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• During our younger days, three sayas — Dr. Hla Shwe (Boon Chiong, First in Burma in 1953 from Yegyaw Methodist), Dr. Tin Maung and Dr. Tin Aung — came back after completing their doctorate in Physics from the USA.
  Dr. Hla Shwe and Dr. Tin Maung founnd their way back to the USA.
  Dr. Tin Aung stayed.
• He served as Professor and Head of the Physics Department at RU.
  
• During the 8-8-88 movement, Saya was in the USA as a member of the Education Delegation (with U Tun Aung Chein, Professor of History).
  Saya might not be aware that he was made a Patron (in absentia) by the “Boycott / Strike Committee” of Sayas and Sayamas of the various Universities and Institutions.
  
• Upon his return, Saya attended the meeting of the Department Heads of RU.
  I was present at the meeting as a Proxy for my Head of Department.
• Sometime later, we had the sad news.
  Saya was asked to resign effectively immediately.
  
• Saya’s health was reasonably good except for his need of a Pace Maker.
  A couple of years back, he had to replace the Pace Maker.
  His former students worldwide donated for his medical expenses.
  
• One photo is from the RU Centennial Facebook Group.
• Two photos are from Sayama Daw Thida (who helped publish the RU Physics Centennial Book).
• Shwe Than Thida wrote : Dear Saya U Hla Min,Thank you very much for your valuable compilations.

RIT Electrical Engineering Sayas

Seated

• U Soe Paing
• U Thein Lwin (GBNF, Passed away in Singapore)
• U Tin Swe (GBNF)
• U Sein Hlaing (GBNF)
• U Kyaw Tun (GBNF)
• U Sein Win (GBNF)
• U San Tint (GBNF)

Standing

• U Soe Min (GBNF)
• U Chin Way (GBNF, Passed away in USA)
• U Win Tin
• U Ba Myint
• U Nyi Nyi (was in UK)
• U Moe Aung
• U Sein Maung

Absent in the photo

• U Myo Kyi (On deputation)
• U Ba Lwin (On deputation)
• U Tin Maung Thein (On deputation)
• U Khaing Oo (Missed the photo shoot)

Miscellaneous

• For the Commemorative Issue of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2010, I wrote about the 14 EE Sayas in the Photo.
• Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War, Chief Editor) suggested the title : “A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas”.
• At the time of writing, Seven sayas — U Kyaw Tun, U Sein Hlaing, U Tin Swe, U Sein Win, Dr. San Tint, U Soe Min and U Chin Way — had passed away.
  There was no information about U Nyi Nyi who went for studies in the UK.
  
• A few years back, U Thein Lwin and his spouse Daw May Than Nwe passed away in Singapore within a few months of each other.
  
• The remaining Sayas from the Photo are U Moe Aung, U Sein Maung, U Ba Myint, Dr. Win Tin, and U Soe Paing.
  
• Note that four EE sayas did not appear in the Photo.
  Three were studying abroad (On Deputation).
  One missed the Photo Shoot.
  

Comments

• Htun Aung :
  အမြဲ​လေးစားအမှတ်ရလျက်ပါ​ကျေးဇူးရှင်ဆရာကြီးများခင်ဗျား။ကျန်းမာသက်ရှည်ကုသိုလ်တိုးကြပါ​စေ​ကြောင်းဂါရဝဖြင့်ဆု​တောင်း​မေတ္တာပို့သလျက်ပါခင်ဗျား။