U Tin U is the eldest of nine siblings including Saya U Ba Than (GBNF), Dr. Myo Tint (GBNF), U Tin Tun (A60), U Myo Min (UCC) and U Thaung Lwin (EC66).
He matriculated in 1946 and attended Rangoon University. His classmates include Dr. Pe Nyun (GBNF), Dr. Pe Thein (GBNF) and Saya U Sein Hlaing (GBNF).
He is Past Captain and Gold of Rangoon University Boat Club (RUBC).
He is Past Captain of Rangoon Golf Club (RGC).
He received his BSEE from Oregon State University and MSEE from Yale University. Upon his return to Burma, he taught Part-time at the Civil Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rangoon.
He celebrated his 95th in August 2024.
A miracle happened many years ago.
He had an experience of being kidnapped by his company driver who hired “insurgents” with criminal records, to do the job. They came to his office at Lewis street, and pretended to be from military intelligence in mufti. They asked him to come along with them for questioning. They ask the office driver to drive the company jeep up to A1 compound near 9th mile and let the driver to get off at a bus stop with a letter to give my mother.
One of them took the driver seat and continued driving out of the city passing Mingaladon airport. When their jeep went past the Mingaladon Military Intelligence Centre (Yay Kyi Ine), my father became suspicious. There was a road block near Hmawbi by luck, and the kidnappers tried and overtook the battle tanks in a convoy on the road. An off duty military police stopped the car, giving my father a chance to ask for help; my father reached the car key from the back seat and threw away. The military police asked my father to drive instead and was later freed, after being taken to the military commander and the police station.
In the mean time my mother, who was doing research at Insein Railway Hospital, received a ransom letter at 11 am to bring 60,000 Kyats in a jute bag, wearing a red longyi to a road corner, near “Ar-lain-nga-sint” pagoda in “Mingaladon”, by 3 pm the same day. The kidnappers’ plan was to torture and kill my father whether they received the ransom or not. The grudge was for sacking the driver who took sick leave, and went to work in another company to get 2 salaries.
Was it a miracle?
Or, was it a series of coincidences?
U Tin U overcame a death threat.
He continued working and enjoying Golf and the 19th hole celebrations. Even to this day, he keeps fit by watering plants in the garden and taking his daily dose of Scotch Whiskey.
He looks healthier than his younger brother Sayagyi U Ba Than.
by Hla Min
Updated : May 2025
The Class of 69 usually meet for the monthly breakfast gathering at Royal Rose Restaurant.
The restaurant is owned by U Soe Nyunt (SPHS66). He recovered the SPHS (St. Paul’s High School) Honor Roll, which went missing after the Nationalization.
The Intake of 65 (aka as the Class of 71) usually meet for their monthly gathering at Sein Hlyan.
The restaurant was owned by U Han Tun Maung, a multiple sports athlete. He
Dr. Sann Oo (EP67) and Daw Than Yi (Maubin Ma Shwe Than, EC70) served as Associate Editors for “Hlyat Sit Sar Saung“, Journal published by RIT EE Association. Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) was Chief Editor and Publisher. I was a member of the RIT EE Association and the Magazine Committee.
Another publication was by William, their grandson (then about 10 years old).
They are the same in Burmese.
Saya U Htun Aung Kyaw (SPHS61, ChE67) submitted several ChE Group photos. He taught at RIT before moving to Thailand and the USA.
U Htun Aung Kyaw (EC73) was a top student of his class. He added M.Sc. (Computer Science) offered by UCC in conjunction with the Department of Mathematics, Rangoon University. He migrated to Australia. He was known as HAK at UCC.
Dr. Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69) is a member of “Generation Zero” of UCC. Details can be found in my posts reminiscing the days at UCC, DCS and ICST. He is active with multiple projects. He was known as TAG at UCC.
If you want to contact someone or our group, please contact me.
Sayama daw thin thin naing & I attended ex-rit2002 singapore reunion&sayapuzawpwe. We donated US$700 for it.
With regards,
thein ngwe (ChE 76)
According to U Thant Zin (M), son of Saya U Sein Shan, City FM broadcast a “Congratulatory” session for Sayagyi U Ba Than’s 87th birthday on October 2nd, 2017 at 7 p.m.
Saya Dr. Win Thein (C58), Saya Dr. Thein Hylne and U Than Po (M75) attended the birthday soon kwyay of Sayagyi U Ba Than.
The first volume has poems by U E Maung (later Burmese Professor) and Daw Khin Saw Mu (mother of Daw Khin Saw Tint and U Nay Oke Tint).
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