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U Soe Aung (M/Auto 70) visited Kampuchea (Cambodia) for a conference.

He was surprised and delighted to see a Burmese Inscription at a temple in Ankor Wat.

U Lun (Thakin Kodaw Hmaing)

• Principal of Ah Myo Tha Kaw Leik (National College)

U Than Tun

• Father of Ashin Pannagavesaka (Bobby Myo Tun, A69)
• He passed away in his late 90s.

U Han Zaw

• Retired minister
• Spouse: Daw Thwin Thwin Aye Hmi (A69)

U Ba Khin

• He matriculated from St. Paul’s High School and was First in the whole of Burma.

• He was the first native Auditor General. He also managed four Directorates.
• He is a renowned Vipassana teacher. His teacher was Saya Thet. His disciple was Goenkaji.

U Thein Oo

• He transferred from Commerce Department to UCC.
• He founded MCC (with U Tin Win Aung)!and Ace (with his spouse Daw Than Than Tint).
• He is Past President of MCF.

Dr. Thein Htut and Dr. Nyunt Win

• Dr. Thein Htut is the son of Colonel Min Sein and Dr. Daw Yin May (first Triple FRCS). He is RUBC Gold.
• Dr. Nyunt Win (Eddie) is the grandson of U Po Sa.
• They moved to Australia.

Theikpan Maung Wa

• ICS U Sein Tin
• First student in Masters course for Burmese
• Author
• Cofounded Khit San Sar Pay with Zawgyi and Minthuwun

San Shwe Myint

• Character created by Cartoon Myint Thein

Pathan

• By Ashin Nandamarlabhivansa (Ph.D)

Pediatricians

• Credit: Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

RASU Rowing

• Credit: Dr. Nyan Taw

Roll of Honor

• Donors for YTU Library Modernization

UNSG (United Nations Secretary General)

• U Thant was the 3rd UNSG and the First Asian UNSG.

University Athletes

• They represented Burma in the Second SEAP Games (Rangoon, December 1961)
• Credit: Dr. Richard Yu Khin

U Wun

• Laureate Poet — Minthuwun
• Lexicographer — မြန်မာအဘိဓာန်
• Cofounder of Khit San Sar Pay with Zawgyi and Theikpan Maung Wa
• Head, RU Translation
• Professor at RU; Visiting Professor at Osaka University

U Kyaw Mya Thein (Phy, ICST)

• He wrote “Kar Ku La Thinchar” (Calculus in Burmese).
• He retired as Pro-Rector of ICST.

U Kyaw Myint (Phy, DHE)

• He retired as DG of DHE.
• The photo was taken at a fundraiser for his Foundation.

U Lun (Thakin Kodaw Hmaing)

• Principal of Ah Myo Tha Kaw Leik (National College)

U Than Tun

• Father of Ashin Pannagavesaka (Bobby Myo Tun, A69)
• He passed away in his late 90s.

U Han Zaw

• Retired minister
• Spouse: Daw Thwin Thwin Aye Hmi (A69)

U Ba Khin

• He matriculated from St. Paul’s High School and was First in the whole of Burma.

• He was the first native Auditor General. He also managed four Directorates.
• He is a renowned Vipassana teacher. His teacher was Saya Thet. His disciple was Goenkaji.

U Thein Oo

• He transferred from Commerce Department to UCC.
• He founded MCC (with U Tin Win Aung)!and Ace (with his spouse Daw Than Than Tint).
• He is Past President of MCF.

Dr. Thein Htut and Dr. Nyunt Win

• Dr. Thein Htut is the son of Colonel Min Sein and Dr. Daw Yin May (first Triple FRCS). He is RUBC Gold.
• Dr. Nyunt Win (Eddie) is the grandson of U Po Sa.
• They moved to Australia.

Theikpan Maung Wa

• ICS U Sein Tin
• First student in Masters course for Burmese
• Author
• Cofounded Khit San Sar Pay with Zawgyi and Minthuwun

San Shwe Myint

• Character created by Cartoon Myint Thein

Pathan

• By Ashin Nandamarlabhivansa (Ph.D)

Pediatricians

• Credit: Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

RASU Rowing

• Credit: Dr. Nyan Taw

Roll of Honor

• Donors for YTU Library Modernization

UNSG (United Nations Secretary General)

• U Thant was the 3rd UNSG and the First Asian UNSG.

University Athletes

• They represented Burma in the Second SEAP Games (Rangoon, December 1961)
• Credit: Dr. Richard Yu Khin

U Wun

• Laureate Poet — Minthuwun
• Lexicographer — မြန်မာအဘိဓာန်
• Cofounder of Khit San Sar Pay with Zawgyi and Theikpan Maung Wa
• Head, RU Translation
• Professor at RU; Visiting Professor at Osaka University

U Kyaw Mya Thein (Phy, ICST)

• He wrote “Kar Ku La Thinchar” (Calculus in Burmese).
• He retired as Pro-Rector of ICST.

U Kyaw Myint (Phy, DHE)

• He retired as DG of DHE.
• The photo was taken at a fundraiser for his Foundation.

ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် လှေလှော်အသင်း

RUBC / YUBC

ရာပြည့် — Dec 24, 2023

Centennial

• ဖွင့်ပွဲ ဖိတ်စာ

  Invitation to Opening Ceremony

• ပြိုင်ပွဲ
  Regatta
• ညစာစားပွဲ ဖိတ် စာ
  Invitation to Dinner

Sayagyi U Ba Hli (GBNF)

He was the first Dean of Engineering at the University of Rangoon. He also served as Professor of Civil Engineering. He is credited for the “Twinning” with the prestigious universities in the USA.

He earlier served as Principal of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) and Professor of Civil Engineering.

The commemorative issue of RIT Alumni International Newsletter for the first RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe paid respect to Sayagyi.

Sayagyi U Aung Khin (former Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and the driving force behind SPZP-2000) wrote an introduction to the special article written by Saya Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (the only child of Sayagyi U Ba Hli).

Saya Dr. F Ba Hli (GBNF)

Dr. F. Ba Hli received his Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT. He helped Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi and Sayagyi U Min Wun, who were two of the first undergraduate engineering students from the University of Rangoon to be given State Scholarship as part of the “Twinning” program.

Dr. F. Ba Hli’s spouse Daw Myint Thwe is the sister of Sayagyi U Tin U (C), Sayagyi U Ba Than (M), Dr. Myo Tint (father of Ma Kay (EE93)), U Tin Htoon (A60), Saya U Myo Min (UCC) and U Thaung Lwin (EC66). Note that four are Past Captain and Gold of Rangoon University Boat Club.

Dr. F. Ba Hli has a daughter (Tin Tin Hlaing) and two sons (Tha Hlaing and Min Thet Htoo).

Grand children of U Ba Hli

Ma Tin Tin Hlaing (UCC) is the spouse of Ko Htay Aung (Victor, EC80, UCC, nephew of Saya U Sein Hlaing (EE)).

Ko Tha Hlaing (EC83, UCC) stood joint first with Ko Thaung Tin (KMD, former Deputy Minister) in their final year. He, his father and his paternal grandfather form Three Generation of Burmese engineers who are sayas or alumni.

Min Thet Tun did not smoke or drink, but succumbed to lung cancer. He lamented why some people who drink and smoke lived long.

by Khin Maung Zaw

Updated : Feb 2026

U Khin Maung Zaw (EC76) commented on my post on “Disaster“.

No matter if there is a somewhat connection with the ‘climate change‘ concept, the natural disasters, storms/earthquakes/tsunamis are getting as often and more powerful in the past several years. These has caused severe damaged to many lives, killed, injured, livelihood wiped out among others.

In the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which covers these emergencies have discovered that they alone albeit budget crunch could not handle each and every aspect of the damages, They are now encouraging, and working with local authorities, city/county/state on many aspects of the disaster preparedness and recovery process and procedures.

First, there is a FEMA App on all mobile platforms, where one can go through subscribing Alerts, Anticipate/Prepare for any disasters, Disaster Resources et al. In US, various regions have differing disaster, for example Washington State where I live, we have to be prepared for major earthquakes but not for Hurricanes etc. The local authorities have classes, training sessions, drills on where/how/what/who, the usual five ‘W’s on many possible disasters. My city, Kirkland has multiple levels of CERT, Community Emergency Response Team, classes, trainings, intensive training/classes for leadership levels, regular sync ups/meetings etc.

They are also aware that not all local/state/federal could communicate well in the cases of disasters due to proliferation of different communication equipment and trying to alleviate the issue.

One very interesting discovery they learned from the mega-disasters past couple of years is that the previous assumptions that they had for the preparedness were no longer adequate. The old assumption was that you need to have at least three day supply of food/water/first-aid – basic essentials. In the recent mega-disasters, they discovered that there are many instances no rescuers could get to you for more than a week or so, the new thinking/suggestion is that you need to have at least 2 weeks stock of live essentials. food/water/waste management/radios/batteries etc. There is also a movement where rather than you do it for yourself and/or your family, your neighborhood would pool resources in a commonly accessible area, like one’s spare space in a garage, you could store beds/cots/water tanks/medical supplies for multiple family etc. We live in a place where rain is given so tents/ponchos are a must. Dehydrated food, which could last 25+ years or so could be stored there.The city have all these info, with maps, co-ordinate with all authorities in the case a disaster,

I could go on and on as I went through the very basic level of CERT, and am thinking of week long class/training.

There is a consensus assessment that rescuers could not reached to many victims in major disaster where roads, telecommunication might be devastated. Seattle, Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond and many other cities in and around Puget Sound, Western Washington where life is way overdue for major earthquake.

Tun Naung (Noel Tin)

• Star sprinter
• Represented RU and Burma in the First SEAP Games in Bangkok in 1959, and the Second SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961
  Won Bronze in 1959 and Gold in 1961 for 4x 100 m Relay
• Team mates include Tun Mra (Sprint), Kyaw Mra (Hurdles) and Soe Mra (Pole Vault).

Mra Brothers

• Sons of U Shwe Mra (ICS; Chief Secretary, Union of Burma; UN)

• Tun Mra
  Represented RU and Burma in the First SEAP Games in Bangkok in 1959, and the Second SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961
  Won Bronze in 1959 and Gold in 1961 for 4x 100 m Relay. Full Green, Old member and Patron of RUBC. Appeared in Saya Nyein’s program for RU Diamond Jubilee.

• Kyaw Mra (GBNF)
  Represented RU and Burma in the First SEAP Games in Bangkok in 1959, and the Second SEAP Games in Rangoon in 1961
  Won Silver for Hurdles at the Second SEAP Games. Retired as National Coach for Track and Field. Full Green, Old member of RUBC.

• Soe Mra won Gold for Pole Vault at the Second SEAP Games. He won Gold in subsequent Games.

• Win Mra was a Medalist in Burma Pole Vault before doctors asked him to retire.
  He is an excellent guitarist and vocalist.
  Taught English at RIT. Retired as Myanmar Ambassador to the United Nations. Chair of Myanmar Human Rights Commission.

• Maung Maung Mra succeeded his elder brothers as Burma Pole Vault Champion.
  Won Bronze at the Fifth SEAP Games.
  Also competed for RASU in High Jump at the Inter-Institute Tournament.
• Dr. Aung Mra represented IM(1) in Track and Field. Pole Vault seems to be the favorite for the Mra brothers.

Kyaw Khin (GBNF)

• Represented SPHS, RASU and Burma in Track and Field.
• Events include 800m, 1500m, 110m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles
• Became National Coach in Track and Field

Richard Yu Khin (GBNF)

• Won Gold in Yachting with U Maung Maung Lwin (Commodore of Rangoon Sailing Club)
• Trained with Burma Selected Swimmers, but he could compete in two sports at the SEAP Games.

U Aye (M62) wrote :

Mg Hla (Badminton), was from Moulmein. We were together at Moulmein College (1956-58). He was selected as a National player even at that time.

Aye Kyaw (Swimming) was from Mudon. He joined Navy after graduation.