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  • Old Paulians

    Top Ten Matriculates from SPHS63

    Top Ten Matriculates from SHS63
    • Dr. Khin Maung U (First in Burma)
    • Dr. Min Oo (2nd)
    • Dr. Myo San (3rd, GBNF)
    • Dr. Nyunt Wai (4th)
    • Dr. Thein Wai (5th)
    • U Hla Min (7th)
    • Dr. Aung Kyaw Zaw (9th)
    • U Maung Maung Kyi (11th)
    • U Aung Thu Yein (13th, GBNF)
    • Dr. Khin Maung Zaw (17th)

    Several studied or taught at RIT

    • Saya Dr. Myint Han (SPHS59)
      Taught Part-time at ChE
    Dr. Myint Han
    • Saya U Htun Aung Kyaw (SPHS61, ChE67)
    U Htun Aung Kyaw
    • Saya U Ohn Maung (SPHS62, ChE68)
    U Ohn Maung
    • U Aung Thu Yein (SPHS63, EC69, GBNF)
    U Aung Thu Yein
    • Saya Dr. Htin Aung (SPHS63, C69)
    Dr. Htin Aung
    • U Tin Tun (SPHS63, M69)
    U Tin Tun
    • Dr. Aung Thwin (SPHS63, GBNF)
    Dr. Aung Thwin
    D S Saluja & Dr. Nyan Taw
    • Davinder Singh Saluja (SPHS63)
      Left RIT before graduation to form Rama Enterprise in Bangkok
    • Dr. Nyan Taw (SPHS63)
      Marine Biologist
    • U Hla Min (SPHS63, EC69)
      Life Long Learner
    U Hla Min
  • Std. VIII (B) in 1960 – 61

    Photo : Dr. Nyan Taw (SPHS63)

    Teachers

    • Brother Anthony
    • Saya U Nyunt Maung
    • Brother Felix
    • Saya Beatson

    Some sayas taught multiple sections. A few also taught at Sacred Heart.

    Students

    • Nyan Taw (Dicky) received Doctorate in Marine Biology from Australia.
      He worked for RU Zoology Department, Pearl & Fishery and several UN/FAO Projects.
    • Dave Singh Saluja co-founded “Rama Enterprise” in Bangkok with his elder brother (Paulian, and alumnus of MIT, GBNF).
  • Staff and Students of 1957 – 58 Electrical Engineering

    1957 – 58 လျှပ်စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာ နောက်ဆုံးနှစ်

    ဆရာများ Staff

    ဦးဘသန်း၊ ဦးတင်ဆွေ (ကွယ်)၊ Mr. W Redpath, ဦးကျော်ထွန်း (ကွယ်)၊ ဦးဘလှီ (ကွယ်၊ မဟာဌာနမှူး)၊ Dr. G H Calder, ဦးမောင်မောင်၊ Dr. ဖရက်ဒီဘလှီ (ကွယ်)၊ ဦးစိန်လှိုင် (ကွယ်)

    ကျောင်းသားများ Students

    * အလယ်တန်း

    ကိုသိန်းလှိုင်၊ ကိုထွန်းရှိန်၊ စောဒေးဗစ်ဝင်း၊ ကိုအောင်ဖေ၊ ကိုစိန်မင်း၊ ကိုဘညွန့် (ကွယ်)၊ ကိုတင်ထွန်း၊ ကိုတင်စိုး

    * နောက်ဆုံးတန်း

    ကိုသိန်းလှိုင်၊ C Liang Seng, ကိုထင်ပေါ် (ကွယ်)၊ Frederick သိန်း၊ ကိုချို၊ ကိုကြည်စိုးမော်၊ ကိုမောင်မောင်

    အထွေထွေ General

    • ဦးဘလှီ First native Dean of Engineering
      Proposed Twinning Program between the RU Faculty of Engineering and prestigious universities in the USA
    • Dr. F ဘလှီ Director General, UBARI
      (နောက်) Advisor, National Planning
      Member, UCC Advisory Board
    • ဦးကျော်ထွန်း Saya of our sayas
      BOC College က စ သင်ကြား
    • ဦးစိန်လှိုင်
      (နောက်) Professor, Electrical Engineering
    • ဦးတင်ဆွေ Senior Lecturer
    • ဦးမောင်မောင် UBARI
    • ဦးဘသန်း
      (နောက်) Professor, Mechanical Engineering
    • ဦးထင်ပေါ် (EE58) Double Gold Medalist
      (နောက်) Assistant Lecturer
      USA မှာ MS ဘွဲ့ရ
      UBARI & Electrical Inspectorate
      Founder & President, BEA
      Past President, TBSA
    • ဦးဘညွန့် (EE58)
      (နောက်) Assistant Lecturer
      USA မှာ MS ဘွဲ့ရ
      MOC / MOGE
  • Peter Tun 4

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    • On April 13, 2020, Dr. Peter Tun (Khin Tun) passed away.
    • He was the first medical doctor in the UK to succumb to COVID-19.
    • The sad story — lack of PPE at his ward (despite his requests to provide them) — was aired in the TV stations and covered in the newspapers.
    • On April 13, 2021 — the first anniversary of his untimely death — the Royal Berkshire Hospital held a memorial for him and planted a cherry tree at the staff well-being center.
    • The cherry tree was his favorite especially because his mother’s name is Dr. Khin Kyi Nyunt (Cherry Tin Gyi).
    • Dr. Peter Tun (MRCP) served for four years as Associate Dean at Oxford University.
    • The Royal College of Physicians plan to confer a Fellowship to Dr. Peter Tun posthumously.
  • Dr. (Album)

    Dr. Tin Win (Alan, Chemistry)
    Dr. Aung Myint (Chemistry)
    Dr. Aung Than (Dental)
    Dr. Aye Hlaing (Institute of Economics)
    Dr. Ba Han (Law, Lexicographer)
    Dr. F Ba Hli (UBARI)
    Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (National Planning Advisor)
    Dr. Ba Than (IM 1, Zwe Ah Nyeint, Footballer)
    Dr. Chit Swe (Pioneer of Computer Education and Application in Burma)
    Dr. Daw Yi Yi (Botany)
    Dr. Hla Phay
    Dr. Htin Aung (Vice Chancellor, Rector, Author)
    Dr. Khin Maung Nyo (Chemistry)
    Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt (History)
    Dr. Ko Ko Gyi (Zoology)
    Dr. Kyaw Sein (M65)
    Dr. Maung Maung Gyi (Mandalay IM)
    Dr. Maung Maung Kha (RU)
    Dr. Mya Than (Institute of Economics)
    Dr. Myint Tun (Henry, Chemistry)
    Dr. Nyi Nyi (Deputy Minister)
    Dr. San Tint (Electrical)
    Dr. Saw Wai Hla (Physics)
    Dr. Soe Myint Win, Dr. Aye Thein Kyaw (Physics)
    Dr. Soe Myint Win
    Dr. Soe Win (YUFL)
    Dr. Soe Aung and Daw May Saw Lwin
    Dr. Than Tun (History)
    Dr. Thein Aung (Chemistry(
    Dr. Tin Aung (Physics)
    Dr. U E (IM 2)
    Dr. Win Naing (Physics)
    Dr. Zin Aung (Physics, Assumption University)
  • Alumni

    ** Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70) posted photo from a gathering with Saya U Thein Tan, Sayama Daw Tin Tin Oo (Toni), Sayama Muriel and Daw Phyu Phyu Latt (Christine, A70).

    ** U Myint Pe (M72) posted photo with fellow RIT Cartoonists.

    ** Daw Thuzar and family hosted Soon Kyway in memory of U Tun Aung (Jeffery, EC68) who passed away a year ago.

    ** U Aung Kyaw Myint ( Eddie, M70) posted photo with U La Min (EP70) and Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor, SPHS63). They are Old Paulians.

    ** U Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu, Min69) posted photo with U Sein Myint (EP69). His spouse Daw Mu Aye is a cousin of U Win Boh (Robert, EC69).

    ** U Tin Aung Win (Oscar, M69) posted photo of Zoom meeting with former HIC colleagues : U Myint Thein Lwin (M62), U Than Htut (M67, RUBC Gold) …

  • Allen Htay

    SF Bay Area RIT Alumni

    • Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF) was the leader of the San Francisco Bay Area RIT Alumni.
    • He is a founding member of RIT Alumni International and served as President.
    • His article, “Brother, can you afford US$500?” helped with the Fund Raising of SPZP-2000 with five Golden Sponsors — Steeve Kay (Thaung Sein, EC70), Benny Tan (Yu Beng, M70), David Ko (Tin Myint, M67, GBNF), Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M69), Maung Maung Than (M79) — and many donors.

    Donation to YTU library

    • In memory of Saya Allen Htay (C58), Daw Mu Mu Khin donated books and book shelves to YTU Library.
    • Maurice Chee (M75) coordinated the shipment of Saya’s books.

    Financial Aid for eligible YTU students

    • In memory of Saya Allen Htay (C58), Daw Mu Mu Khin provided Financial Aid for eligible YTU students.
    • NorCal RITAA and ARITA coordinated with the selection of students.
  • 24

    • There are 24 hours in a day.
    • In the old days, most people use a film allowing 24 pictures.
    • 24mm and 35mm are two sample sizes for the old projectors.
    • There are 24 Relations in the Pathana.
    • “24 Hrs” is a TV series.
    • Several Health Insurance companies provides free access to “24 Hr Fitness” to eligible Seniors.
    • Time management is partly based on the fact that everyone — rich or poor — has 24 hours a day. Most people spend 8 hours a day for sleep. There are a few who sleep less (e.g. 4 hours) and live long and healthy. There are others who suffer (e.g. accidents in traffic and work) due to insufficient sleep.
    • Some provide 24 x 7 service. (7 days a week)
    • It is difficult if impossible to provide 24 x 365 service. (365 days for a common year).
    • World Cup had 16 finalists before it was expanded to 24 teams and beyond.
  • Shwe Ku May Hnin

    SF Bay Area Talks

    In addition to the Annual San Francisco Bay Area Literary Talks, there are also ad hoc talks by visiting Sar Yay Sayas and Sayamas.

    Brief Bio

    • Matriculated from Shwe Ku
    • Attended Rangoon University for two years as part of the agreement for Teachers’ Training
    • Returned to the University after teaching for several years and graduated.
    • Gave me the book “Nga Doh Khit Ka Tekkatho” at the San Francisco Bay Area Talk.
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    • EC Member of the RU Literary Club (1959 – 60)
  • Mini-gathering in Singapore

    RIT and UCC Sayas and Alumni

    Singapore

    Saya Dr. San Tint (EE61) and U Shein Soe Myint (EC83, UCC) are GBNF.