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  • Intake of 1st BE in 1964

    400+ students were admitted.

    Some did not report for the classes.

    Some left RIT before graduation.

    120+ are GBNF

    The post is based on the Spreadsheet compiled by U Ohn Khine (M70).

    Ohn Khine

    Feel free to provide corrections and additional information.

    Students

    1. Zaw Min (Nawaday, EP70, MS, USA)

    RIT Luyechun

    Participated in English Debate

    Wrote “RIT Days 1964 – 1970”

    Worked in Electronics Industry

    Retired in Las Vegas, Nevada

    2. Tommy Shwe (GBNF)

    Played Badminton for RIT

    Left before graduation to Taiwan

    Passed away in California, USA

    3. Cho Aye (M70, GBNF, 2018)

    Represented RIT Hiking & Mountaineering in the All Universities & Institutes Expedition to Mount Victoria

    Organizer, Combined 1st BE Intake for 1964 and 1965

    4. Peter Pe (GBNF, 1969, accident)

    Represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo

    Fell from a horse

    Brother of Saya Nita Pe

    5. Salai Myo Myint (C70)

    —-

    6. Aung Myint (C70, USA)

    7. Myint Myint Sein (Diana, M70, Canada)

    Performed dance at SPZP-2000

    8. Kyaw Win Maung (ChE70)

    RIT Luyechun

    9. Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70, USA, GBNF)

    Steeve Kay

    Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

    CEO, Kay Family Foundation

    Donated $200000+ to RIT-related activities

    Passed away in California, USA

    10. Win Maung (M70)

    —-

    11. S Joseph Aung (M70)

    12. Myo Myint (M70)

    13. Maung Maung (M70)

    14. ???

    15. Tin Maung Win (M70, Singapore)

    —-

    16. Win Tint (Patrick Hla Pe, EP70)

    17. Nay Aung (M70)

    18. Thaung Htike (EC70)

    19. Ma Kyin Myint (E 70)

    20. Maung Aung (C70, USA)

    Maung Aung (2nd from Left)

    —-

    21. Johnnie Bott

    22. Htun Kyaw (EC70)

    23. Zaw Win (C70, Australia)

    24. Sai Aung Min (M70)

    25. Than Lwin (EP70)

    —-

    26. Lin Zaw Min (Walter Tan, M70, USA)

    Past BOD, Norcal Ritaa

    Participated in English Debate

    27. Aung Nyein

    28. Kyaw Soe Oo

    29. Aung Htoo

    30. Tin Aye (M70)

    —-

    31. Win Aung (M70)

    32. Kyaw Win

    33. Tin Win

    34. Kyaw Tin

    35. Albert Trutwein

    —-

    36. Kyaw Nyunt

    37. Sonny Yeo (M70)

    38. Ma Hnin Yee (C70)

    39. Khin Maung Lay (Mutu, M71)

    40. Ma Khin Hme (Margaret, M70)

    —-

    41. Maung Maung Gyi (Victor Jones, C70)

    42. Ma Cho Cho Saw (ChE70)

    43. Myo Win Thein (Patrick Fong, C70)

    44. Maung Kaung (M71)

    45. Nay Win (T70)

    —-

    46. Kyaw Phone Myint (Victor Kyaw Phyo, M71, GBNF)

    47. Myo Nyunt

    48. Tin Ohn (M70)

    49. Nyunt Shwe

    50. Myo Myint

    —-

    51. Stanley Lim

    52. Naw Hta Khaw (EP70)

    53. Aung Khin (Lee Wee Kee, C7?)

    54. Naing Win (M70, GBNF)

    55. Sai Aung Hla (M70)

    —-

    56. Yee Yee Myint (C70)

    57. Thein Win (M/Ag70)

    58. Mya Daung (M/Ag71)

    59. Win Htut (C70)

    60. Lay Myint (C7?)

    —-

    61. Ma Win Yee (?7?)

    62. Than Htwe (Mn70)

    63. Ye Chit Pe (M70)

    64. ???

    65. Khin Maung Kyaw (M/Auto70)

    —-

    66. Khin Maung Pun (Pet70)

    67. Hla Htun (M/Ag70)

    68. Myo Thaw (Freddie Thaw)

    69. Tin Aung (EP70)

    70. Than Htun (M70)

    —-

    71. Aung Kyan (M/Auto70)

    72. Ma Khin Phyu Win (C?)

    73. Sai Maung Lin (M/Ag70)

    74. Aung Htun (M7?)

    75. Thet Win (M70, USA)

    —-

    76. Ma Thit Thit Aye (EP7?)

    77. Maung Maung Lwin (C71)

    78. Htun Swe (Terrence Lee, Pet7?)

    79. Win Htay (Walter Cheng Lyan, M70, USA)

    80. Kyaw Min Aung

    —-

    81. Myint Aung (M70)

    82. Hla Min (Pauk Si, E 70, GBNF)

    83. Htay Naing (?)

    84. Ye Myint (ChE70)

    85. Ba Kyaw (C70)

    —-

    86. Aung Lwin (M70)

    87. Han Tha Myint (EC70)

    88. Soe Win (EC70)

    89. Madan Chand (C70, USA)

    90. Ohn Thaung (C70)

    —-

    91. Thaung Htun (Robin Chu, M7?)

    92. Hla Myint (Met7?)

    93. Maung Maung Myint (M7?)

    94. Soe Tint (Nevil Kyi Maung, C7?)

    95. Maung Maung Thaw (EP70)

    —-

    96. Aung Thein (M70)

    97. Maung Maung Than (M/Ag70)

    98. Soe Win (M71)

    99. Nyunt Tin (M70)

    100. Le Le Win (Lillian, M71)

    —-

    101. Win Thein (?)

    102. Nan Lwin (EP70)

    103. Ma Myo Myat Myint (M70)

    104. Myat Khine (M7?)

    105. Thaung Han (?)

    —-

  • Uniform

    • Uniform may stand for “one form”.
    • In Statistics, Uniform Distribution is a type of data distribution.
    • During their university days, Bogyoke Aung San and U Thant had a debate on Uniform.

    Dress Codes

    • A uniform could specify
      (a) short or long pants (e.g. Kakki)
      (b) shirt (e.g. long sleeved white shirt)
      (c) optional : Necktie, Coat, Badge
    • The optional items may be worn at formal functions (e.g. Award Presentation Ceremony).

    Burmese Dress

    Burmese dress for males

    • Pasoe / Longyi
    • [Collarless] Shirt
    • Taik Pon
    • Optional : Gaung Baung

    St. Paul’s High School

    • Some schools may mandate their students to wear uniform on specified days (and may be every day).
    • During our younger days, we had to perform drill at the School Sports and at the Aung San Stadium for specified events (e.g. Education Day Celebration). We had to dress up in uniform.


    UTC

    • Those joining UTC (Universities’ Training Corps) are given two sets of [usually old] uniforms.
    • Most prefer to buy or order their own.
    UTC

    Faculty of Engineering

    • U Ba Hli (first native Dean of Engineering) is seen in photos wearing a uniform.
    U Ba Hli

    Rangoon University Boat Club

    • RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club) awards Half Green, Full Green and Gold.
    • RUBC specifies Dress Code for the award winners.
    RUBC

    USA Sports

    • In the USA, sports team have at least two sets of uniforms :
      one for playing at Home, and another for playing elsewhere.

  • Books by Tun Tun (Mining)

    ထွန်းထွန်း (သတ္တုတွင်း) ရဲ့ စာအုပ်များ

    စက်မှုတွင်းထွက် ကုန်ကြမ်းများ Industrial Minerals

    မြေရှားတွင်းထွက်များ Rare Earth Minerals

    ရွှေရတု မောင်နှံ GJ Couple

    စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ရောင်းရင်းများ With RIT Alumni

  • Dhammapada

    Background

    • The Dhammapada is a collection of verses
    • They cover the teachings of the Buddha
    • The Pali text has been translated in various languages

    U Lokanatha

    U Lokanatha
    • U Lokanatha (Italian Buddhist Monk) was a Chemist in the US.
    • He received a book from his supervisor as a Christmas present.
    • The book contained a chapter on Dhammapada.
    • After reading Dhammapada, he decided to quit his job and become a Buddhist monk.

    Narada Thera’s Version

    • Subtitle: PALI text & translation with stories & notes
    • Author : Narada Thera
    • Editions: 1st edition (1963), 4th Edition (1993)

    Contents

    The Pali alphabet

    Preface

    Chapters

    1. The Twin Verses
    2. Heedfulness
    3. Mind
    4. Flowers
    5. Fools
    6. The Wise
    7. The Worthy
    8. Thousands
    9. Evil
    10. The Rod or Punishment
    11. Old Age
    12. The Self
    13. The World
    14. The Buddha
    15. Happiness
    16. Affection
    17. Anger
    18. Impurities or Taints
    19. The Just or Righteous
    20. The Way or the Path
    21. Miscellaneous
    22. Woeful State
    23. The Elephant
    24. Craving
    25. The Bhikkhu or the Mendicant
    26. The Brahmana

  • Eminent Alumni of RU

    I have added comments to some photos.

    Article by Saya Dr. Maung Maung Nyo


    U Pe Maung Tin, Dr. Htin Aung, Dr. Hla Myint, Dr. Maung Maung Kha, Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Dr. Daw Khin Mya, M.A. Daw Ohn

    Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin (Pali and Burmese Scholar) convinced RU to have a separate Burmese Department. He was the first native Principal of Rangoon College.
    Dr. Htin Aung served as Principal of Rangoon College, Rector and Vice Chancellor of Rangoon University. He is a distinguished author. He is a Historian and Folklorist.
    Dr. Hla Myint is a distinguished Economist. He served as Rector of Rangoon University.
    Dr. Maung Maung Kha served as Professor of Physics. He is the longest tenured Rector.

    RU produced outstanding female authors and educators.
    Ludu Daw Ah Mar is considered as a “Literary Mother” by many journalists and writers.
    Daw Khin Myo Chit won International awards for her writings.
    Dr. Daw Khin Mya was a pioneer of Education in Burma.
    M.A. Daw Ohn was an early female post-graduate in Burma.

    Col. Min Sein, Dr, Ba Than, Dr. Ko Gyi, Dr. Daw Yin May

    They are some of the Medical Pioneers in Burma.
    Col. Min Sein and Dr, Daw Yin May are parents of Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold, Australia).
    Dr. Ba Than is the father of Georgie, Kitty and Amy. He ran the hospital (during the Japanese Occupation) which treated Bogyoke Aung San, Bogyoke Ne Win and Thakin Than Tun. He served as Rector of IM(1) and founded “Zwe Ah Nyeint”.
    Dr. Ko Gyi served as MS of EENT. He is the father of Ko Tin Oo, Ko Aung Khin (GBNF) and Dr. Thein Wai.

    Bogyoke Aung San: Architect of Burma’s Independence

    Dr. Ba U : President of the Union of Burma

    Dr. Ba U wrote “My Burma”. He claimed to be the “first” President to be elected according to the Constitution. Many consider him to be the “second” President, who succeeded Sao Shwe Thaik.

    Rangoon University Student’s Union EC for 1935 – 36

    Oway Magazine Committee Members (1936)

    U Ba Hein and U Hla Shwe : Student Leaders

    U Thant (UNSG) : Burma’s Son

    Dr. Tha Hla

    Dr. Tha Hla served as Professor of Geology, Interim Dean of Engineering, and Rector. He retired after serving as Advisor on UN projects. I heard some good stories about Dr. Tha Hla from a saya (who received help and advice during his stay in Thailand from Sayagyi).

    Dr. Nyi Nyi

    He served as Professor of Geology and as Secretary / Deputy Minister of Education (which implemented the then “New” Education System including the controversial ILA System, and the reorganization of RU into several Institutes).

    He also chaired the UCC Project Management Committee.

    After retirement, he worked for UN.

    Mya Than Tint

    He is known as an outstanding Translator.

  • Dr. Maung Maung Nyo

    Dr. Maung Maung Nyo is a medical doctor, professor and an award winning author.
    He wrote an article about eminent alumni from Rangoon University.
    RU produced scholars, leaders, authors — to name a few.
    Examples:

    • Dr. Ko Ko Gyi (Colonel, IM(2), Educator)
    • Thakin Ba Sein (Political Leader)
    • U Ba Swe (Former Prime Minister)
    • Theikpan Maung Wa (ICS U Sein Tin, Author)
    • Thein Pe Myint (Political Leader, Author)
    • Bogyoke Kyaw Zaw (Thirty Comrades)
    • Maung Htin (Author)
    • Zaw Gyi (U Thein Han, Poet, Chief Librarian
    • Dr. Kyaw Thet (Professor of History)


    U Pe Maung Tin, Dr. Htin Aung, Dr. Hla Myint, Dr. Maung Maung Kha, Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Dr. Daw Khin Mya, M.A. Daw Ohn

    • Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin (Pali and Burmese Scholar) convinced RU to have a separate Burmese Department.
      He was the first native Principal of Rangoon College.
    • Dr. Htin Aung served as Principal of Rangoon College, and Rector of Rangoon University.
      He is a distinguished Author, Historian and Folklorist.
    • Dr. Hla Myint is a distinguished Economist.
      He served as Rector of Rangoon University.
    • Dr. Maung Maung Kha served as Professor of Physics.
      He is the longest tenured Rector.
      He served as Rector of RU, RASU and University of Distance Learning.
    • Ludu Daw Ah Mar is considered as a “Literary Mother” by many journalists and writers.
    • Daw Khin Myo Chit won International awards for her writings.
    • Dr. Daw Khin Mya was a pioneer of Education in Burma.
    • M.A. Daw Ohn was an early female post-graduate in Burma.

    Col. Min Sein, Dr, Ba Than, Dr. Ko Gyi, Dr. Daw Yin May

    • They are some of the Medical Pioneers in Burma.
    • Col. Min Sein (Dean) and Dr. Daw Yin May (OG) are parents of Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold, Australia).
    • Dr. Ba Than (Surgeon) is the father of Georgie, Kitty and Amy.
      He ran the hospital (during the Japanese Occupation) which treated Bogyoke Aung San, Bogyoke Ne Win and Thakin Than Tun.
      He served as Rector of IM(1) and founded “Zwe Ah Nyeint”.
    • Dr. Ko Gyi served as MS of EENT.
      He is the father of Ko Tin Oo, Ko Aung Khin (GBNF) and Dr. Thein Wai.

    Bogyoke Aung San: Architect of Burma’s Independence

    Dr. Ba U : President of the Union of Burma

    • Dr. Ba U wrote “My Burma”.
      He claimed to be the “first” President to be elected according to the Constitution.
      Many consider him to be the “second” President, who succeeded Sao Shwe Thaik.

    Rangoon University Student’s Union EC for 1935 – 36

    Oway Magazine Committee Members (1936)

    U Ba Hein and U Hla Shwe : Student Leaders

    U Thant (UNSG) : Burma’s Son

    Dr. Tha Hla

    • Dr. Tha Hla served as Professor of Geology, Interim Dean of Engineering, and Rector.
      He retired after serving as Advisor on UN projects.
      I heard some good stories about Dr. Tha Hla from a saya (who received help and advice during his stay in Thailand from Sayagyi).

    Dr. Nyi Nyi

    • Dr. Nyi Nyi was a mentee of Dr. Tha Hla.
    • He served as Professor of Geology and as Secretary / Deputy Minister of Education (which implemented the then “New” Education System including the controversial ILA System, and the reorganization of RU into several Institutes).
    • He chaired the UCC Project Management Committee.
    • After retirement, he worked for UN.

    Mya Than Tint

    • He is kan outstanding Translator.

  • U Mg Mg Kaung / Yi Pin (M69)

    • He was in Dawei when his spouse passed away in Yangon.
      He rushed to Yangon to take care of his spouse.
      Due to the COVID Restrictions then in place, he could not attend her last journey.
    • The following year, he succumbed to COVID.
    • COVID claimed many lives including multiple members in some families.

  • Civil Engineering Sayagyis

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    မြို့ပြအင်ဂျင်နီယာဌာန ဆရာကြီးများ

    1957 – 58 မြို့ပြ

    • ဦးဘလှီ (ကွယ်) U Ba Hli (GBNF)
      မဟာဌာနမှူး Dean
      Proponent of the “Twinning Program” between the Faculty of Engineering, RU and prestigious universities in the USA
    • ဦးနန်ကောက် (ကွယ်) H Num Kok (GBNF)
      BOC ကောလိပ်မှာ စာ စသင် Started as a teacher at BOC College
      Saya of our sayas
    • ဦးအောင်ကြီး U Aung Gyi
      နောက် — Dr.၊ ပါမောက္ခချုပ် Rector
    • ဦးမင်းဝန် (ကွယ်) U Min Wun (GBNF)
      နောက် — ပါမောက္ခ Professor
    • ကိုအယ်လင်ဌေး (C58, ကွယ်) Allen Htay (GBNF)
      နောက် — ကထိက Lecturer
      President, RIT Photography Association
      Leader,San Francisco Bay Area RIT Alumni Group
      ဥက္ကဌ၊ RIT Alumni International / President
      Organizer, SPZP-2000
      Author, “Brother, can you afford to spare $500 and more?”
      In saya’s memory, his spouse Daw Mu Mu Kin donated saya’s books to YTU Library. She also provided financial aid to eligible YTU students.

    SPZP-2000 Organizers

    Thingyan — April 1966

    • ကိုစံလှအောင် (C58) San Hla Aung
      နောက် — ကထိက
      President, RIT Swimming Association
      President, RIT Rowing Association
      Line Judge, RUBC Regattas
      Dr., Tulane University ပါမောက္ခ Professor

    Donated Garawa money to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation

    • ကိုဝင်းသိန်း (C58, ကွယ်) Win Thein
      နောက် — Dr., ပါမောက္ခ Professor
      In saya’s memory, his sister donated to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation, MES and Starvation Eradication

    Civil Engineering Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe

    အထွေထွေ General

    • SPZP-2000 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ Saya Pu Zaw Pwe
      RIT Alumni International (headed by Saya Allen Htay) hosted the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in October 2000.
      Benny Tan (M70) and Maurice Chee (M75) were co-Chair of the Working Committee.

    ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမများSayas and Sayama at SPZP-2000

    Several Civil Engineering sayas attended SPZP-2000. They include Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun, U Allen Htay, Dr. San Hla Aung, Dr. Aung Soe, U Myint Lwin, U Tin Maung, and U Myat Htoo.

    • စွယ်တော်ရိပ်ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Swel Daw Yeik Foundation

    Dr.စံလှအောင် အလှူငွေ ပေးအပ်
    On behalf of SDYF, Saya U Moe Aung, U Wynn Htain Oo and Nan Khin Nwe accepted Dr. San Hla Aung’s donation.

    • မြို့ပြဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ Civil Engineering Pu Zaw Pwe
      Before the pandemic, there used to be All-Civil Reunion and PZPs.
      Later, some PZPs are conducted via Zoom.
    • ဆရာဦးဘသန်း၊ Dr. စံလှအောင်
      Dr. San Hla Aung visited Winner Inn and paid respect to Saya U Ba Than.
    • 1966 သင်္ကြန် — ဆရာအယ်လင်ဌေး
      An old photo shows Saya Allen during Thingyan festival.

  • 2014 RIT Golden Jubilee

    2014 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ရွှေရတု

    RIT Golden Jubilee in 2014

    ပရိသတ် (တချို့) Attendees

    ရွှေရတု Logo

    ရွှေရတု လမ်း နဲ့ ရွှေရတု ခုံ များ Shwe YaDu Lann and Benches

    • Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) composed a poem called “Shwe YaDu Lann”.
    • U Hla Min translated the poem.

    မန်းဘဲ ရဲ့ ရွှေရတု ကာတွန်း Cartoon


    Thanks for Cupid’s missed shot

    ရွှေရတု ညစာ စားပွဲ Shwe YaDu Dinner

    အထွေထွေ General

    • မန်းဘဲ (earlier pen name of APK)
      အတွင်းရေးမှူး၊ RIT ကာတွန်း အဖွဲ့ Secreatry, RIT Cartoonists Association
      Maintainer of RIT Cartoon Box (started by U Myint Pe)
      (နောက်)
      အော်ပီကျယ် Aw Pi Kye
      ဥက္ကဌ၊ မြန်မာပြည် ကာတွန်း အသင်း President, Myanmar Cartoonists Association
    • မော်ဒယ် နဲ့ organizer ဗိုလ်ပုချို
    • တင်မိုးလွင် Tin Moe Lwin
      Master of Ceremonies အခမ်းနားမှူး
    • ဝင်းထိန်ဦး Wynn Htain Oo
      Organizer, Fund raiser

  • U Han Sein (C69)

    • RIT Selected for Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Basketball
    • He was a Prisoner of Conscience.
      Sentenced to 20 years by Adhamma authorities.
      Released after 17 years.
    • He was inadvertently listed as GBNF in the 69er Address Book.
      He became a Tone Kyaw
    • He volunteered as Photographer for the 69er gatherings.
    • He was active in Latha Township
    • Passed away a year ago

    Some Memories

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