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Dr. San Lin (C62)

• Taught part-time at Civil Engineering Department
• Worked for EPC before moving overseas
• Worked for UN in Thailand and New York
• After retirement, moved to California
• Spouse : Dr. Daw Thynn Thynn, Founder of STW-2 Dhamma Center

U San Lin (C69, GBNF)

• Taught at Pyay, Yenangyaung and Tanyin GTI
• Served as Principal
• Retired Assistant Director of Set-Saik-Thet

U San Lin (Robert, EC73)

• Received Masters in Computer Science from UCC
• Worked for Texas Instruments in Singapore before transferring to USA.
• His division was bought by another company (twice), but he was retained by those companies
• After retirement, he moved from SugarLand to Dallas to be close to his son Vincent (medical doctor)
• Spouse : Daw Hla Myint (Marina, EC73)
• Father: U Boon Bin (Railways), Class of 48 and 49

U San Lin (M87)

• Maung Lu Pay — named similar to Maung Lu Aye (Theikpan Maung Wa’s character)
• Sponsor, SF Bay Area Literary Talks
• Founding member of NorCal RITAA
• Member, BADA

• Soe Thein — Ta Ka Tha leader; Registrar at RIT; Transferred to DHE as Director

• Soe Thein (EE60) — Attended SPZP-2000 with his brothers Saya Dr. Aung Soe (C) and Saya Dr. K Chiu (Tin Aung, ChE)

• Soe Thein (EP69er) — Peter Myint Mg at MEHS; Daughter drives him to 69er events

Soe Thein, Dr. (C75) — RIT saya; Masters from AIT; Doctorate from NUS; Organizer & Webmaster, SPZP-2007; Organizer & Webmaster, Singapore Civil Engineering Alumni

Notes

• Several student leaders became administrators in the Revolutionary Council government and BSPP.
• The three brothers are also known as K K Chiu, K J Chiu and K C Chiu.
• Peter had an operation. He no longer drives.
• Dr. Soe Thein’s mentors include Dr. Aung Soe and Dr. Win Thein. Both sayas share a part of his name.

by Hla Min

Updated : May 2025

• Kyaw Myint (T) — Attended Yankin College in 1957; Studied Textile Engineeringin Japan; Taught at RIT; Moved Singapore and Canada; Spouse: Shirley Khun Kyi

• Kyaw Myint (M/Auto64) — Saya; RIT; Worked for UN projects in Beijing; Moved to Northern California; Patron of TDS; Spouse: Dr. Daw Kyin Yee

• Kyaw Myint (T72) — High school Luyechun from Mandalay; Youngest member of the class of 72; Expert in indigenous medicine and Veda; Succeeded U Khin Aung Bo as President of MARB; Spouse:
  Sandi Hlaing.

Aung Myaing wrote :
Kyaw Myint (Tx72) is a friend with a wonderful brain that can effectively store data of different nature: Engineering, အဘိဓမ်မာ, Veda, indigenous medicines, etc.,

• Kyaw Myint (EP72) — )Owns Good Morning Bakery and more; Food Donor to several RIT Gatherings (including SPZP).

Aung Myaing wrote :
Kyaw Myint (EE) is another close and sociable friend who has been supporting RIT72-sponsored functions led by Mg Mar Ga morally and materially.

Mg Mar Ga wrote :
အုပ်စုထဲမှာကျော်မြင့်၂ယောက်ရှိတယ်တယောက်ကဆေးဆရာဗေဒင်ဆရာတယောက်ကGood Morningပေါင်မုန်သူဌေးလူခွဲလို့ရ ​ေအာင်ဗေဒင်ကိုနပ် ပေါင်မုန့်ကို half baked ပေါင်မု့န်လို့စပြီးhalfလို့နာမည်ပေးတယ် ဒါ half ဟတ် တကယ်တော့major သာကွဲတာသူကcentralထဲကငယ်သူငယ်ချင်း

• Kyaw Myint (M83)– Runs a Flower Shop with his spouse (Millie) in Pleasanton, California; Founding member and past EC of Norcal RITAA; Sponsored financial aid for eligible YTU students; Past Gawpaka of Mettananda Vihara.
  
• Kyaw Myint — First in Burma in Matriculation; Barrister; Dean of Law, RU; Supreme Court Justice; Head of Tribunal for trying Galon U Saw

• Kyaw Myint, Dr. — Peterite; Professor; Retired Minister of Health
  
• Kyaw Myint (Physics) — DG, DHE; Met as Guest Speakers at Ngapali Luyechun Camp
  
• Kyaw Myint, Dr. — Matriculated in 1963; Moved to Sydney
  

Aung Gyi Shwe (EE69er, GBNF)

• Secretary, RIT Track and Field
• Weightlifting
• Soccer

Aung Min (M69)

• Chair, 69er Health Care Fund
• Organizer, 69er Gatherings

Aung Moung (M73, GBNF)

Volunteer for

• SPZP
• HMEE
• SDYF
• Alumni Association

Aung Myaing (ChE72)

• Saya
• Okpo Maung Yin Maung
• Organizer, Poetic Art Series

U Aung Myint (Pet69)

• Saya
• Cartoonist
• Author
• Publisher

U Aung Myint (M69)

Saya at

• RIT
• Singapore Polytechnic

Saya U Aung Khin (M)

• First native Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• BS and MS from Lehigh University and an MS from Canada
• Wrote several articles for RIT Alumni Newsletter
• Wrote “Mechanical Engineering Post 1950” for HMEE project
• Gave the Go-ahead for SPZP-2000
• Gave Keynote speech at the founding of Mechanical Engineering Association
• Hosted us during our visit to Windsor, Canada
  Prepared homemade Ah Kyaw and Mohinga for breakfast
  Gave us Windsor mementos
• Stays fit by playing Tennis and Golf

U Aung Khin (M67)

• Multiple Sports Athlete
• Represented RIT in Track & Field, Hiking, Soccer, Volleyball and Basketball

U Aung Khin (EP68)

• EC (including VP) of BASES
• Volunteer / Advisor, selected monasteries and meditation centers
• Hosted us during some visits to Southern California

U Aung Khin (A69)

• Worked in Botswana
• After retirement, moved to Seattle, Washington
• Spouse : Daw Tin Tin Hla (A70)

U Aung Khin (SPHS3, GBNF)

• Attended DSA
• Worked for PPIC
• Had two Kidney transplants

U Ba Hli

U Ba Toke

Bagan

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