Category: RIT Saya

The following Sayas and Sayamas are/were living in the United States and Canada.

ARCHITECTURE

• U Myo Myint Sein (Southern California)
• U Bilal Raschid (East Coast)

BURMESE

• U Saw Tun (Illinois)
• U Kyaw Hlaing (Southern California)

CHEMICAL

• U Myat Thwin (Keusan Lin) (Texas)
• U Maung Maung (George Chan) (Northern California)
• U Htun Aung Kyaw (East Coast)
• Dr. Min Kwan Tham (U Kyaw Than)
• Dr. Kuo C. Chiu (U Tin Aung) (Southern California)
• Dr. Chwan Peng Kyan (U Maung Maung Chwan, ChE ) resides in (Florida/New Jersey)

CHEMISTRY

• Daw Rosie

CIVIL

• Dr Aung Gyi (Canada)
• Dr. San Hla Aung (Louisiana/Myanmar)
• Dr. Aung Soe (Illinois)
• Dr Ohn Myint (Washington, DC)
• U Myat Htoo (Northern California)
• U Samual Ne Than
• U Aung Myint (New York)
• Dr. Ye Myint (Southern California?)
• U Leu Swe San
• U Kyi Kong Tham (U Kyi, Northern California),
• U Douglas Kaung (U Kaung, Washington)

ELECTRICAL

• Dr. Christopher Lee (L. Tin Tun, Southern California)

ENGLISH

• Daw Khin Khin Chit Maung (Northern California)
• U Des Rodgers (Canada)

MECHANICAL

• U Aung Khin (Canada)
• U San Tun (Sain Fone Wong, Northern California)
• U Tin Htut (Southern California)
• U Tin Maung Nyunt (Northern California)
• Dr. Tin Win (Southern California)
• Dr. Nyo Win (K H Chen, Taiwan & Northern California)
• U Tin Maung Oo (Southern Californiam GBNF)
• Dr. Daw Jessie Htwe
• U Mao Toon Siong (Northern California)
• U Kyaw Myint (Northern California)

METALLURGY

• U Thein Aung (Northern California)
• U Than Tin (Southern California)

PETROLEUM

• U Aung Than (Ohio)

PHYSICS

• Dr. Maung Maung Gyi (Canada)

TEXTILE

• U Kyaw Myint (Canada)

Sample Posts by Saya U Aung Khin

• History of RIT Mechanical Engineering Department
• Memories of Engineering studies in RU
• On the road to the Millennium
• Remembering Saya U Tin Hlaing
• Brief Bio

EE Sayas

EE Sayas

Front : U Soe Paing, U Thein Lwin, U Tin Swe, U Sein Hlaing (Professor), U Kyaw Tun, U Sein Win, U San Tint

Back : U Soe Min, U Chin Way, U Win Tin, U Ba Myint, U Nyi Nyi, U Moe Aung, U Sein Maung

Deputation : U Myo Kyi, U Ba Lwin, U Tin Maung Thein

Absentee : U Khaing Oo

• Several are GBNF.
• “A Sad and Short Clip : EE Sayas” by Hla Min was published in the Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2010 in Singapore

RIT EE Association (1965 – 66)

EE Association (1965-66)

Front : Ma Pwint Than, Ma Yi Yi Aung, U Sein Win (Vice President), U Kyaw Tun (President), Ko Shwe Win (Secretary), Ma Mya Mya Than, Ma Mo Mo Yi

Middle : Ko Thein Swe, Ko Soe Tha, U Sein Maung (Auditor), U Soe Paing, U San Tint, U Moe Aung (Treasurer)

Back : Ko Nyunt Pe, Ko Ye Win, Mehm Ye Win, Ko Kyaw Swe Win, Ko Hla Min, Ko Myo Myint, Ko Hla Thaung, Ko Aung Khin, Ko Soe Win, Ko Tin Than

• Several are GBNF.
• Subsequent Secretaries include Mehm Ye Win, Ko Hla Min and Ko La Min

Hlyat Sit Sar Saung Committee

Hlyat Sit Sar Saung (EE Magazine) Committee

Front : Ma Mo Mo Yi, Ma Than Yi (Associate Editor), U Moe Aung (Chief Editor), U Kyaw Tun (Patron), Ko Ye Win (Secretary), Ma Yi Yi Aung

Back : Ko Sann Oo (Associate Editor), Ko Thein Tun, Ko Hla Min, Ko Myo Myint (Associate Editor), Ko Soe Tha, Ko Soe Win, Mehm Ye Win

• U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) authored or co-authored several books.

• Ko Sann Oo and Ma Than Yi share passion for Writing and Publishing. Their grand son William published a Science Fiction book.

List of Sayas

Saya U Myo Kyi (EE59) gave me two lists. The first list describes the senior sayas. The second list describes the junior sayas.

Gatherings

• Class Reunion (e.g EC & EP 74)

• Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe (for selected EC & EC sayas)

• U Pe Tin (Std. V & Std. VI)
• U Nge (Std. VII)
• U Nyunt Maung (Std. VIII)
• U Sein (Std. IX and Std. X)
• Daw Po (I.Sc (A))
• Class Teachers
  in lower grades (KG and Primary School)
• Relieving Teachers
  from other sections

Comments

• U Tin Aung Win
  U Nyunt Maung was our Mathematics teacher for us at that time [at Sacred Heart].
  Another Mathematics teacher was Mr. Lazarus.
• U Nyunt Tin
  Our Sayars from SPHS.
  U Nge was my teacher in 7th Std.
  U Sein was Burmese Teacher in Matric Class (1963-1964).
  I have a great chance to pay homage online to our Sayars & Brothers of SPHS.
  I matriculated in 1964 and entered R I T as a first year student.
  Graduated in 1970 (Civil ).
  I was in SPHS from 1955 to 1964, as a boarding student.
  
• U Ngwe Tun (Tun Tun)
  I remember those days!

U Maung Maung Than (GBNF)

• Studied BS at Clemson University and MS at Lowell in the USA
• 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)

• Chair, RIT Sports Council
• Hobbies : Chinlon, Golf, Music

Daw Tin Tin Ohn (GBNF)

• Also known as Amy Thwin
• One of the pioneering female students at BIT
• Sayama in 1961
• Passed away in the mid-1990s of cancer

Dr. Julie Han (GBNF)

• One of the pioneering female students at BIT
• Sayama in 1961
• Vice President (TBSA) and Fund raiser for Dhammananda Vihara
• Attended SPZP-2000 and provided brief bio
• Passed away in the USA

U Shwe Yi (GBNF)

• Taught at RIT until retirement.
• Met his daughter-in-law (Guest speaker at the San Francisco Bay Area Literary Talks)

U Hla Shwe (GBNF)

• Saya in 1969
• Taught at RIT until retirement
• His demise is lamented in “To the Shwe Duo”
  Poem by Tekkatho Moe War, Translation by Hla Min

U Thet Lwin

• Saya U Thet Lwin taught Burmese at the Institute of Economics and served as Registrar of RIT.
• His pen name is “Ngwe Hlinne”.
• Saya composed “Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Kun Yeik Kho”.

Dr. San Hla Aung

• Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58) taught at RIT and the University of New Orleans.
• Saya is seen with his former students : Saya U Nyi Hla Nge (C69) and U Saw Lin (C71, GBNF).

S Kyaw Aye

Saya S. Kyaw Aye (M) is the elder brother of my classmate Abdul Raof (EP69).

U Thein Lwin

U Soe Paing

U Shwe Hlaing

U Ngwe Tun

U Myat Htoo

U Moe Aung

U Lin

U Kyaw Myint

U Ba Than

U Ba Myint

U Aung Khin

Dr. Tin Win

U Tun Shwe

Brief Bio

• Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1957.
  His Burmese teacher was Saya U Sein (father of Dr. Soe Win, 1st in Burma in 1958, retired Rector of YUFL).
  
• Taught Burmese at the Institute of Economics.
  Served as Secretary of a Committee headed by Dr. Aung Gyi (Professor of Civil Engineering) at the RU Golden Jubilee in 1970.
  
• Transferred to RIT as Registrar.
  Saya Dr. Aung Gyi was Rector.
  
• Served as Administrator at RASU and Director at the Ministry of Education

Activities

• Pen name : Maung Ngwe Hlinne
  
• Composer & Pianist: Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Tekkatho & several other songs
  
• Patron, RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn
  
• Publisher, RIT Annual Magazines
  
• Gave interview on “Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Tekkatho”.
  Saya received K100 remuneration for the Dat Pya from BBS and treated his fellow musicians.
  The song has been performed at SPZPs and RU Centennial.
  Various recordings are available on Youtube

Notes

• After retirement, he was glad to be invited by former students and talk for a long time.
  
• He received Garawa money before RU Centennial for composing the epic song.
  
• Sad to note that he gradually lost memory.
  
• Glad to learn that he can still play his favorite song.
  
• Saya is the maternal uncle of U Sein Tin (EC74, Australia).

Photos

• U Thet Lwin (Registrar, RIT)
  
• U Thet Lwin at St. Paul’s High School
  
• Photo & Pon Tu & Presentation
  
• Two Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins
  Maung Ngwe Hlinne & Tekkatho Moe War
  
• At a Pu Zaw Pwe
  
• Interview
  broadcast on MN TV

Thanks to
U Maung Maung Lay, Bagyee Myo Myint, U Than Po, Saya U Moe Aung and the owners of photos

* SPZP-2000 Organizers

* 1958 Civil Engineering

* ငယ်စဉ် — သင်္ကြန်

* SF Bay Area Alumni Group ခေါင်းဆောင်

* ဆရာဦးအောင်ခင်၊ ဆရာAllen၊ ဒေါ်မူမူခင်

* ဆရာAllen၊ ဒေါက်တာစံလင်း

* ချစ်ဇနီး နဲ့ မြေး လေး ယောက်

* YTU Library အတွက် ဆရာ့ စာအုပ်များ လှူ

• U Yone Moe
• Dr. Htin Aung
• U Ba Toke
• H Num Kok
• U Aung Khin
• Dr. Aung Gyi
• U Sein Win
• U Tin Swe
• Dr. San Tint
• U Soe Paing
• U Min Wun
• U Tin U
• U Ba Than
• Dr. San Hla Aung
• Dr. Tin Hlaing
• U Kyaw Sein
• U Tu Myint
• U Myo Myint Sein
• Dr. Win Thein
• U Sein Shan
• U Ngwe Tun
• U Thet Lwin
• U Han Tun
• U Tin Maung Nyunt
• U Kyaw Myint
• U Soe Paing
• U Moe Aung
• U Thein Lwin
• Daw May Than Nwe
• U Aung Hla Tun
• U Ba Myint
• U Tin Htut
• U Tin Lin
• U Kaung
• U Hla Myint
• U Nyunt Yin
• Dr. Tin Win
• U Tun Shwe
• U Tin Shwe
• U San Tun
• U Myat Htoo
• Dr. Nyo Win
• U Thein Tun Aung
• U Thein Tan
• S Kyaw Aye
• U Aung Myint
• U Linn
• U Kyaw Tun
• Dr. Maung Maung Win
• Dr. Taing Oke
• U Maung Maung
• U Win Kyaw
• U Nyunt Htay
• U Tin Myint
• U Maung Maung Win
• U Myo Win
• U Hla Myint Thein
• Dr. Saw Tin
• Dr. Taing Oke
• Dr. Thein Hlyne
• Dr. Maung Maung Win
• Dr. Lwin Aung
• EE Sayas in the mid 1960s
• C85 Gathering
• Gathering at Hokkaido Seafood Restaurant in 2010
• Aging Sayas
• EC EP 85 PZP

U Yone Moe

Dr. Htin Aung

U Ba Toke

H Num Kok

U Aung Khin

Dr. Aung Gyi

U Sein Win, U Tin Swe, Dr. San Tint, U Soe Paing

U Min Wun

U Tin U

U Ba Than

U Myo Myint Sein

Dr. Win Thein

U Sein Shan

U Ngwe Tun

U Thet Lwin

U Han Tun (GBNF)

U Tin Maung Nyunt and U Kyaw Myint

U Soe Paing

U Moe Aung

U Thein Lwin

U Shwe Hlaing

U Aung Hla Tun, U Ba Myint

U Tin Htut

U Tin Lin

U Kaung

U Hla Myint

U Nyunt Yin

Dr. Tin Win

U Tun Shwe

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 Nyunt Htay

U Tin Myint

U Maung Maung Win and U Myo Win (GBNF)

U Kyaw Sein

U Hla Myint Thein

Dr. Saw Tin

Dr. Taing Oke

Dr. Thein Hlyne

Dr. Maung Maung Win

Dr. Lwin Aung

EE Sayas in mid 1960s

C85 Gathering

Annual Medical Check up in 2018

Gathering at Hokkaido Seafood Restaurant in 2010

Aging Sayas

EP EC 85 PZP

Architecture ပိသုကာ ဆရာ ဆရာမ တချို့

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

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

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Thein Ngwe (ChE76) posted photos of Dr. Koung Nyunt’s visit to Japan.