sann Tin
- Ko Aung Zaw Win
- Ko Myint Wai
- Ko Mg Mg Win (Distinction)
  Dr. Maung Maung Win (GBNF) retired as Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Maung Maung Win

ChE 61
- Mr. Razman Ali
- Ko Ba Htay
- Mr. Chwan Pein Kyan
- Miss Pauline Reynolds
  She was the first female ChE. She was one of the first six female Engineers. She moved to Bangkok.
Pauline
- Ko Hla Shein
BIT (1961 – 62)

Staff and Students of ChE

ChE 3

Staff and Final Year Students of ChE

ChE 4

Daw Tin Myint

U Maung Maung (George)

U Myat Thwin

Some Senior ChE Sayas and Alumni
- U Kyaw Tun (GBNF)
- U Ko Ko
- U Maung Maung Chwan
- U Tin Aung (Dr. K C Chiu, ChE63)
- U Maung Maung (George, ChE66)
- U Myat Thwin (Keusan Lin, ChE66)
- U Ne Win Myint (ChE66, GBNF)
- U Tint Swe (ChE66)
- Daw Tin Myint (ChE66)
Daw Tin Myint
- U Htun Aung Kyaw (ChE67)
U Htun Aung Kyaw
- U Ohn Maung (ChE68, GBNF)
- Dr. Taing Oke (ChE69)
Dr. Taing Oke
- U Kyaw Min (Ei Kun, ChE69)
- Albert Kyaw Min (ChE69)
- Daw Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69)
- Daw Khin Swe Aye (Winnie, ChE70)
- Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70)
- Daw Tin May Soe (ChE70)
- U Kyaw Win Maung (ChE70)
- U Win Paing (U Wara, ChE70, GBNF)
- U Aung Min (ChE70)
- U Khin Maung Myint (ChE71)
- Daw Mai Khin Nyunt (ChE71)
- U Aung Myaing (ChE72)
- Daw Gyn Yu (ChE72)
- U Tun Shwe (ChE72)
- Trixie Tan (ChE72)
- U Myo Myint Pe (ChE72, GBNF)
- Daw Aye Aye Kyaw (ChE72, GBNF)
- U Kyi Aung (ChE73)
April 20, 2026
Deans & Rectors
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

Deans
- Rangoon University had Deans for the Faculties.
- U Ba Hli was the first native Dean of Engineering
U Ba Hli

U Ba Hli

U Ba Hli 2
- First native Dean to head the Faculty of Engineering of Rangoon University
- Transferred to the Faculty of Engineering, RU from GTI (Government Technical Institute) where he was Principal and Professor of Civil Engineering
- Credited for the “Twinning Program” between the Faculty of Engineering, RU and the prestigious universities in the USA
- Per request from U Aung Khin (retired Professor & Head of Mechanical Engineering), Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (EE) — the only son — wrote about his beloved father for the commemorative issue of “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” for SPZP-2000. It has been re-posted in the newsletter updates and in the RIT Alumni Facebook Pages. Sayagyi passed away in his house on U Wisara Road in Rangoon.
Tribute to U Ba Hli

Tribute

Interim Deans
- Dr. Htin Aung
- Dr. Maung Maung Kha
- Dr. Tha Hla
- U Po Tha
Dr. Htin Aung

Dr. Htin Aung
- Principal, Rangoon College
- Rector, Rangoon University
- Vice Chancellor, Rangoon University
- Interim Dean, Faculty of Engineering
- Burmese Ambassador to Ceylon
- Folklorist / Historian
Dr. Maung Maung Kha

Saya Kha 1

Saya Kha 2

Saya Kha 3

Saya Kha 4

Saya Kha 5

Saya Kha 6

Saya Kha 7

Saya Kha 8

Saya Kha 9

Saya Kha 10

Saya Kha 11
- Doctorate in Meteorological Physics from Imperial College, London University
- Professor & Head of Physics Department at Rangoon University
- Interim Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University
- Longest tenured Rector
- Rector of Rangoon University
- Rector of RASU
- Rector of University of Distance Learning
- Plays the violin well
- Accompanied U Ba Kyi (Artist, translator/composer of songs”) singing “Hne Yauk Hte Nay Chin De” in Burmese and English
- Passed away in Yangon in 2005.
- Centennial celebrations for his birthday were held in 2015.
Early Rectors
- Dr. Htin Aung (RU)
- Dr. Hla Myint (RU)
- Dr. Tha Hla (RU)
- U Kar (RU)
- Dr. Maung Maung Kha (RU, RASU)
- U Yone Mo (RIT)
- Dr. Aung Gyi (RIT)
- U Khin Aung Kyi (RIT)
- U Maung Maung Than (RIT)
U Yone Mo

U Yone Mo
- Retired Chief Engineer, Burma Railways
- In 1961, the Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University moved to Gyogone and had a new name Burma Institute of Technology (BIT).
- Appointed Dean of Engineering at the BIT Gyogone Campus
- Under the new Education System, BIT became an autonomous Institute with the name Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT). He became the Rector.
- Proponent of taking power naps
- U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) remembers how his friends were having fun with the “Ye Punn ရေပန်း” (Water Foundation). Saya saw them, but did not scold them. He said with a smile, “Young men, you can go to the University Swimming Pool or to the Inya Kan ကန် (Lake)”.
- Established the weekly “Yoke Shin ရုပ်ရှင်” at the Assembly Hall.
- Dr. Aung Gyi (Professor of Civil Engineering) remembered seeing a letter from U Yone Mo (Rector) sent to U Yone Mo (Parent of a son who happened to visit his gambling friends at the hostel). Dr. Aung Gyi told the Admin to stow away the letter.
- Ko Zaw Min Nawaday knows Sayagyi & his spouse (Daw Elizabeth Yone Mo, High Ranking Nurse at RGH and a close friend of Daw Khin May Than) very well. Sayagyi and Dr. Aung Gyi were in May Myo during one summer. Sayagyi asked Dr. Aung Gyi and Ko Zaw Min to accompany him.
  They ate Khauk Swe. Sayagyi reminded them not to tell about his “Khauk Swe” appetite to Sayagadaw.
Dr. Aung Gyi

Dr. Aung Gyi
- Succeeded U Yone Mo as Rector
- Rector (1971 – 1977)
- See Posts
- Memories of Dr. Aung Gyi
- Speech at SPZP-2000
- Coconut Episode
U Khin Aung Kyi

U Khin Aung Kyi
- Stood 7th in Burma in the Matriculation of 1949
- He did his B S and M S at MIT
- Professor of Chemical Engineering at RIT
- Succeeded Dr. Aung Gyi as Rector
- Taught at Rengsit University in Bangkok, Thailand
- Provided interview for HMEE-2012 Project
U Maung Maung Than

U Maung Maung Than
- BS in Textile Engineering from Clemson University and MS from Lowell University
- Professor & Head of Textile Engineering Department, RIT
- Rector, YIT
- DG, DHE
- Chair, RIT Sports Council
- Hobbies : Chinlon, Music
- Helped establish Engineering at Defense Services Academy
Dr. Henry Cho Tun (Myint Tun) wrote:

I’m going to add a few things about Saya U Mg Mg Than. I’m very close to him and the family and the son is my student. We are all golfers and both of them are very good. Saya MM Than is as good as Saya Soe Paing and plays with clubs that are custom made for him. Hope the following would be useful additions. Thank you
- He did his B S at Clemson and M S at Lowell.
- He joined BIT in 1957 as lecturer -Head of Textile Engineering Department at BOC college
- 1964 was appointed Professor at RIT
- Served as Rector, 1990-1992
- Director General of The Department of Higher Education 1992-1994 and retired
- Served as Director of Studies at DSTA (Defense Services Technical Academy)
Posts
- Administrators
- Convocation
- From BIT to YTU
- Rangoon University
- Three Events in December 1920
April 11, 2026
A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

Saya
- I have not prefixed some names with “Saya”.
- Saya is implied. Please read “U” as “ Saya U”.
- Several sayas in the Group Photo are GBNF.
EE Sayas

Article
- I wrote an article for the Commemorative Issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2010 held in Singapore.
- Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung) was Chief Editor & Publisher of the Sar Saung. He suggested the title “A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas”.
GBNF
- In 2010, seven sayas — U Kyaw Tun, U Sein Hlaing, U Tin Swe, U Sein Win, U San Tint, U Soe Min & U Chin Way in the EE Group photo — had passed away.
- Two more — U Thein Lwin & U Nyi Nyi — are now GBNF.
Not in picture
- U Myo Kyi, U Ba Lwin & U Tin Maung Thein were on Deputation
- U Khine Oo missed the photo shoot
- U Kyaw Tun graduated in 1948-49 and joined the EE Department. He is the most senior among the EE Sayas.
- U Kyaw Tun recruited C Ping Lee, father of Dr. Win Aung (M62), to join the EE Department. Per request from H.E. U Than Aung, father of Saya U Aung, C Ping Lee transferred to head the Directorate of Technical Education and Vocational Training.
- U Sein Hlaing matriculated in 1946 and finished Top in his class of 52. He joined the EE Department as Assistant Lecturer. He studied MS at MIT. Upon his return, he was promoted to Lecturer & Head of the EE Department. He served as Professor until his retirement.
- U Tin Swe matriculated in 1947. He was a member of the Prome Hall Soccer team which won the Inter-Hall Trophy for three consecutive years. He joined the EE Department in 1953 as Assistant Lecturer. He studied MS at the University of Michigan. Upon his return, he was promoted to Lecturer. He played good tennis. He was an early Power User at the Universities’ Computer Center (UCC).
- U Sein Win studied his BSEE and MSEE at the University of Michigan. He served as President of RIT Swimming Club, President of RIT Rowing Club, Line Judge at RUBC Regattas, and Technical Advisor for UCC. He retired as Professor of EP Department at YTU.
- Dr. San Tint joined the EE Faculty in 1961. He played soccer for the RIT Saya team. He served as External Examiner for UCC. Hevretired as Professor of EC Department at YTU. His former students performed Pyinnya Dana in Saya’s memory.
- U Chin Way was active in SPARK. He migrated to the USA.
- U Soe Min transferred to DCA.
- U Thein Lwin retired from Singapore Polytechnic, but he was active helping students desiring to study in Singapore. He was President of the RIT Badminton Club. He managed the RIT team comprising of Sai Kham Pan (EP69), which won the Inter-Institute Trophy. He and Sayagadaw Daw May Than Nwe (RIT Physics) are now GBNF.
- U Soe Paing was my mentor at RIT & UCC. He retired from UN after managing IT projects at various countries. He wrote about his experiences as a States Scholar, as Systems Manager at UCC and as UN Technical Advisor. He spends his retirement visiting UK and USA, playing golf and practicing vipassana meditation at Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung where his younger brother U Wara (U Win Paing, ChE70) is the Sayadaw. Saya had some operations for his heart and his back problems, but he is still active.
- Dr. Win Tin was active in SPARK and as entrepreneur. He served as Associate Dean of Engineering at Assumption University.
- Note: Scan of Page 23 is missing in the post.
- U Ba Myint retired as Pro-Rector of YTU.
- U Sein Maung taught at Assumption University. He attended SPZP-2000 at the invitation of Daw Lily Win (T72, spouse of Saya Dr. Tin Win M62).
- U Myo Kyi (EE59) & Dr. Ba Lwin (EE59) are the two most seniors among the EE sayas. I met U Myo Kyi at the meetings (Alumni Association, SPZP, MES). I met Dr. Ba Lwin during his visit to the USA to see his daughter Thiri Lwin.
- U Moe Aung chaired SPZP-2002 and SPZP-2010. He and his team published the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010. After retirement, hevmoved back to Yangon. He is Patron of SDYF and several RIT-related activities. He is a Laureate Poet. He is active writing poems (often “Let Tann”) and articles (mostly on EE). Hevpublished two books and co-authored several books.
- U Khine Oo was absent in the group photo taken around mid-1966. He took some computer courses before going abroad as states scholar.
- U Nyi Nyi moved to UK. He is now GBNF.
- U Tin Maung Thein was studying in the UK. He later taught in Thailand.
- U Tin Shwe (EP66) joined EE Department after graduation. He taught and RIT and ABAC. He wrote an article about his final year days in the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2010. He became a monk, and served as Dhamma Librarian. Sady, he passed away.
- U Moe Aung wrote “To the Shwe Duo” in the memory of U Tin Shwe and U Hla Shwe (T69). I translated the poem and published in my RIT Alumni International Newsletter and Updates.
- During one of visits to Yangon, U Myo Kyi provided two lists of EE sayas. One lists the senior sayas and the other lists the junior sayas.
EE 68 – 74
- Daw Mya Mya Than (EP68) is now GBNF.
- U Than Lwin (Henry, EC69) was my classmate. He became an EE saya.
- U Kyaw Naing (EC70, GBNF), U Tin Win (EC71), U Ko Ko Kyi (EC72), Daw Nyunt Nyunt Yee (EP72, GBNF) & Daw Khin Swe Oo (EC74) are some of my juniors. They became EE sayas.
Posts
- EE Association
- EE Sayas
- Electrical Engineering
- GBNF
April 11, 2026
U Tin U & U Ba Than
U Tin U
- Scholar Athlete
- Survived a Kidnapping (with intent to kill him)
- Had good memory and strong hands until his final days
Tin U
- Passed away in Yangon on August 19, 2025
- He was 96 years young.
Obituary

Obituary

Final Journey
- Attended by Family members, relatives and friends
Invitation for Yet Le Soon Kyway

Aye Aye Khin (Daughter)

Thin Thiri Tun (Granddaughter)

Academic & Experience
- BSCE (Oregon State University)
- MSCE (Yale University)
- Former Part-time Lecturer, Civil
- Former Director, Clark & Grieg
- Former Advisor, InterKiln
- Former Advisor, PWD Architect Group 2
- Oldest & Most Senior Past Captain, Rangoon University Boat Club
- Past Captain, Rangoon Golf Club
- Former Treasurer, Burma Society of Civil Engineers
Family

U Tin U, Aye Aye Khin, Daw Cherry, Ye Myint, Peter

Spouse

Dr. Cherry 1
- Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (Cherry) — passed away in November 2019
- She did Nutrition Research at BMRI.
Children

Peter & his mom Dr. Cherry

Family & Relatives

Aye Aye. Dr. Cherry, Dr. Peter, U Tin U

Family & Relatives 2

Daw San San Aye, U Tin U, Dr. Ye Myint& Dr. Aye Sandar
- Dr. Khin Tun (Peter, MRCP, Former Associate Dean of Oxford University, passed away in April 2020) & Daw Winmar;
- Daw Aye Aye Khin (B.Com, CPA) & U Tin Tun (passed away in May 2020)
- Dr. Ye Myint (Fellowship training in Intensive Care and Anesthesia, Took care of his father’s health in the final days) & Daw San San Aye
YM 1

YM 2

YM 3

Grandchildren
- Min Ko & Prudence
- Ye Aung
- Dr. Aye Sandar
- Thin Thiri Tun
- Dr. Khin Sandy Tun
Great Grandchildren
- Su Wai Tun
- Hnin Wai Tun
Peter, Winmar, Ye Aung, Min Ko

Siblings

U Tin U, Ruby, Father U Chan Sein, Betty

Ba Than, Myo Tint, Myo Min, Thaung Lwin, Tin Htoon, Tin U

U Tin Htoon, U Tin U, U Ba Than, U Thaung Lwin, Dr. Myo Tint

Six Siblings
- U Ba Than (Scholarship Winner in 1947, Gold Medalist for I.Sc in 1949, Alumnus of Imperial College, Retd. Prof. of Mech. Engg) — GBNF
- Dr. Daw Win Hlaing (Ruby)
- Daw Myint Thwe (Betty, B.Com, Spouse of Dr. F Ba Hli) — GBNF
- Dr. Myo Tint (3rd in Burma in 1952, RUBC Captain) — GBNF
- U Tin Htoon (A60, RUBC Captain, ARAE Champion, SEAP Silver Medalist in Yachting)
- U Myo Min (1st in I.Com & B.Com, Chartered Acct, UCC Co-founder)
- U Thaung Lwin (Scholarship Winner in 1960, First in EC66, RUBC Captain)
- Daw Cho Cho Hlaing (CRO, German Diploma)
Highlights
- Matriculated from St. John’s Dio in 1946
- Represented RUBC at the 1948 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi with Pe Nyun, Pe Thein and Khin Maung Wint
1948 Independence Day Regatta

Rowing
- Four brothers — Tin U, Myo Tint, Tin Htoon & Thaung Lwin — are RUBC Captain & Gold
- Two other brothers — Ba Than and Myo Min — are RUBC Green
Tin U & Thaung Lwin

RUBC Captains
- Photo shows Five RUBC Captains. Sein Htoon (Cox) is a cousin; he is 1960 ARAE Champion
Most Senior Past Captain
- Captain of Rangoon University Boat Club (1948 – 49)
RUBC
- As the Most Senior and Oldest Past Captain of RUBC, U Tin U was invited to open the RUBC Centennial Celebration in 2023
RUBC Centennial

Bridge
- Played with friends (e.g Richard Po Ohn)
- Played with Uncle and two cousins
Golf
- Past Captain, RGC
- Played with senior (e.g U Yaw Hlaing) & junior (e.g U Soe Paing) partners until his early 80s
Memories
- Relaxing in the garden
Tin U
- Visit
With Than Htut

Interviews
- For RGC (Rangoon Golf Club)
- For HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education)
- For his grandson Min Ko
Kidnap Survivor
- See account by his son Dr. Khin Tun (Peter)
Yahan Khan

Yahan Khan

Garawa
- SPZP-2012
SPZP-2012
- PWD Architect 2 Group
PWD 1

PWD 2

PWD 3

Birthday Presents
- Photo Album for 90th birthday by Tin Htoon & Htaik San
- Photo Cards for several birthdays by Tin Htoon & family
Birthday Card from U Tin Htoon & family

U Ba Than

With 90th Birthday Present (Photo Album)

Young U Ba Than

At Saya Pu Zaw Pwe with Sayagyi U Ba Toke

Double Dana : Donated Garawa money to selected Charities

Partial List of Donations

In Singapore for medical check up

With former students, who came to pay respect

At Winner Inn

Young & Old

U Tin U & U Ba Than
April 4, 2026
It’s a Small World
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

The following illustrates “Six degrees of Separation” & “Associative Memory”.

U Sein
- Saya Sein taught Burmese at St. Paul’s High School. His students include U Thet Lwin (Ngwe Hlinne, composer of “Mya Kyun Nyo” song that was sung at the Opening Ceremony of Yar Pyay Ah Kyo)”. The song was first recorded as a “Dat Pya” at Myanmar Ah Than (Burma Broadcasting Service). It was first sung by U Mya Thein and group. It was also sung by the RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins in Singapore (fondly known as the “Pon Chan Chan Group” led by Don Min U Yu Swan).
U Thet Lwin
- U Thet Lwin is the maternal uncle of Ko Sein Tin (SPHS68, EC74) who volunteered at UCC while waiting for permission to move to Australia.
U Kyaw Sein (4th in Bottom row)
- Saya Sein’s brother-in-law Saya Kyaw Sein was Class teacher for a different section. He taught us as a relieving saya.
Dr. Soe Win
- Saya Sein’s son Saya Dr. Soe Win (SPHS58) stood first in Burma in the Matric exam of 1958. He studied Chemistry Honors at RU and received his doctorate from Imperial College, University of London. He retired as Rector of YUFL.
U Yu Khin & Richard Yu Khin
- IFL (Institute of Foreign Languages) was co-founded by Saya U Yu Khin. He and Dr. Daw Phay are parents of Dr. Marie Yu Khin and Dr. Richard Yu Khin. IFL evolved into YUFL.
- Dr. Daw Phay was personal physician of my paternal aunt (mother of U Tin U, U Ba Than, Dr. Ruby Win Hlaing, Daw Betty Myint Thwe, Dr. Myo Tint, U Tin Htoon, U Myo Min, U Thaung Lwin & Cho Cho Hlaing).
- Ko Richard’s aunt was a close friend of Dr. Ruby.
- Ko Richard won a Gold for Yatching at the 2nd SEAP Games with U Maung Maung Lwin (former Burma weight lifting champion, Commodore of Rangoon Sailing Club).
- Ko Richard trained along side Ko Tin Maung Ni and swimming stars under the Japanese Swimming Coach Mr. Matsuda.
U Myo Min
- At SPHS, Dr. Soe Win was a classmate of my cousin Saya U Myo Min (UCC) and my brother-in-law U Khin Maung Htun (Patron of OPA). During his studies in the UK, Saya received help from U Mya Maung (Amyotha Yoke Shin) and U Myo Min.
Aung Mion, Dr. Soe Win, Daw May Saw Lwin, Nyi Thet Lwin
- I met Saya and Sayama Daw May Saw Lwin (MEHS57) during my visit to Myanmar from November 2019 to January 2020. Their elder son Ko Aung Mon attended TTC Practicing School together with my nephews and nieces. The younger son Dr. Nyi Thet Lwin is a surgeon in UK. Nyi Nyi’s daughter Ei Lwin achieved grade 9 in all of the nine subjects that she sat in the recent, 2019, GCSE exams. Following grandpa’s footsteps almost sixty years later!
- Robert Sein (SPHS58) stood second in Burma in the Matric exam of 1958. He studied Physics Honors at RU. His classmates include Sayama Daw May Than Nwe (Joyce, spouse of Saya U Thein Lwin), Sayama Daw Khin Swe Aye (Emily, spouse of Saya U Hlwan Moe) and my sister Sayama Daw Khin Than Nwe. I met Ko Robert at the soon kwyay in memory of my brother-in-law.
- Ko Robert’s sister (Wendy Sein) was our school mate at the last ever I.Sc.(A) at Leik Khone. Wendy’s spouse Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold) rowed with our cousins at RUBC. Dr. Thein Htut’s sister Daw Tin Tin Aye was a close friend of my sister.
- Daw Myint Myint Tin (Pearl Ba Tin, MEHS58) stood Third in the Matric exam of 1958. Her spouse Dr. Khin Mg Wint (SPHS58) was called “Sargalay” by his Paulian classmates.
- Ma Pearl’s brother (Melvyn, U Myo Win, M/Ag65) taught Agricultural Engineering at RIT and at Wagga Wagga University in Australia. He managed the RIT Automobile Club. He rowed as a saya for RIT.
- Ko Melvyn’s spouse Ma Noreen Aung Gyaw taught English at RU. Her brothers are H.E. U Nyi Than (spouse of Sayama Toni) and U Tin Aung Win (spouse of Dorothy Kyaw Tun).
- Dorothy’s father U Kyaw Tun is a saya of our sayas. Her sister Elizabeth was my classmate at PPBRS.
- Sargalay’s sister Audrey was a classmate of my sister-in-law at St. Philomena’s Convent.
- Audrey’s spouse Michael Aye was a classmate of my cousins Myint Toe and Kyaw Nyunt Koe at SPHS.
Updates
- Several people in the post are now GBNF. Some passed away early. A few passed away recently.
- There are several GBNF posts — some by Calendar Year.
April 4, 2026
U Ba Than 2
by Hla Min

Update : Mar 2026

Highlights

U Ba Than 3
- Matriculated from St. John’s Dio in 1947, and won Collegiate Scholarship.
- In 1949, he won Gold Medal for scoring highest marks in the Intermediate of Science exam.
- RUBC Full Green
- Studied B.Sc (Special) in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, London University
- Joined Faculty of Engineering as Assistant Lecturer
- Per request from Dr. Maung Maung Kha (Interim Dean of Engineering), he helped build the Engineering Library
- As a requirement for promotion, he did Masters at Imperial College
- Retired as Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mech Engg Sayas
- Saya is an early supporter of the HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education) project.
  Donated his photo albums.
  Cooperated with U Thaw Kaung to allow U Soe Paing & team to access the archives of Rangoon University Central Library.
HMEE book (2012)
- He also interviewed his elder brother U Tin U for HMEE project. U Tin U taught part-time at the Civil Engineering Department, and served as Treasurer of Burma Society of Civil Engineers.
Family

U Ba Than & Daw Mya Mya
- He is the second son of U Chan Sein and Daw Cheng Kim.
- Siblings : U Tin U, Dr. Daw Win Hlaing (Ruby), Daw Myint Thwe (Betty), Dr. Myo Tint, U Tin Htoon, U Myo Min, U Thaung Lwin, Daw Cho Cho Hlaing
- Spouse : Daw Mya Mya
- Son : U Ye Than
- Daughter-in-law : Daw Lwin Mar Oo
- Grand children : Aung Myo Myint, Ei Khine
U Ba Than 2

U Ba Than 1

Winner Inn
- U Ye Than and Daw Lwin Mar Oo ran “Winner Inn”.
- Later, their children Aung Myo Myint and Ei Khin expanded the services provided by Winner Inn (notably W Bistro)
Winner Inn

Birthdays
- Celebrations
Birthday

Soon Kyway
- Before the pandemic, he invited colleagues and former students to his Birthday Soon Kyway at Yaw Sayadaw’s Monastery.
- U Tin Htoon (A60, younger brother) compiled a Photo Album for Saya’s 90th Birthday
U Ba Than
- Donated all of the Garawa Money to various social & religious associations.
- Passed away peacefully after his 94th birthday.
U Ba Than & Family

90+ Club Members
- Four of the nine siblings are members of the 90+ Club like their mother.
- U Tin U (eldest) passed away on Aug 19, 2025 — a few weeks after his 96th birthday. He was the most senior Past Captain of RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club). He was Past Captain of RGC (Rangoon Golf Club). He was also the oldest Yale University alumni from Burma.
- U Ba Than (2nd oldest) passed away after his 94th birthday.
- Dr. Daw Win Hlaing (Ruby, 3rd) celebrated her 93rd birthday on Aug 31, 2025.
- Daw Myint Thwe (Betty, 4th) passed away two months before her 91st birthday.
February 27, 2026
U Soe Paing
by Hla Min

Updated : Mar 2026

Memories

UCC Celebration

U Soe Paing

U Soe Paing & Daw Saw Yu Tint

U Soe Paing & Daw Saw Yu Tint

With U Hla Min & Spouse

U Soe Paing, U & Mrs. Hla Min

Brief Biography

Name: U Soe Paing

Qualification: BS (Stanford), MS (Stanford), MSc. Computer Science (Southampton)

Department: Electrical Communications
Position: Assistant Lecturer, (Jan 1964 to March 1971)
Reason for Leaving: Joined Universities’ Computer Center in April 1971.

Engineering Alumni: Attended First Year Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University from June to December, 1958.
Reason for Leaving: Awarded State Scholarship to study in USA.

Occupation: Data Processing Adviser (Retired)

Organization: United Nations

Updates
- Saya was my mentor at RIT and UCC.
- He offered me and Saya U Aung Zaw (UCC, GBNF) to be his co-authors. We wrote programming texts, manuals and guides.
- Saya was a prime mover to get the “RIT Alumni International Newsletters” and http://www-ex-rit.org started.
- Saya would mention that I am a “Shay Hmi; Nauk Hmi. ရှေ့မှီ၊ နောက်မှီ”
- Sayagadaw added: “Bay Hmi ဘေးမှီ as well’.
- Saya wrote articles for the RIT Newsletter and selected journals & magazines. They can be accessed via SCRIB-D
- He also gave an interview for MASTAA
UCC Gathering at Saya’s House

SP 2

Lovely Couple

SP 3

Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe

SP 4

RIT alumni in Singapore

With U Tu Myint, Daniel Tint Lwin, James Than

With U Tint Swe & Vilma Khaing

Visit to California

With Saya U Tin Mg Nyunt, U & Mrs. Hla Min

With U & Mrs. Tin Mg Nyunt

UCC Gathering at MICT Park

With UCC Alumni

Leaving for UN Assignment

At Mingalardon airport

ICST Pu Zaw Pwe

U Thein Oo, Dr. Pike Tin, Saya U Soe Paing, U Hla Min, Dr. Kyaw Thein
February 27, 2026
U Ba Toke 1

by Hla Min

Updated : Mar 2026

U Ba Toke (Birthday)

U Ba Toke (Book)

U Ba Toke & U Ba Than

U Ba Toke (SPZP)

Pansy Thin wrote :

ကျမတို့ရဲ့ဖခင် သင်္ချာပါမောက္ခ ဦးဘတုတ် ဒီနေ့ ၂-၁၂-၂၀၂၀ ညနေ ၅:၄၃နာရီက လူကြီးရောဂါဖြင့်ကွယ်လွန်သွားပါတယ်။ ဖေဖေရှိစဥ်က ဖေဖေကို ဂရုတစိုက် နဲ့ ဂါရဝပြု စောင့်ရှောက်သူများအားလုံးကို ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။

Memories of Sayagyi

Betty Myo (Sayagyi’s eldest child) wrote :

ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်ကြီးကိုချစ်သောကျမတို့ဖေဖေသည်တက္ကသိုလ်ရာပြည့်ပွဲကြီးကိုကြိုဆိုပြီးနောက်နေ့မှာဘဲကွယ်လွန်သွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ဝမ်းနည်းစရာကောင်းတာကသူချစ်တဲ့သခ်ျာမိသားစုရဲ့မျှော်လင့်ချက်ဆန္ဒကိုတော့ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးမသွားနိုင်ခဲ့ရှာပါဘူး။ ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထားပြီးဖေဖေ့မွေးနေ့မှာကျင်းပမဲ့ဆရာကန်တော့ပွဲကိုမပါဝင်နိုင်တော့ပါဘူး။

ဒီပွဲကိုစိတ်အားထက်သန်စွာစီစဥ်ဆောင်ရွက်နေတဲ့သခ်ျာဌာနဆရာ၊ဆရာမများ၊မျိုးဆက်ဟောင်း၊မျိုဆက်သစ်သခ်ျာကျောင်းသားများရဲ့မေတ္တာစေတနာကိုဖေဖေ့ကိုယ်စားလှိုက်လှဲစွာ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါကြောင်းပြောကြားလိုပါတယ်။

သခ်ျာမိသားစုအပြင်အခြားဘာသာရပ်အသီသီး၊နယ်ပယ်အသီးသီးမှမေတ္တာတရား၊ဂါရဝတရားတို့ဖြင့်‌‌ေဖ‌ေဖ့ ပိုစ် တက်လာတိုင်းဆုတောင်းမေတ္တာများပို့ပေးကြသူအားလုံးကိုလည်းအထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်။ဖေဖေ့ကိုလာကန်တော့ချင်ပေမဲ့အခွင့်အရေးမရသွားတဲ့တက္ကသိုလ်ဘောလုံးအသင်း၊ အင်ဂျင်နီယာအသင်းစသည်တို့ကိုလဲဝမ်းနည်းစွာကျေးဇူးတင်ကြောင်းပြောချင်ပါတယ်။

ဖေဖေ့ကိုအလေးထား၊ဂရုစိုက်ခဲ့တဲ့ဆွေမျိုး၊မိတ်သဂ်ဟအားလုံးကိုလဲ‌ေကျးဇူးတင်ရှိပါတယ်ရှင်။

အားလုံးကျန်းမာ၊ချမ်းသာဘေးရောဂါကင်းကြပါစေ။

February 27, 2026