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  • Win Aung

    • Dr. Win Aung (M62) — NSF (National Science Foundation); Secretary General, iNEER; Attended SPZP-2000; Wrote about his father Saya C Ping Lee (EE) for RIT Alumni Newsletter; Attended First East Coast Reunion; Gave us dinner
    East Coast Reunion
    Dinner hosted by Dr. Win Aung
    Dr. Win Aung
    • U Win Aung (TTC, M70) — High School Luyechun for Ngapali Camp in the Summer of 1964; Represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo; Secretary, RIT Swimming Association; Volunteer, Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65
    M70
    U Tha Htay, U Win Hyat, U Win Aung, U Soe Aung

    U Win Aung (M69) — Moved to East Coast, USA; He would phone his former classes very late at night.

  • Ye

    • Ye Aung — Actor
    • Ye Chit Pe (MEHS64, M 70) — Retired BG
    • Ye Gaung (EE80) — May Recording Studio
    • Ye Gaung — Minister
    • Ye Khaung — Student Political Party
    • Ye Htut
    • Ye Htut Aung — ICST
    • Ye Lwin (AGTI, RIT) — Bass Guitarist; Leader of E-Machine & Myizzima Hlaing
    • Ye Min
    • Ye Munn
    • Ye Myat (Ye Myint Thein) — Father : Myint Thein
    • Ye Myint, Dr. — Burma’s second cardiac surgeon; first was the late Dr. Khin Maung Thaw
    • Ye Myint, Dr. — Professor, Renowned laparoscopic surgeon
    • Ye Myint, Dr. — UK; Parents : Tin U and Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt
    • Ye Myint (ChE70) — Saya; Moved to Singapore, Donated to RIT and ChE
    • Ye Myint (C70) — Saya
    • Ye Myint (EE72) — Father: U Ba Toke
    • Ye Myint — B.Com; Son: Zayanda
    Dr. Ye Myint (UK)
    • Ye Myint Kyaw, Dr. — Prof, Pen name : Linga Ye Kyaw: Paediatrician, author of over 20 books, script write for the three books made into movies, Regular contributor of medical and non medical topics
    • Ye Nyunt
    • Ye Sein — Teacher, Mintha; Father: Kenneth Sein
    • Ye Sint (Physics) — Saya; Past VP of TBSA; Editor, Dhammananda Newsletter and the Memorial Book for U Silananda; Pen name: Ogga
    • Ye Swe — Boxing
    • Ye Tint — Boxing
    • Ye Win (EP67, GBNF)
    • Mehm Ye Win (EC69 — PTC
    • Ye Wint — Father: Zaw Myint
    • Ye Yint — Cinema
  • San Lin

    Dr. San Lin in Southern California

    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
    Obituary for U San Lin (C69)

    U San Lin (C69, GBNF)

    • Taught at Pyay, Yenangyaung and Tanyin GTI
    • Served as Principal
    • Retired Assistant Director of Set-Saik-Thet
    San Lin (Robert) and Marina
    U Boon Pin

    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
    Maung Lu Pay with Saya U Tin Mg Oo and Daw Thida Swe
    NorCal RITAA

    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

    • 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)
    EE60
    SPZP-2000
    • Soe Thein (EP69er) — Peter Myint Mg at MEHS; Daughter drives him to 69er events
    EE69er Gathering

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

    Dr. Soe Thein

    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.
  • Kyaw Myint (Names)

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

    U Kyaw Myint (Veda)
    U Kyaw Myint (Veda)
    • 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

    U Kyaw Myint (Good Morning)
    U Kyaw Myint (Good Morning)
    • 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
    Barrister U Kyaw Myint
    • 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

    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
  • Aung Khin

    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
    Saya U Aung Khin with M71 graduates
    Saya U Aung Khin at SPZP-2000

    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 (EP68) in Southern California

    U Aung Khin (A69)

    • Worked in Botswana
    • After retirement, moved to Seattle, Washington
    • Spouse : Daw Tin Tin Hla (A70)
    U Aung Khin (A69) in Seattle, Washington

    U Aung Khin (SPHS3, GBNF)

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

    U Ba Hli

    U Ba Toke

    Bagan

    Bagyee

    BAPS

    Bay Area Alumni

  • U Ba Than

    • Per request of Dr. Maung Maung Kha (Interim Dean of Engineering), Saya helped with the Engineering Library
    • Invite sayas and alumni to his Birthday Soon Kwyay
    • Memoirs given to attendees of his 78th Birthday Celebration in 2008
    • Coordination meeting for HMEE-2012 at his residence (“Winner Inn”)
    • Provided precious photos for display at MES and for use by HMEE project
    • Donated Garawa money back to selected charities

    Some Photos

  • Dr. Aung Gyi

    Saya’s Contributions

    • Brief Bio
      for SPZP-2000
    • Key note speech at SPZP-2000 held in the USA
      Highlighted the importance of Health and Emotional Intelligence
    • Memories of Dr. Aung Gyi
      for RIT Alumni Newsletter
    • Introduction to the History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar
      for HMEE project
    • Coconut Episode
      highlighted the transformation of a coconut thief into a 3R teacher
    • Article covering (a) State Scholarship in the USA (b) Experience as Professor and Rector
      Saya’s article was quoted in HMEE book
    • Interview with MASTAA

    Some Photos