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  • Mining Engineering

    Pioneer Sayas

    • U Soe Khaw (GBNF) was part-time Lecturer and Head of Mining Engineering in 1954.
    • U Soon Sein (GBNF) retired as Professor and Head of Mining Engineering.

    Distinguished Alumni

    • U Zaw Winn (Zin Yaw Gyi) and U Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu), U Tun Htun (Magee Go Tha Ma) are authors and/or poets.
    • U Aung Myint (Thamankyar Ko Myint) is an actor, guitarist, vocalist and studio recording / dubbing / production specialist

    Group Photo from 1954

    • The photo was posted by U Zaw Winn.

  • Coach

    Coach
    • A coach is a vehicle to “carry” someone to a destination.
    • The first use of coach described a teacher who “carried” a student over a tough examination.
    • Later use of coach was in Athletic Development (e.g. coaching an individual or a team in a sports).
    • There are Professional Coaches, Certified Coaches and Club Coaches.
    Differences
    • A therapist focuses on the past.
      A coach focuses on the future.
    • A consultant helps to solve a problem (of a company or a client).
      A coach provides suggestions and frameworks (that can be used by the client, who is accountable for solving the problem).
    • A mentor may advise, counsel and coach.
      A coach focuses on coaching (and may not advise or counsel).
    • A trainer sets objectives for the trainee.
      A coach does not set objectives for the client/individual. The client/individual sets objectives for himself/herself.
    • An athletic developer directs behavior of individuals and teams based on the developer’s experience and knowledge.
      A coach focuses on identifying opportunity for development based on individual strengths and capabilities.
    Saya Mao Toon Siong, National Table Tennis Coach

  • U Htun Aung Kyaw (ChE67)

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated fro SPHS (St. Paul’s High School) in 1961
    • Joined RIT Chemical Engineering Department after graduation in 1967
    • Submitted Class Photos to the first RIT web site
    • Vocalist
    • Blogger
    U Htun Aung Kyaw

  • Class of 1965

    • Most members studied Engineering courses at BIT (Gyogone Campus) after passing I.Sc.(B) in 1961 and graduated with BE in 1965.

    Mechanical

    Saya U Kyaw Sein (M65, GBNF)

    • He is a Johnian.
    • Taught Mechanical Drawing and AutoCAD.
    • Moved to Singapore.
    • Admin / Moderator of RIT & Engg FB Groups.
    • Maintained a page for Pon Tu of Sayas and Sayamas (drawn by Bagyee U Myo Myint)
    • Passed away in Singapore in 2020.

    Saya Dr. Kyaw Sein (M65)

    • Retired as Professor, YTU.
    • Weightlifting and Body Building
    • Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thin
    • Taught at a Malaysian University

    Saya Dr. Nyo Win (M65)

    • He is a Johnian
    • Doctorate from the University of California at Berkley.
    • Past President of BAPS
    • Founding member of RIT Alumni International
    • Organizer, SPZP-2000
    • Founding member and Past BOD of NorCal RITAA.
    • Worked in high tech companies in the USA and Taiwan.

    Saya U Hla Myint (Charlie, M65)

    • He is a Paulian.
    • He represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo.
      He later managed the RIT Swimming and Water Polo teams.
    • He moved to Australia.
    • Co-chaired an RIT gathering in Sydney in 2006 [and may be more].
    • Visited California to see his cousins (e.g. Daw Kyu Kyu Lin (T75)) and friends,

    Saya U Myo Win (Melvin, M/Ag65, GBNF)

    • He is MEHS Alumnus.
    • Headed the RIT Automobile Club.
    • Taught at RIT and Waga Waga University, Australia.Rowed for RIT.
    • He moved to Australia.
    • Co-chaired the RIT Alumni Annual Dinner in Sydney, Australia in 2006T
    • See GBNF pages for messages of condolence.
      .

    Chemical

    • Daw Khin Thein Yi (ChE65)
      Spouse : Edward Teoh (M64)
    • Daw Ni Ni Thwin (Dolly, ChE65, GBNF)
      Sister : Sayama Daw Amy Thwin (GBNF)

    Architecture

    • U Than Htaik (A65)
      Moved to Poland
      Sister : Daw Tin Tin Hla (A70)

  • U Ba Than’s Birthday

    Happy Birthday Sayagyi U Ba Than on October 2nd

    U Ba Than
    Pon Tu of U Ba Than
    U Ba Than and Family

  • Annual Dinner for Gyogone Hostels

    by Daw Khin Swe Oo

    ၁၉၈၄ ခုနှစ်က ကြို့ကုန်းဆောင်များ နှစ်ပါတ်လည်ညစာစားပွဲကိုဦးဆောင်ကျင်းပခဲ့သော ABCDEFG အဆောင်များမှ အဆောင်သာယာရေးကော်မီတီအဖွဲ့ဝင်များအမှတ်တရ

    ရှေ့တန်း ဝဲမှယာ ယဉ်ယဉ်မြင့်၊ အေးအေးရီ၊တင်တင်မြ၊ညိုညိုသန်း၊သန္တာဦး ဆရာမ ဒေါ်ခင်နီနီသိန်း၊အဆောင်မှူး ၊ဒုအဆောင်မှူး (နာမည်မေ့နေ)ယဉ်ယဉ်နု၊ခင်ဆွေဦး ဝေဝေမြင့်၊ခင်ငြိမ်းသူ

  • NorCal RITAA Dinner 1

    EC and BOD
    EC, BOD, Family members & Guests

  • Remembering Saya Allen Htay

    Saya Mao Toon Siong
    • Saya Mao Toon Siong (M62) taught Thermodynamics during our school days.
    • He was Burma Champion for Table Tennis in both Singles and Doubles.
    • He competed in the World Championship and other international games (SEAP, Asian Games).
    • He served as Coach/Manager for the Burma team.
    • He also coached and managed the RIT Table Tennis Team to be victorious in the Inter-Institute Championship.
      His players include “Sin Gyi” (Maung Maung), Stan Liou, Win Myint and another (who is GBNF).
    • His spouse Daw Tin Tin Maw taught Chemistry.
      Her elder sister Lily (MEHS) stood first in Burma in the Matriculation of 1955.

  • Interim Deans of Engineering

    Four Sayas served as Interim Dean of Engineering

    Dr. Htin Aung

    Dr. Tha Hla

    Dr. Maung Maung Kha

    U Po Tha

    ** Notes

    * Dr. Htin Aung served as Rector of Rangoon University and Burmese Ambassador to Ceylon.

    * Dr. Tha Hla served as Professor of Geology and Rector of RU.

    * Dr. Maung Maung Kha served as Professor of Physics and Rector of RU, RASU and University of Distance Learning.

    * U Po Tha served as Professor of Chemistry.

    He wrote Foreword for one of Dr. Htin Aung’s book.

    He advised his nephew Saya U Aung Khin to study Engineering.

  • U Thein Oo

    Name
    • He was known as “Ah Thay Lay“.
    • He is another example of “Great men are short“.
    • He is an entrepreneur (since his school days).
    • He supposedly paid his school fees from his winnings from “Ta Chut Hmok / Show” (and similar card games).
      With great control and having excellent strategies, he was never victimized by “over-emotional” card players.
    • He was also good in sports :
      as a “lifter” in volleyball
      and as a “smasher” in table tennis.
    Brief Bio
    • He received B.Com in 1969
    • He joined the Department of Commerce
    • He later transferred to UCC as Application Programmer along with Bo Shoke, Ko Htin Kyaw and Ko Tun Shwe.
    • His mentors include Saya Dr. Khin Mg Kyi (who attended the University as a monk & is known for his debating style).
      Ko Thein Oo is equally good as his mentor and may be even better.
    • Saya found his soul mate (Than Than Tint) at UCC.
      Or is it Thant Thant Tin (or the permutations)?
      On their early date, a Sayama from Commerce Department saw them and broke the news to UCC Sayas.
    • They and their family members (son, daughter-in-law) operate ACE and its subsidiaries.
    • Ko Thein Oo and Ko Tin Win Aung co-founded the first “training & services” company.
    • Ko Thein Oo has served in various capacities (President …) in MCF and similar organizations.
    • He would entertain (e.g. with Naga Ni song) at the UCC and ICST Gatherings.