U Tha Hlaing (EC83) stood Joint First with U Thaung Tin (EC83, KMD).
He is the elder son of Saya Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (GBNF) and Daw Myint Thwe (sister of Saya U Ba Than).
He gave me the book during my visit to Sydney in 2006.
Book present by U Tha Hlaing
Pathan
Dr. Nandamalabhivansa, retired Rector of IMBTU, is the author.
As Pro-Rector, Sayadaw brought special robes for the Final Journey of U Silanandabhivansa, inaugural Rector of IMBTU.
I was emcee for the Memorial Service.
Saya U Ye Sint (Physics) and I served as Editors of Dhammanda Newsletter, EC & BOD of TBSA, and Contributing Editors of the book in memory of U Silananda. He gave me the Pathan book as present.
Pathan book by Dr. Nandamalabhivamsa
Q&A on Dhamma
Ashin Kelasa published five volumes on the topic, and a few other books.
He gave me some books in person (during his visits to the SF Bay Area) or by mail.
He is the Chief Resident monk at A Lo Daw Pyie monastery at Apache Junction, Arizona.
In the early days, the faculty members of Social Science served as Visiting Lecturers at BIT/RIT
Saya was Lecturer of Economics and the Librarian of Social Science Library. Taught Economics to the engineering students at BIT.
U Maung Maung
Research Engineer with UBARI
Taught part-time to engineering students.
U Aye (M62, HIC/FAO/UN (Retired)) wrote :
U Than Lwin was our Economics lecturer during our Third year Engg. class (Old system) in 1960-61.
Part-time lecturers during 1961-62 include :
U Kyaw Hla, Manager, (M54), M.Engg (McGill), Manager, PEI 2, Ministry of Industry, our part-time lecturer for Theory of Machines.
U Kyaw Kyaw Thein, Architect, a graduate from Leeds, UK, from U Kyaw Kyaw Thein & Associates, Pansodan Street, was our par-time lecturer for Hydraulics.
Our Industrial Management lecturer was from the Institute of Economics.
Note : During 1961-62 academic year, our lecturer Mr. Johnny King (U Ko Ko Gyi) resigned to go abroad and our Russian Professor passed away.
Part time lecturer on Mechanized Construction
U Hla Shein (M60) Dy, Director, Mechanized Construction (Retired) Went to Manchester, UK, for further study/training
Editor’s Notes :
There were connections between BIT/RIT and UBARI. Some who went for further studies on UBARI scholarship [later] joined BIT/RIT as full-time or part-time sayas.
Saya U Tin Htut (M60) was the first engineering saya to teach “Industrial Management”. In the early days, the Departments of Economics and Commerce (from the Faculty of Social Science, and later Institute of Economics) taught “Industrial Management”. They include Saya U Thein Aung and Saya U Tin Nyunt
Electrical Inspectorate and EPC provided Visiting Lecturers to the Electrical Engineering Department.
Engineers from Irrigation and Municipal taught part-time in Civil Engineering.
Some artists (e.g. Bagyee Aung Soe) taught part time in Architecture.
There are other subjects (e.g. Sociology) that are taught by part-time sayas and visiting lecturers.
ဦးသာထွန်း (ကွယ်လွန်) Head of Department in the 1960s See article by Dr. Koung Nyunt (A67, GBNF) and U Than Tun (A65)
U Khin Maung Thint (Jimmy Tin) Taught the early batches Moved to USA
ပိသုကာ ကျော်မင်း (ကွယ်လွန်) Designed Mausoleum for Thakin Kodaw Hmaing Founding member, BARB
U Myo Myint Sein
ဦးမျိုးမြင့်စိန် Retired as Professor and Head of Architecture Celebrated his 91st birthday on October 1, 2022
Bilal Raschid Son of H.E. M A Raschid (Minister in the AFPFL Government) Graduated with Civil Engineering from RU in 1956 Studied Architecture in UK Moved to USA
ဒေါက်တာမောင်ကျော် (ကွယ်လွန်)
ဒေါက်တာလွင်အောင် Former Professor and Head Retired as Pro-Rector, YTU Became a monk after retirement
ပန်းချီ အောင်စိုး Artist Taught Sketching
ဦးမောင်မောင်
U Hla Myint Served as Hall Warder
ဦးစိန်မောင် (Stanley Ba Pe)
ဦးမောင်မောင်ဖုန်းမြင့်
ဒေါက်တာကောင်းညွန့် (ကွယ်လွန်) Studied in Japan Moved to New Zealand Wrote articles for RIT Alumni International Newsletter
ဦးကျော်သိန်း
စိုင်းရီလိတ် (ကွယ်လွန်)
ဦးလှသန်း Retired as Pro-Rector (Acting Rector)
ဒေါ်မင်းသက်မွန် (Pamela Myo Min) Retired as Professor and Head
ဦးကျော်ဝင်း
ဒေါ်ဆွေဆွေအေး
ဦးမောင်လှိုင်
Feedback
Thein Ngwe (ChE76) posted photos of Dr. Koung Nyunt’s visit to Japan.
The photo was submitted by Saya Allen Htay (GBNF). Saya Dr. San Hla Aung and U Khin Maung Win (Sid Chen, GBNF) provided the captions. The names appeared in an early post by Saya Allen for SPZP-2000.
Saya H Num Kok is a saya of our sayas including Saya Dr. Aung Gyi and Saya U Min Win.
Saya U Ba Hli is the first native Dean of Engineering. He also served as Professor of Civil Engineering. He proposed the “Twinning Program” with prestigious universities in the USA.
Saya Allen Htay (USA, GBNF)
Lecturer at RIT
President of RIT Photography Association
Received Masters from Harvard University
Member of BEA and BAPS
Leader of SF Bay Area Alumni
Founding member and President of RIT Alumni International which hosted SPZP-2000.
His article “Brother, can you spare $500 and more?” resulted in Golden Sponsors, Donors and Volunteers.
Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (USA)
Lecturer at RIT
Received Masters from MIT and Doctorate from Tulane University
Retired Professor of Practice at Tulane University, New Orleans
President of RIT Swimming Association
President of RIT Rowing Association.
Line Judge at RUBC Regattas.
Wrote articles for RIT Alumni Newsletter and website.
Donated back some Garawa money to SDYF and RIT-related activities.
Saya Dr. Win Thein (GBNF)
Retired Professor and Head of RIT Civil Engineering
U Khin Maung Win (Sid Chen, USA, GBNF)
Helped annotate the C58 Class Photo with Dr. San Hla Aung and Saya Allen
Pon Tu of U Sein HlaingRIT Electrical Engineering Sayas
Attended Rangoon University when it reopened in 1946 (after three years of closure due to the war).
Graduated with Electrical Engineering in 1952
Joined the EE Department at Rangoon University as Assistant Lecturer.
Received MS from MIT.
Upon return to Burma, he was promoted to Lecturer.
Retired as Professor and Head of the RIT Electrical Engineering Department.
He passed away a few years after retirement.
Spouse : Daw Nyunt Nyunt Yee (GBNF)
U Tin U (C)
U Tin U in 1949U Tin U was Captain of RUBC in 1948 – 1949U Tin U at SPZP-2012U Tin U and U Thaung Lwin (RUBC Captains)
Attended Rangoon University when it reopened in 1946 (after three years of closure due to the war). Classmates : Dr. Pe Nyun (GBNF), Dr. Pe Thein (GBNF)
Past Captain and Gold of Rangoon University Boat Club (RUBC). U Tin U, Dr. Pe Nyun, Dr. Pe Thein and Bobby Tin represented RUBC at the 1948 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi and were awarded RUBC Gold.
As of this time of writing, U Tin U is the Most Senior among the RUBC Past Captains.
Celebrated his 93rd birthday in August 2022.
Received BS in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University and MS in Civil Engineering from Yale University.
Upon his return, he taught part-time at the Civil Engineering Department.
Served as Honorary Treasurer, Association of Engineers in Burma (after Second World War)
Worked for Clark and Grieg, Inter-Kiln.
Senior member of Consulting Group (of Architects and Engineers)
Past Captain of Rangoon Golf Club (RGC). Gave interview.
Spouse : Dr. Daw Khin Kyi Nyunt (GBNF)
Children : Dr. Khin Tun (Peter, GBNF), Daw Aye Aye Khin, Dr. Ye Myint
He also gave interview for HMEE project (See below).
Association of Engineers in Burma after World War
There were interviews for the HMEE-2012 project.
The account was retold by Saya U Tin U and recorded by Saya U Ba Than.
Re-instituted about 1955-56
President : Sayagyi U Ba Hli (Dean of Engineering, University of Rangoon, GBNF)
Honorary Secretary : Saya U Soon Sein (Professor, Mining, GBNF)
Honorary Treasurer : Saya U Tin U (Part time Lecturer, Civil)
Joined Mechanical Engineering Department after graduation in 1965
Received Doctorate from UC Berkeley
Activities
Past President, BAPS
Founding member, RIT Alumni International
Organizer, SPZP-2000 He served as co-chair of the Steering Committee for SPZP-2000.
He proposed “U Nyo Win Act”. If there are less than the guaranteed number of attendees at SPZP-2000, the core organizers will chip in the costs.
Saya Allen Htay (C58) wrote “Brother, can you afford US$500?” referencing the U Nyo Win Act. Thanks in part to the five Golden Sponsors of SPZP-2000, the Act did not need to be enforced.
Saya U Nyo Win wrote about SPZP-2000 in the Post Reunion series.
He is a founding member of NorCal RITAA and served as BOD (Board of Director).
He worked for Hewlett Packard, Agilent and several US companies before moving to Taiwan to work for Semiconductor industry.
After retirement, he moved back to California and Taiwan.
Photos
Organizers, SPZP-2000
SF Bay Area Alumni Group founded RIT Alumni International
Welcoming Saya U Soe Paing to SF Bay Area
Norcal RITAA gathering
SF Bay Area Alumni gathering
SPZP-2000 OrganizersSF Bay Area Alumni GroupWelcoming Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC)NorCal RITAA GatheringSF Bay Area Alumni Gathering
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