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  • Harmony

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    In our younger days

    Our grand parents & parents had workers who were non-Buddhists. They gave us sweets (for Diwali), dan bauk (for Id) and presents (for Christmas).

    During our younger days, we had classmates who professed different religions. We lived in perfect harmony.

    Christians

    Saya U Pe Maung Tin

    U Pe Maung Tin
    • He was a Christian, but he helped with the translation of Buddhist texts.
    • Translated the two sermons (Dhammacakka and Anatta Lekkhana Sutta) into English at the request of U Tha Win (who published the two sermons in Pali, Burmese and English).

    Teacher Kywe (PPBRS)

    • Karen Christian teacher who transformed me into a “life long learner”
    • My mother asked me to pay respect to her every year.

    Rev. Bernard Taylor

    SPHS Classmates
    • SPHS classmate
    • Missionary to the Philippines
    • After retirement, came back to Myanmar

    Rev. Edwin David

    • SPHS classmate
    • GBNF
    • Priest of St. Mary’s Cathedral

    Steeve Kay (EC70)

    HM, Steeve & Benny
    • Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs
    • Donated $200000+ to RIT-related activities
    • GBNF

    Benny Tan

    • Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs
    • Co-chair, SPZP-2000

    SPZP

    • Several RIT alumni are Christians, who embrace SPZPs.
    • The term Saya Pu Zaw Pwe was chosen over Saya Ga Daw Pwe (which had religious connotation) so that all students can pay back the metta and cetana of their mentors.

    Sikhs

    D. S. Saluja

    D S Saluja
    • Classmate at SPHS, I.Sc(A) & 2nd BE
    • Left RIT to form “Rama Enterprise” in Bangkok with his elder brother
    • Had a mini-reunion twice : the last time in April 2024

    A. S. Soni

    • SPHS classmate

    RIT alumni

    • Surinder Singh (EE69er) — Australia
    • Uttam Singh (M71) — NASA
    • Meenu Singh (ChE72) — CS Prof
    • Jagjit Singh (EE73) — UIUC

    Muslims

    Arzani U Razak

    Arzani
    • Early Graduate of National College
    • Principal of National School in Mandalay
    • Was nominated by several Sayadaws to be Education Minister in Bogyoke Aung San’s Cabinet
    • Sons : U Tin Myint (RUBC, MOC), U Hla Kyi (helped solve the foundation problem at Shwe Dagon)

    U Raschid

    • Student Leader for RUSU and Ba Ka Tha
    • Minister

    U Khin Maung Latt

    • Minister
    • Sons : Khin Maung Gyi (RIT English), Khin Maung Lay (Principal, ILO Training School)

    U Pe Khin

    • Diplomat
    • Negotiator at Pin Lon Conference

    Bohmu Ba Shin

    • Burma Historical Commission

    Paulians

    • Edward Hla Shwe I and II

    RIT Alumni

    • Saya Allen Htay (C58) : President of RIT Alumni International; SPZP-2000 Organizer
    SPZP-2000
    • U Khin Maung Lay (T68) : Past President of BASES; Organizer & emcee for 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
    • U Thein Ngwe (Ko Thein Tokyo, ChE76) : Co-founder of RITAJsent
    • RIT Muslim students in 1971
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    RIT 1971

    Men on the Moon

    Poem

    For the last stanza of my poem “Men on the Moon”, I wrote

    “Are we not brothers here on earth?
    So let us all unite.
    There will be heaven here on earth
    If we all cease to fight”.

    Updates

    • Several conflicts in the world due to extremists
    • Discrimination in some places

  • 1973 Engineering

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    မှတ်တမ်း (တချို့)

    M73 Hovercraft Project

    M73
    • Project Supervisor : ဆရာ ဦးတူးမြင့်
    • ဦးလှဝင်း၊ ဦးခင်မောင်ချို နဲ့ အဖွဲ့

    Dr. Myint Thein / Dr မြင့်သိန်း (M73)

    • Georgia Tech က ပါရဂူ
    • Pen name : ဘသိန်း (Atlanta)
    • ဇနီး — ဒေါ်ညိုညိုဝင်း (T73)

    Dr. L Sein Myint / Dr L စိန်မြင့် (M73)

    • Organizer, East Coast RIT Alumni Reunion

    U Nyunt Htay ဦးညွန့်ဌေး (Met73)

    • High School လူရည်ချွန်
    • RIT ဆရာ ငြိမ်း
    • မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး — အထက်မင်းလှ
    • ကဗျာ ဆရာ၊ စာတည်း

    U Aung Moung ဦးအောင်မောင်း (M73, ကွယ်လွန်)

    Volunteer for HMEE, SPZP, SDYF, ARITA

    General အထွေထွေ

    Computer Science M.Sc ဘွဲ့ရ

    • U San Lin ဦးစံလင်း (EC73)
    • U Htun Aung Kyaw ဦးထွန်းအောင်ကျော် (EC73)
    • U Khin Maung Aye ဦးခင်မောင်အေး (M73, ကွယ်လွန်)

    Hovercraft Project Interview

    • စီစဉ်သူ — တက္ကသိုလ်မိုးဝါ

    ဦးကြည်အောင် (ChE73)

    • Donor
    • Class photo ပို့ပေး

  • Awards & Presents

    by Hla Min

    Updates : May 2026

    Awards

    • Collegiate Scholarship (1963)
    • Luyechun (1965)
    • Appreciation (October 2000)
    • Appreciation (August 2016)
    • Appreciation (September 2016)
    • Distinguished Toastmaster (2017)

    August 2016

    Birthday Soon Kway

    Award 1
    • Maurice Chee (M75) organized a Birthday Soon Kyway at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay in August 2016.
    • He prepared electronic & hard copy of the birthday wishes.
    • Another set was for attendees, who had not sent wishes by e-mail.
    • Thanks to the sayas, colleagues and friends for a memorable gathering.

    Appreciation from Sayas and Alumni in US and Canada

    Award 2
    • Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi could not attend the soonkyway, but he requested Ko Maurice to donate a food dish for him & his family. Sayagyi’s message was read by Ko Maurice.
    • Saya U Myat Htoo (C68) presented the appreciation award at Half Moon Bay soonkwyay and gathering (August 2016).

    September 2016

    Alumni Appreciation Award from NorCalRITAA

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    Award 3

    The award was signed by

    • Saya U Myat Htoo (C68, Chair, BOD)
    • Gordon Kaung (M83, President)
    • U Thaung Nyunt (M87, Secretary)
    Award 4

    Saya U Myat Htoo presented the award to me at the NorCal RITAA Annual Dinner, 2016.

    From SPHS in 1963

    Collegiate Scholarship winners from SPHS in 1963

    There were five Paulians in the Top Five, seven in the Top Ten, and ten in the Top Twenty.

    SPHS63
    7th in Burma
    • Khin Maung U (Retired from FDA, USA) – 1st
    • Min Oo (Retired Maths Professor from McMasters University, Canada) – 2nd
    • Myo San (Freddie, Surgeon, GBNF) – 3rd
    • Nyunt Wai (Victor, Professor, IM & Malaysia) – 4th
    • Thein Wai (Migrated to USA after graduation) – 5th
    • Hla Min (Lifelong Learner, Retired Software Engineer) – 7th
    • Aung Kyaw Zaw (Cardiologist) – 9th
    • Maung Maung Kyi (Dip Ing, Retiree in Wales, GBNF) – 11th
    • Aung Thu Yein (Brownie, EC69, GBNF) – 13th
    • Khin Maung Zaw (Frank, Retired Doctor in UK) – 17th
    • Three are GBNF

    Luyechun

    Summer of 1965

    • Attended Inlay Khaung Daing Camp
    LYC
    LYC 1
    LYC 2

    From Toastmasters International

    Awards

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    Toastmasters
    DTM 1
    • CC (Competent Communicator)
    • ACB (Advanced Communicator Bronze)
    • ACS (Advanced Communicator Silver)
    • ACG (Advanced Communicator Gold)
    • CL (Competent Leader)
    • ALB (Advanced Leader Bronze)
    • ALS (Advanced Leader Silver)
    • DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster)
    • Triple Crown
    DTM 2

    I served as

    • Club Officer
    • Area Governor
    • Club Coach
    • Contest Chair
    • Ambassador
    • Guest Speaker
    • Test Speaker
    • Team Builder (for Excellent Leadership)

    From my Life Savers

    Coffee mug with photos

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    Coffee Mug

    My beloved grandchildren gave me a present for Grand Father’s Day.

    Drawings

    On several occasions

    Book Presents

    For editing and proof reading

    I edited or proof-read books by

    • Sayadaws (U Silananda, U Jotalankara)
    U Jotalankara
    • Sayas (Saya Des Rodgers)
    • Friends (Saya U Aung Zaw)
    Dhamma & Bawa
    • They provided me copies of their books.

    From colleagues and friends

    I also received copies from others. They include

    • “Myanmar in my life-time”
      Book by BBS U Khin Zaw
      air mailed from Australia by U Wint Khin Zaw
    Book by K
    • Book honoring Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint
      air mailed from Australia by Dr. TOKM
    Book by TOKM
    Dhamma Q&A
    • Centennial for U Khin Maung Latt & Daw Khin Myo Chit
      Two books given by Junior Win, twin sister of Maung Yit
    • Books by U Ye Sint (former Editor of Dhammanda Newsletter)
      His works
      Pathan Dethana (Dhamma Dana by his siblings)
    • U Kesala (Chief Resident monk, Alodaw Pyie Monastery in Arizona)
      Dhamma Q&A
      Several other books
    • “Nga Doh Khit Ka Tekkatho”
      Book by Shwe Ku May Hnin
      Given to me at the San Francisco Bay Area Talk
    Book by Shwe Ku May Hnin
    • Books by Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)
      Collection of Poems
      Collection of Articles
    Book by Tekkatho Moe War
    • Book by Saya U Nyunt Htay
      Collection of Swel Daw Poems
    Book by RIT Poets
    • Books by Nyan Oo Maung
      Currently known as “Mudita Shwe Kyaung” Sayadaw U Nyanika
    • Books by various sayadaws in the Bay Area & beyond
      U Dhammapiya
      U Gosita
      Dhamma Bheri Sayadaw
      Aung San Tat Oo Sayadaw
      Thamanay Kyaw
    • Books by Dr. San Oo, Daw Than Yi & family
    • “Yahandar and Poke Ko Htoo Myar”
      Book by Dhammacariya U Htay Hlaing
      (in the 80’s for translating several of his “Dhamma Duta” articles)
    • Books by Sayawun Tin Shwe
      Given by his daughter Tyn Tyn Aye during her UCC studies
    • U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ) mailed me two books that he bought in Myanmar.
      U Thant Ah Yay Ah Khin
      Collection Bagan poems (by Zawgyi, translated by Ah May Thar).
    • Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt believes in a “revolving library”. Gave me several books that he enjoyed reading.
    • 8-8-88
      Book by Dat Pone Htein Win
      Given at 5th ILF in Mandalay
    • Books by Members of Professional Spakers Association (PSA)
      Kyaw Kyaw Hlaing
      Kaythri Kyaw
      …

    Magazines

    Editor for “90th Anniversary Issue of the Founding of RUBC” (2013)

    Wrote poems and articles for

    • RIT Alumni International Newsletter (for SPZP-2000)
    • “Swel Daw Yeik Sarsaung” for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010
    • “Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for Shwe YaDu”

    U Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD supplement for HMEE-2012.

    CDs

    Received raw and formal CDs and DVDs for the various RIT Gatherings.

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  • UCC, DCS & ICST

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Dr. Tin Maung

    Dr. Tin Maung
    • Son of Saya Kar (Education Minister in the Care Taker Government; RU Rector)
    • Joined Maths Department as Tutor
    • Went for further studies in UK.
    • Upon his return, he was promoted to Lecturer.
    • Later received doctorate from Queen Mary’s College.
    • Succeeded Dr. Chit Swe as Director of UCC.
    • During his tenure, DCS (Department of Computer Science) was established.
      U Ko Ko Lay (GBNF) served as Professor. U Tun Aung Gyaw served as Associate Professor. I was Senior Lecturer.

    ICST

    • In 1987, ICST (Institute of Computer Science and Technology) was established with Dr. Tin Maung as Rector.
    • There were four Departments :
      Information Technology (with U Ko Ko Lay as Professor & Head)
      Hardware Technology (with U Tun Aung Gyaw as Associate Professor & Head)
      Software Technology (with U Hla Min as Associate Professor & Head)
      Computational Mathematics (to be taught by sayas from UCC and RU Maths)
    • Bachelor degree courses in CS and CT were given.
    • In the first batch, there were 30 CS and 15 CT students.
      Two later became Rectors.

    Events

    • 40th Anniversary of UCC was celebrated at MICT Park in 2011. Saya Dr. Tin Maung’s spouse and daughter attended the gathering. Saya is GBNF.
    • Due to resources, Acariya Pu Zaw Pwes were not held annually.
    • The 4th Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe took place in 2011.
    • 26 batches (from ICST and UCSY) hosted the 5th Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe on January 14, 2018. Saw Yaing Naing gave me a ride.
    ICST PZP
    • The 6th Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe took place in December 2019. Daw Mar Mar Soe gave me a ride.
    ICST PZP

  • Tin Moe

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Highlights

    Tin Moe
    • Name : Ba Gyan
    • Pen name : Tin Moe
    • Laureate Poet
    • National Literary Award Wonner
    • Speaker, SF Bay Area Literary Talks
    • Scored a perfect 25 marks for Essay & distinction in Burmese for the Matric exam
    • Alumnus, Mandalay University
    • National Literary Award Winner
    • Member, Curriculum for Burmese
    • Born in 1933
    • Passed away in Southern California in 2007

    In Memory of Tin Moe

    One month

    One month anniversary

    Six months

    • A book was published in his memory six months after his demise.
    Six month anniversary
    • Displayed at the SF Bay Area Literary Talks on July 22, 2007.
    • Several Authors and/or Literary Lovers signed the book for me.
    • Cho Cho Thinn (Tin Moe’s daughter)
    • Htain Lin
    • Dr. Kyaw Tint
    • Maung Yit (Maung Maung Win)
    • Myo Sint
    • Ohn Myint
    • Tin Maung Than
    • Win Pe

    Posts

    • Literary Talks
    • Poet Art Series
    • Poetry
    • Rhyme
    • Translation of Poems

  • Belles

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Female Engineering Students

    • In the old Education System, there were only a handful of female Engineering students
    • The first batch of five female students graduated in 1961.
      Four were from Textile : Tin Tin Ohn (Amy Thwin), Julie Han (later Dr.), Yin Yin Kyi and Mi Mi Lay. Pauline Reynolds was the first female Chemical Engineering graduate.
    Julie Han
    Pauline Reynolds
    • In 1962, Khin Than Nwe (Margaret, Tex) was the lone female engineering graduate.
    Khin Than Nwe
    • Ma Ni Ni Thwin, Ma Khin Thein Yi, Ma Tin Myint, Ma Pyi Aye, Ma Khin Khin Kyu, Nancy Hla Aung, Maywaddy Tun Tun, Ma Yi Yi Aung, Ma Mya Mya Than, Ma Nyunt Nyunt Zaw, Ma Cho are grads from 1963 – 68.
    Nancy & Yi Yi Aung
    • The new Education System saw more female students.
    • There were about 45 female students in the 1st BE intake in 1964, and about 30 female students in the 2nd BE intake in 1964. G-Hall accepted most female students.
    • There were more in the 1st BE intake in 1965.
    Archi

    Ushers at RIT Graduation

    Annotation : Daw Mae Khin Nyunt (Rosie, ChE71)
    Editor for “Swel Daw Yeik Magazine”
    Organizer for Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65

    • We all served as ushers at the Graduation Dinner in late 1966.
    • Graduation took place at RIT as well as the Dinner, at “aw bar lan” area.
    Ushers

    Right to Left

    • Sandi Hlaing — Ch 66 intake
    • Mai Khin Nyunt (Rosie Gyi) — Ch 65 intake
    • Nila Mya Aung — M 64 intake
    • Jessie Htwe — M 66 intake
    • Annie Ba Htaw — Tex65 intake
    • Aye Aye Than (Pauk Pauk) Ch 66 intake (UK)
    • Tin Tin Myint (Emma Myint) — Ch 64 intake (Singapore)
    • Than Than Yi (GBNF) Tex 65 intake (my best friend who passed away in Sept 2013, USA)
    • Phyu Phyu Latt (Christine Latt) — Ar – 64 intake (Australia)
    • Min Thet Mon (Pamela Myo Min) — Ar -64 intake

    Tazaungdaing Festival

    Photo provided by Daw Tin Aye (C73).
    Initially took Mechanical Engineering and helped with “Set Hmu Thadin Zin” (founded by U Win Thein).
    Played Volley for Civil Engineering
    Volunteered for SPZP-2012 and SPZP-2016

    Annotation : Daw Mae Khin Nyunt (Rosie, ChE71)

    Right to Left

    • Aye Aye Than (Pauk Pauk, Ch 66-72, UK)
    • Tin Tin Myint (Emma Myint, Ch 64-70, Singapore)
    • Hla Hla Aye (She was as a cover girl at one of the “Shay Tho Sar Saung”, and inside the Sar Saung had an article about RIT activities with photos. I kept that Sar Saung, but unfortunately (after so many years) now I only have a page left with a photo taken at the Chemistry lab, which included Ma Khin Myat Swe (spouse of Saya U Moe Aung), Henry Koe, my spouse Ko Khin Mg Miynt and myself).
    • Tin Aye (C )
    • Nelly Khin Myo Win (GBNF) (Ch 65-71, Mandalay)
    • Could be Margaret Yi (Ch 65)

    All are from G -Hall at one of the Tha Din Gyut or Da Saung Taing Pwe at Shwe Dagon Pagoda, organized by G -Hall.

    Reunions

    Daw Pwint Than

    Daw Pwint Than and Daw Cho Cho Tin
    • Selected High School Luyechun from Loikaw twice : Ngapali Camp in the Summer of 1964 and Inlay Camp in the Summer of 1965.
    • Graduated with Electrical Power in 1971.
    • Joined EPC.
    • Spouse : U Htun Aung (EP, Intake of 1964)

    Daw Cho Cho Tin

    Five Belles
    • Pen name : Ma Sandar
    • Award winning author / novelist
    • Sample hit : “G Hall Thu”
    • Graduated with Architecture in 1971.
    • Spouse : U San Maung (A, intake of 1964)

    Daw Than Yi

    • Maubin Ma Shwe Than

    Rosie Gyi

    • Editor, Swel Daw Yeik Magazine

    Rosie Tin Maung

    • Vocalist
    • Bilingual Author

    SPZP

    • Attendees
    Belles 1

  • Whirlwind Trip

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    • In July 2015, Ivan Lee (M69) invited us to stay at his home in New Jersey. Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi & Daw Emma were also invited to spend a few days before going back to Canada.
    • Conversation with Sayagyi and Ivan was interesting. Ivan had an expensive hearing aid, but he did not use it. So, several questions and answers had to be repeated.
    • Ivan took us to selected places in New Jersey & New York. We saw a victory parade of the victorious US women soccer team.
    • Ivan hosted the RIT-UCC gathering at his house.
    • Ivan asked Fred to join us in the whirl wind tour of Canada and US East Coast.
    • Ivan provided his car (Mercedes) & gas for the trip.
      Fred drove most of the trip.
    • Stopped at Buffalo & Niagara Falls before heading to Windsor.
    Niagara

    Visit to Canada

    Windsor

    Windsor 1
    Windsor 2
    • We arrived at the house of Sayagyi U Aung Khin a few hours late. Sayagyi was calm and smiling. We had a brief conversation before Ivan and Fred left for a nearby hotel.
      Sayagyi graciously let my spouse and I spend the night in his guest room.
    • Sayagyi prepared Mohinga and Ah Kyaw for breakfast for all of us.
    • We paid respect to Sayagyi.
    • He asked us to choose a souvenir from Windsor.

    Ottawa

    • We went to Ontario, but did not have the time to visit Saya Des.
    • We drove around and headed to Napean (in Ottawa Province) to visit Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi & Daw Emma.
    DAG 1
    • Sayagyi shared his memories and jokes.
    • We all stayed at Sayagyi’s house.
    • Sayagyi showed us around Ottawa.
    DAG 2
    • He then took us to a Thousand Islands for a boat trip.

    Massachusetts

    TAG 1
    • On the way back, we visited Dr. Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69) and Daw Khin Maw Maw in Massachusetts.
    • They live about 50 miles from Boston.
    • Since they were renovating their house, they put us up at a hotel.
    TAG 2
    • We visited MIT, Harvard and selected places in the area.

    Connecticut

    Toung 1
    • The next leg took us to Trumbull, Connecticut. U Toung (EC69) and Daw Khin Myint hosted us.
    Toung 2
    • They took us to see Yale and a restaurant where Bill Clinton used to hang out.

    Rest of the Stay

    • Then, it was “Home Sweet Home” for Ivan.

    Side Trip

    • Fred later took us to see his second sister in Philadelphia.
      Sad to note that Ma Kathleen passed away recently in November, 2021.
    • We stayed at Fred’s house.
    • He showed us around. We bought souvenir coins from Liberty Bell.
    • He drove us to Maryland to see my lone remaining uncle.
    • Then, we headed back to New Jersey.

    Thanks to our hosts for the memorable trip

    • Sayagyi U Aung Khin
    • Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi
    • Ivan
    • Fred
    • U TAG
    • Ko Toung

  • SPHS Archives

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    High School Sayas
    SPHS54
    VII D 1959 – 60
    U Kyaw Sein
    U San Thein
    U Aye

    Salim Dawoodjee

    • Currently lives in Canada
    • His brother (also Paulian) has passed away
    1957 Std V GCE

    Bertram Si Oo

    • He attended De La Salle Twante and St. Paul’s High School.
    • He was Physical Training Instructor and Assistant Soccer Coach.
    • He later completed Dip Ed and became a Class / Subject teacher.
    • Before his death, he gave his manuscripts and photos to his son Ronald.
    • A few of his children have psssed away.
    • His spouse Rosie Samuel is alive and well. She will be 97 years old.
    BSO 1
    BSO 2
    BSO 3
    BSO 4
    BSO 5
    BSO 6
    BSO 7
    BSO 8
    BSO 9
    BSO 10
    BSO 11
    BSO 12
    BSO 13
    BSO 14
    BSO 15
    BSO 16
    BSO 17

    BSO 18
    BSO 19
    BSO 20

  • First in Burma

    by Hla Min

    Update : May 2026

    Pre-war စစ်ကြို

    U Kyaw Myint

    U Kyaw Myint ဦးကျော်မြင့်

    • Matriculated from Government High School with Distinction in all subjects
    • Former Supreme Court Justice
    • Chair of Tribunal to try ဂဠုန်ဦးစော Galon U Saw
    • Dean of Law
    • Head of Law Firm
    • Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint wrote a series of articles about his father

    U Ba Khin ဦးဘခင်

    U Ba Khin
    • Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School; First in the whole of Burma
    • First native Auditor General
    • Headed four Government Departments
    • ဝိပဿနာ တရားပြ Vipassana Teacher (of Ledi Lineage)
    • His mentor : Saya Thet
    • His mentee : S N Goenka

    1951 – 1965

    • George Chapman (St. Paul’s) — 1951
    • Nyunt Tin ညွန့်တင် (St. Paul’s) — 1952
    • Hla Shwe လှရွှေ (Yegyaw Methodist) — 1953
    • Koon Yin Chu (St. Paul’s) — 1954
    • Lily Hwang (Methodist English) — 1955
    • Ye Myint ရဲမြင့် (St. Peter’s) — 1956
    • Htin Kyaw ထင်ကျော် (Sacred Heart) — 1957
    Dr. Soe Win
    • Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (St. Paul’s) — 1958
    • Frankie Ohn အုန်း (St. Paul’s) — 1959
    • Austin Kyan (English Methodist) — 1960
    • Lina Ong (English Methodist) — 1961
    SPHS63
    • Khin Maung Uခင်မောင်ဦး (St. Paul’s) — 1963
    • Cherry Hlaing လှိုင် (St. John’s Convent) & Lyn Aung Thet လင်းအောင်သက် (English Methodist)— 1964
    Bernard Khaw
    • Bernard Khaw (St. Paul’s) — 1965

    အထွေထွေ General

    First ရတဲ့ ကျောင်းများ Schools

    • St. Paul’s High School — Prewar, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965
    • English Methodist — 1954, 1960, 1961, 1964
    • ရေကျော် Yegyaw Methodist — 1953
    • St. Peter’s — 1955
    • Sacred Heart — 1956
    • St. John’s Convent — 1964
    • Government High School — Prewar

    ဘာသာရပ် / Profession

    • Architecture – 1954
    • Audit – Prewar
    • Chemical Engineering – 1965
    • Chemistry – 1958, 1965
    • Law – Prewar
    • Medicine / Surgery – 1952, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
    • Physics – 1953, 1956, 1959
    • Unspecified – 1951

    1964

    • New Education System ပညာရေးစနစ်သစ်
    • တက္ကသိုလ်ဝင်ခွင့် အတွက် ILA စသုံး

    1965

    • ကျောင်းများ ပြည်သူပိုင်သိမ်း Nationalization of schools on April 1

    Updates

    • Some are GBNF. They include U Kyaw Myint, U Ba Khin, Dr. Nyunt Tin, Dr. Ye Myint & Dr. Lina Ong.
    • SPHS has a Roll of Honor. It is on display at the SPHS Museum.
    Roll of Honor

  • Min Oo

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2026

    Highlights

    • Alias : Kenneth Khine
    • Parents : U Kyaw Khine (Railways) & Daw Khin Lay (Advocate)
    • SPHS classmate in Std VIIIA, IXA and XA. He was among the youngest, but also the brightest.
    • We were in different sections in the lower classes.
    VIII A
    Min Oo (Seated left)

    Matric Exam in 1963

    • SPHS had five students in the Top Five, seven in the Top Ten, and ten in the Top Twenty.
    • All received Collegiate Scholarships with a monthly stipend of 75 Kyats (net 60 Kyats after the school fees).
    • Min Oo stood 2nd in Burma. He chose to study Maths.

    Language expert

    • Grapevine says that he was reading a German book before entering the hall to take the Matric exam
    • Scored distinctions in English, Maths, Physics & Chemistry

    Mathematics Genius

    • A Tuition Saya challenged his students. “Ask your teachers to solve the problem. I will give you free tuition if you can provide the correct answer.”
      One student asked Min Oo, who was playing cards. Min Oo scribbled the answer during the card game. The Tuition Saya was unhappy; he broke his promise to give the student free tuition.
    • U Aung Sein (Retired Associate Professor of Maths) saw Min Oo get out of the Tutorial classes after a few minutes and yet had perfect score. Saya decided to give challenging questions for a Tutorial. Min Oo took longer time than the easier Tutorials, but most of the other students could not get a passing grade.

    Luyechun Student & Staff

    • Selected Tekkatho Luyechun in the summer of 1965. We attended Inlay Khaung Daing Camp.
    Inlay Luyechun (Min Oo — Seated Right)
    • He joined RASU Maths Dept. He was chosen as Staff for the Tekkatho Luyechun camp.
    • As a multiple Luyechun from IM(1), Ko Khin Maung U was present at two camps with Min Oo. Ko KMU remembers Min Oo with a cigar trying to look like a Saya.

    Career

    • Doctorate of Maths from University of Bonn, Germany
    • Professor Emeritus, McMasters University in Canada; Voluntarily retired in 2015.
    • Was Visiting Professor in selected US Universities.

    Micro-reunion

    • After retirement, he visited Silicon Valley frequently to see his daughter.
    • A few years back, we had a lunch gathering in the SF Bay Area.

    Dr. Nyan Taw (SPHS63) wrote :

    Yes – Min Oo is the brightest. Proud to be his class mate. SPHS VIA group photo Min Oo also Khin Mg U sitting.

    VI(A) SPHS
    Article by Tin Aung Lwin

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