Tag: RIT Alumni

Mining Engineering
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Win Thein Zaw (Min69)

Win Thein Zaw
- Pen name : Wai Lu
- Took Optional Burmese in High School
- Wrote several articles for the 69er Golden Jubilee Magazine
  RIT Thaing Exhibition
  RIT Nicknames
- Spouse (Mu Aye) is a cousin of Ko Win Boh (Robert, EC69, Australia)
- Retired Member of Parliament of Pyitthu Hluttaw
  Oversaw Committees related to Mining and Natural Resources.
- Surprised us at an ad hoc breakfast gathering with Uzin Aung Chaw, Ko Sein Myint, Ko Myint Maung, Ko Win Maung, Ko Shwe, Ko Maung Maung, Ko Myat Soe Lwin …
69ers

Kyaw Tint (Min69)

Kyaw Tint
- Youngest, smartest and most stubborn among the 14 students in Min69.
- Joined the Faculty
- Received Masters from Australia.
- Prisoner of Conscience.
- Wrote an article in the 69er Golden Jubilee magazine.
- GBNF #110
  Passed away in September 2021
Khin Kyaw Nyein (GBNF)

Khin Kyaw Nyein
- RIT Volleyball Selected
- Taught/coached female Volleyball players (e.g. Ma Tin Aye, C73)
- Also good at Soccer, Dobat & Dancing.
- He is GBNF #117
  Passed away in January 2022
Khin Maung Gyi (Min69)
- One of two Khin Maung Gyi in the Class of 69.
- Room mate of Ko Chit Pe (M69, GBNF)
- Still have dark hair (hopefully original)
- Mech KMG (GBNF) passed away in 2021.
Tin Win (Min69)
- Hosted some 69er gatherings.
- He was Honorary Consul for Switzerland.
Min69 (GBNF)
- Aung Naing (Bahadhur) : Aug 14, 2011, #055, GTI Principal (Taunggyi), Yangon
Chit Htun
- Chit Htun : Dec 11, 2011, #058, YIT Lecturer, Yangon
- Chit Swe : early GBNF
- Khin Kyaw Nyein : 2022, #117
- Kyaw Soe : #065
- Kyaw Than : Organizer
- Kyaw Tint : Sep 8, 2021, #110, Saya, Prisoner of Conscience
- Myint Kyi : #047
- Myint Swe : early GBNF
Min70

Zaw Winn (Zinyawgyi)
- Heis an organizer of the Combined 1st BE intake of 64 and 65.
  He is a bilingual writer, poet and translator.
Aung Myint (Thamankyar Ko Myint)

Thamankyar
- He is a member of the A1 Family. He is an actor, composer, vocalist, guitarist and production manager. Sad to note that his younger brother Sai Wunna passed away.
Ko Zaw Winn and friends

Mining Engineering
- The first course was given at the BOC College in 1954.
U Soe Khaw (GBNF)

U Soe Khaw
- Received BS from UC Berkeley and MS from Minnesota School of Mines.
- Served as Part-time lecturer and Head of the newly established Mining Department at BOC College.
- Wrote an article for HMEE project.
- After working for the Ministry of Mines and UN projects, he moved to USA.
- Attended SPZP-2000.
- Saya Allen Htay (GBNF) and Dr. San Lin asked me to join a micro-gathering with Saya U Soe Khaw.
  It started before lunch and ended after dinner.
U Soon Sein (GBNF)
- Received MS from Colorado School of Mines.
- Mawgunwin Third Grade.
- Succeeded U Soe Khaw as Head of Department.
- Retired as Professor.
- Spoke to him before SPZP-2000.
  Per advice from his doctors, he declined the invitation to attend SPZP-2000.
August 9, 2025
GBNF — 69ers
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Members

The members from the Class satisfy at least one condition
- attended 2nd BE in 1964
- graduated in 1969
- studied at least a year with those defined above
- left before graduation
Ko Aung Min (M69) and team maintains
- 69er Health Care Fund
- Address Book
- List of GBNF (Ordered by major and name)
  Additional information (e.g. GBNF Serial Number, Date) is provided for selected alumni
Architecture
- Saw Tobias Kittim Ku : 2021, #108
- Tin Maung Hla
Chemical
- Aung Myat Kyaw
- Aung Min
- Khin Maung Oo : #074
- Mehm Tun Hlaing
- Myint Swe : #053
- Tin Nu, Daw
Civil
- Aung Chaw, Uzin : Ashin Ukkamsa : 2025, #137
- Aung Myint : 2021, #101
- Ba Hla Myint
- Han Sein (Tone Kyaw, Ah Pho Gyi) : 2020, #093, Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Basketball, Prisoner of Conscience, Volunteer, Photographer
- John Aung
- Khin Maung Myint : Jul 25, 2018, #085, Mandalay
- Khin Maung Nyunt
- Khin Maung Than
- Khin Swe
- Kyaw Zan Hein (Shwee)
- Maung Aye
- Maung Ko
- Mya Than
- Myo Kywe
- Pho Tin : #062
- San Lin : #082
- Saw Yan Naing : #079
- Soe Myint : #042
- Than Soe Hlaing : #063
- Thar Dway : #044
- Tin Nwe (Cowboy) : #041
- Tin San / Tin Sun : 2021, #098
- Tin Shwe : 2021, #112
- Tun Aung Lwin : #057
- Win Aung Kyaw : #043
- Win Kyi : #087
Electrical
- Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye) : 2021, #100
- Aung Gyi Shwe : 2021, #107, Track & Field, Soccer, Weightlifting
- Aung Than (Pyinmana)
- Aung Thu Yein (Brownie) : March 2012, #061, Schlumberger / MOC, 13th in Burma
- Aye Thaw : #050
- Chit Tin : #078
- Khin Maung Bo (Allan)
- Khin Maung Nyo
- Khin Maung Thwe
- Khin Maung Tint : #095
- Khin Maung Win (Sargalay) : #090
- Khin Win
- Kyaw Soe (DCA)
- Min Thaw (Gilbert)
- Myint Swe (Mogok)
- Myo Aung : #075
- Myo Hein : #096
- Paw Oo, Mehm : 2021, #114
- Soe Myint Thein : 2021, #113, PTC
- Soe Thein (Yamethin) : #048
- Soe Win : Basketball
- Thein Swe : 2021, #103, 3rd Year Luyechun, Singapore / Yangon
- Tin Hla : Jan 10, 2021, #059, Yangon
- Tin Maung Soe (Tommy) : #091, Basketball
- Tun Oo Khine : #049, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
- Win Myint : #069
- Ye Naing
Mechanical
- Aye Lwin : 2021, #116, RIT Mechanical Association; RIT Annual Magazine
- Chit Pe : 2021, #106
- Chit Po Po : #052, Rowing, Cambodia / Yangon
- Hla Than
- I. Zeyar Linn : #086
- Khin Maung
- Khin Maung Gyi : 2021, #105
- Khin Maung Lay : #072
- Kyaw Nyunt : April 2019, #088, Tennis, USA / Yangon
- Kyin Lwin
- Lun Maung : #040
- Myat San : #045
- Myint Aung : #073
- Myint Thein (Kabar) : #077, Organizer
- Nay Win : #081, Singapore
- Nyunt Maung
- Phaw Re La
- Sein Than : #051
- Sein Win : #094
- Soe Tint
- Soe Win : 2021, #104
- Thein Maung : Sep 7, 2021, #109, Yangon
- Tin Aung
- Tin Maung Lay : #066, USA / Middle East
- Tin Myint (John Lee , L Tan Choy) : #080, Table Tennis, USA
- Tun Aung
- Win Htein
- Win Naing (Dicky Tan) : #071, Rowing, Singapore
- Win Thein : #046
- Yi Pin (Maung Maung Kaung) : 2021, #099, Rowing, Dawei / Yangon
- Yin Kyu : Apr 26, 2011, #054, Yangon
Metallurgy
- Maung Tun : 2021, #102
- Mya Thaung : #084
- Myo Myint : #083
Mining
- Aung Naing (Bahadhur) : Aug 14, 2011, #055, GTI Principal (Taunggyi), Yangon
- Chit Htun : Dec 11, 2011, #058, YIT Lecturer, Yangon
- Chit Swe
- Khin Kyaw Nyein : 2022, #117
- Kyaw Soe : #065
- Kyaw Than : Organizer
- Kyaw Tint : Sep 8, 2021, #110, Saya, Prisoner of Conscience
- Myint Kyi : #047
- Myint Swe
Petroleum
- Kyaw San
- Nyi Maung
Textile
- Chit Swe : #060
- Hla Shwe : #070, Associate Professor, “To the Shwe Duo”
- Hla Tun (Japan Gyi)
- Jimmy Kyin : Weightlifting, USA
- Kyaw Din
- Kyaw Min : Aug 3, 2019, #089, Mandalay
- Kyaw Sint (E Tai) : #064, Soccer, Tennis, USA
- Min Min Than, Daw : #076
- Myint Myint Kyi, Daw : #056
- Nan Su Su : 2021, #111
- Sein Win : #068
- Tint Swe (Amarapura)
Aung Myint

Thein Maung

Han Sein

Khin Maung Myint, Tin Myint and Myint Swe

Myint Sein

I Zeyar Lin
August 9, 2025
Tin Lin (ChE72)
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

U Tin Lin
- Taught at RIT and Singapore.
- Organizer for the SPZPs held in Singapore
- Wrote memoirs
Excerpts from his memoirs

၁၉၉၀ မှာကျနော်ကထိကဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ အလုပ်ဝင်ပြီး ၁၇နှစ်အကြာမှာပေါ့။ အဲဒီနှစ်မှာပဲမန္တလေးစက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်ဖွင့်လှစ်နိုင်ရေးအတွက်တာဝန်ပေးလို့၊မန္တလေးကိုရောက်ရပါတယ်။

မန္တလေးစက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်ဖွင့်နိုင်ရေးလုံးပမ်းနေစဉ်၊ကျောင်းဆေးခန်းအတွက် ဆေးထည့်ဘီဒို၊ ရန်ကင်းတောင်ခြေ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်းဝင်း၊အုတ်တံတိုင်း၊သီလရှင်ကျောင်း၊ပရိယတ္တိအထောက်အ ကူ၊စာရေးကရိယာ များလှုဒါန်းခြင်းစတဲ့ တပိုင်တနိုင်ဒါနပြုနိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ခုဂဏန်း၊ဆယ်ဂဏန်းဒါနအမှုတို့ကားနေ့စဉ်မပြတ်။

ကျနော်တို့တတွေသည်၊ဘုရားပြီးလျှင်သာသနာ့ဝန်ကိုထမ်းရွက်ကြသည့်၊ရဟန်း သံဃာတို့ကိုလှုဒါန်းမှုပြုလေ့ရှိကြပါသည်။ နာမည်ကြီးဆရာတော်နှင့်ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်းတို့တွင်လှုဒါန်းသူများပေါများကြပါသည်။ သို့ဖြစ်လင့်ကစား၊သာသနာ့ဝန်ထမ်း သီလရှင်များနှင့်သီလရှင်ကျောင်းတိုက်များသို့လှုဒါန်းကြသူနည်းပါးကြသည်။

သံဃာတော်ကို(၁၀၀)ကျပ်တန်လှုသူမရှားသော်လည်း၊သီလရှင်ကို(၁၀) ကျပ် တန်လှု သူရှားပါသည်။ကြုံတုန်းတိုက်တွန်း လိုသည်မှာသာသနာ့ဝန်ထမ်းသီလရှင်များ ကို လှုကြဖို့မမေ့ကြစေလို။

၁၉၉၃ဇန္နဝါရီမှစပြီး၊ကျနော့တွင်လစာငွေနှင့် မလောက်၍ စိုက်စားခဲ့ရသောကိုယ်ပိုင်စုဆောင်းငွေမှာ၊မရှိတော့။ စိုက်ရသည့်ငွေကလည်း ၁နှစ်ထက်၁နှစ်တက်လာသည်။ထိုနှစ်က လစဉ်စိုက်စားသုံးရန်၄ထောင်ခန့်လိုသည်။ ၁၉၉၉ခု စလုံးမထွက်ခင်စိုက်စားသုံး ရန်မှာ၊ ၂သောင်းခန့်ဖြစ်လာသည်။

မှတ်မှတ်ရရ၊ (၆၅)လအထိ၊စိုက်စားရန်လက်ထဲမရှိသောငွေတို့မှာ၊တနည်းမဟုတ်တနည်းဝင်ပါသည်။ အမြောက်အများကြီးလည်းမဟုတ်။ ၅ထောင်စိုက်ရမည့်လမှာ၅ထောင်၊ ၁သောင်းစိုက်ရမည့်လမှာ၁သောင်းခန့်သာ။

အခက်အခဲစကြုံသော 93 Jan မှာပင်၊ကျနော်မည်သု့ထံကမှ ချေးငှါးလှည့်သုံးရန်မရည်ရွယ်။ ချေးငှါးပြီးလျှင်လည်း၊ပြန်ဆပ်နိုင်မည့်လမ်းမမြင်။ ဒီတော့ စိတ်ကိုအေးအေးထားကာ၊

”ကောင်းတာလုပ်လျှင်ကောင်းကျိုးရမည်” ဟုယုံကြည်ပြီး၊ကျနော်တတ်သောပညာဖြင့်၊လုပ်ငန်းရှင်များကို Free consultant လုပ်ပေးပါသည်။

ထိုစဉ်ကကျောင်းဌာနတွင်အမျိုးသားဆရာကထိက အနေဖြင့် ကျနော်တစ်ယောက် သာကျန်သည်။အားလုံးအလုပ်မှထွက်၍ overseas သွားကုန်ကြသည်။အထွက်နှုန်းလျော့ကျသော၊ ထုတ်ကုန်အပျက်အစီးများသော၊ ထုတ်ကုန်အရည်အသွေးမြှင့်လိုသော၊ထုတ်ကုန်အသစ်လုပ်လိုသောလုပ်ငန်းရှင်များနှင့်ထို(၆၅)လမှာဆက်ဆံခဲ့ရသည်။ ကူညီဖြေရှင်းနည်းလမ်းပေးနိုင်ခဲ့သည်။

Free consultant ဆိုသည်မှာ၊ ကျနော် ဖက်ကဘယ်တော့မှ၊ ဥာဏ်ပူဇော်ခ မတောင်း။ဘယ်၍ဘယ်မျှပေးပါဟု လည်းမဆို။ လုပ်ငန်းရှင်ကိုတပည့်လို သဘောထား၍၊ ဘာကြောင့်ဖြစ်တာ၊ ဘယ်လိုလုပ်ရင်ဖြစ်မယ်၊ဘာကြောင့် လုပ်ရတယ်တိုတာတွေကို၊သိရှိအောင်လည်း ရှင်းပြပါသေးသည်။

လောဘမဖက်၊ စေတနာသက်သက်ဖြင့်ကူညီခဲ့ခြင်း အပ်ါအချို့က စာအိပ်လေး ဖြင့်၊ဆရာ့ကိုကန်တော့တာပါဟု ဆိုပြီးကန်တော့လျှင်တော့ကျနော် လက္ခံပါသည်။ ဖေါက်ကြည့်စရာမလို။ စာအိပ်ထဲမှာထိုလအတွက်စိုက်စားရန်လိုသောပမာဏလောက်ပါပါသည်။

(၆၅)လလုံး၊ဒီလတော့အဆင်ပြေသွားပြီ၊နောက်လဘယ်ကရမှာလဲ၊ဒီနှစ်တော့အဆင်ပြေသွားပြီ၊နောက်နှစ်ဘယ်လိုဖြစ်မလဲစသဖြင့်တွေးမပူခဲ့။ မိမိကိုယ်ကိုလည်းအံသြမိသည်။ မရေရာသောဝင်ငွေဖြင့်စိတ်ကိုအေးဆေးစွာထားနိုင်သည်။”ကောင်းတာသာလုပ်၊အဟုတ်အကျိုးပေးမည်”ကိုလက္ခံယုံကြည်ကာနေခဲ့နိုင်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။

ထို(၆၅)လအတွင်းတွင်လည်း၊ဝင်သောငွေထဲမှအချို့ကိုလှုခဲ့ပါသည်။ ကျနော်က FOC ဆိုတော့အချို့လုပ်ငန်း ရှင်များကလည်းငွေဖြင့်ကန်တော့လျှင်ရိုင်းရာကျမည်စိုး၍အပြန်တွင်စားသောက်ဆိုင် ကြီးတစ်ခုခုသို့ခေါ်သွားပြီး၊နေ့လည်စာ/ညစာ ကျွေးမွေးကြပါ၏။ ကျနော့လစာဖြင့်မကပ်နိုင်သောထိုစားသောက်ဆိုင်အတော်များများကိုကျနော်ရောက်ဖူးစားခဲ့ဖူးရပါသည်။

စိတ်ပူ၊စိတ်ညစ်ရမည့်ထိုအချိန်များက၊ကျနော်ပျော်၍ပင်နေမိပါသေး၏။ ကိုယ်တတ်ထားသောပညာဖြင့်လိုအပ်သူများကိုမျှဝေကူညီနိုင်ခဲ့သည်မဟုတ်ပါလား။ ၁၉၈၉မှ ၁၉၉၉အထိ၊စလုံးသို့မထွက်ခင် (၁၀) နှစ်အတောအတွင်းကျနော် ကျပ်၃သိန်းကျော်လှုနိုင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ တွက်၍လွယ်အောင်ကျနော့နောက်ဆုံး ထုတ်လစာ၂ထောင်ဖြင့်၁၀နှစ်ကိုတွက်သော်၊လစာဝင်ငွေစုစုပေါင်းမှာ၊၂သိန်း ၄သောင်းသာ။ ကျနော့်လစာထက်ပင် ပို၍ကျနော်လှုခဲ့နိုင်ပါသည်။

ဤအလှုဒါနတို့၏အကျိုးပေးကား၊နောက်ဆုံးမရည်ရွယ်ပါပဲလျှက်၊စလုံးသို့လွယ်ကူချောမွေ့စွာရောက်ရှိပြီး၊ကိုယ်ကျွမ်းကျင်ဝါသနာပါရာပညာရေးကဏ္ဍမှာပင်ယနေ့တိုင်လုပ်ကိုင်နေရဆဲဖြစ်ပါ၏။

အလှုပေးခြင်းနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍

“ပေး၍မကုန်၊လှု၍မခန်း”ဆိုသော စကားသည်၊ကျနော့ဘဝအတွက်တော့ ၁၉၈၉နှစ်မှသည်၊ယနေ့တိုင်အောင်မှန်ခဲ့ပါသည်…

မှန်နေဆဲပါ….

ဆက်၍လည်း မှန်နေဦးမည်သာ….။
August 9, 2025
Khin Kyaw Nyein (Min69)
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Khin Kyaw Nyein
- First 69er to pass away in 2022.
- GBNF #117
Sad News

U Aung Min (M69) wrote :

Dear RIT69ERS,

Here is sad news again.

Our classmate/ friend U Khin Kyaw Nyein ( mining 69 )passed away in the evening of 5 January 2022 at Yangon.

GBNF 117.

May his soul Rest In Peace.

Source: U Maung Maung (E69).

Comments

Aung Min wrote :

ကိုခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်း၏ဇနီး ဒေါ်သန်းသန်းဦးနှင့်ဖုန်းဖြင့်အားပေးစကားပြောနိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
၆/၁၂/၂၂ နံနက်တွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ပြီးထိုနေ့တွင်ပင်သင်္ချိုခဲ့ပါသည်။
နှလုံး/ကျောက်ကပ်/minor stroke စသည့်ရောဂါများလွန်ခဲ့သည့် ၁၂ နှစ်ခန့်ကတည်းကခံစားနေရခြင်းဖြစ်ပြီးယခုသုခကမ္ဘာဆေးရုံတွင်ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်ကြောင်းသိရပါသည်။

Sai Kyaw Myint wrote :

များစွာစိတ်မကောင်းဖြစ်ရ၊ကျောင်းတက်တုန်းကလည်းတူတူ၊အလုပ်မှာလည်းလက်တွဲမြဲနေခဲ့ကြသူတွေမို့ပါ။
ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်ပါစေ။

Really he’s a good man in spiritual and mental.

Myo Min wrote :

မော်လမြိုင် ကောလိပ် I.Sc. (A)တုန်း ကလဲအတူတူပါ၊ RIT 2nd year မှာ လည်း room partner ပါ၊
ကိုငြိမ်း ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်ပါ စေ၊ မိသားစုနဲ့ထပ်တူကျေကွဲဝမ်းနည်းရပါသည်

Mehm Aye Chan wrote :

သူငယ်ချင်းခင်ကျော်ငြိမ်းဘားအံအထက(၁)ကျောင်းနေဘက်တယောက်ကောင်းရာသုဂတိရောက်စေ။

Saw Yu Tint wrote :

List (of 69er GBNF) is growing, but shouldn’t be this fast!!

Minn Aung wrote :

May he be rest in peace. Ko Khin Kyaw Nyein is one of the best players of volley ball among RIT players.

Ma Tin Aye wrote :

ကျွန်မတို့ရဲ့ Volley ball ဆရာပါ
RIP

Aung Min wrote :

He also plays soccer.
August 8, 2025
GBNF — 2018
- Darren Lee (M62, USA)
January 2018
- Daw Khin Htwe Yi (M86) : 6th Jan 2018
- U Maung Maung Swe : Jan 2018
- U Than Naing (Saya Gyi) : 29th Jan 2018
July 2018
- U Maung Maung Than (M) : 8th Jul 2018
- Saya H Num Kok (C, USA) : 12th Jul 2018
August 2018
- U Cho Aye (M70) : 7th Aug 2018
- U Thein Htun (M) : 29th Aug 2018
- Victor Win (Nay Win Myint, ChE66) : Former President and Former Board Vice Chairman (2004 to 2006) of Burma American Democratic Alliance (BADA); Spouse : Daw Jean Gale (Former President of BADAl)
September 2018
- Daw Khin Than Win (T70) : 3rd Sep 2018
U Kyaw Min Than

U Kyaw Min Than is the younger brother of Saya Dr. U Win (USA).

October 2018
- U Aye Kyaw (nickname : U Thant) 12th Oct 2018
November 2018
- U Hla Moe (U Kyin Sein, Phy) : 4th Nov 2018
December 2018
- U Khin Kyaw (SPHS 70/EP 76/ex-YCDC) : 18th Dec 2018
- Dr. Daw Kyin Yee, spouse of Saya U Kyaw Myint (M64) : Dec 2018
- Mother of Ms. Yasmin Vanya, Secretary of Burmese American Women’s Alliance (BAWA)
- Spouse of U Maung Maung Latt, President of Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA)
August 8, 2025
GBNF — 2011
by Hla Min

Updated : May 2025

Naing Win (M70)

Passed away in Yangon in January, 2011. His spouse Polly Win (Polly Ba San) represented Burma in swimming. I met her at A Lo Daw Pyie Kyaung, Apache Junction, Arizona.

Kyaw Nyein (UCC)

Passed away in March 2011 because of heart failure. He was not feeling well and was going downstairs for the toilet when he collapsed. They took him to RGH and he passed away in the emergency room.

Yin Kyu (M/Ag67)
- Passed away on 26th April, 2011 at 8:45 am.
- Worked for Public Works (Construction Corporation) as superintending engineer and retired in 2006.
- Died of kidney failure, based on diabetes.
Chit Po Po (M69)

Chit Po Po

Win Boh (Robert, EC69) wrote :
- It is with my great sadness, to inform you that our close friend Ko Chit Po Po (M69, beloved husband of Dr. Daisy Saw) passed away at Asia-Taw Win Private Hospital YGN on 15 Jan 2011 Saturday early morning.
- I have phoned his brother-in-Law Stanley Saw (M71) in New Zealand to convey our 69ers’ condolence.
- His daughter Thiri Po in Sydney will be leaving soon to YGN for funeral.
- Kindly pass on this message to Ko Chit Po Po’s friends far and near.
Thein Swe (EP69) wrote :
- It is sad news. Ko Chit Po Po (M69, ex-irrigation, tall and smiling Yangonite) passed away.
- He and his brother (Dr ?) U Chit Ko Ko were close friends of my spouse’s brothers.
- Before he went back to Yangon he stayed in Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand, etc. After he quit Irrigation Dept he ran an engineering (medium sized) company of Installation and Services for Air-cons and refrigerators, etc. in Lanmadaw Township.
- He was a friendly classmate.
- Unwillingly or in sadness we have to lose another friend.
Tin Myint (John, M69) wrote :
- It is a shock to me in hearing the sad news of Ko Chit Po Po, who was a very close friend, co-worker and also my lunch mate in the Irrigation Department at 81/2 mile workshop location.
- He and I and another classmate rode the same Mazda car to work and coming back from work everyday.
- He and I ate our lunch everyday.
- I still remember vividly that during lunch time, after opened his lunch box and discovered fried shrimps, he would offered me his jumbo shrimps and skipped his lunch.
- I enjoyed shrimps while he had no interest in shrimps.
- He and I usually had one e-mail/year with exception of having two e-mails the most.
- This year I received his e-mail once and I tried to have more e-mails and more info from him.
- Now I received this sad news.
Aung Thu Yein (EC69) wrote :

Our Colleague/Comrade/Friend – Chit Po Po,
- We will miss you.
- Just talking about you a few days ago.
- Why so fast?
- Why so sudden !!!
True Friends – Their Top 10 Characteristics (By Martin Sawdon)
1. When you forget the song in your heart, a friend is someone who sings it back to you. (Helen Steiner)
2. A friend’s support is unconditional: when the going gets tough a friend is right there beside you.
3. A friend has seen you at your worst and loves you even so.
4. A friend is someone with whom you can share secrets in confidence.
5. You can phone a friend for help even in the middle of the night.
6. A friend is honest with you, deflates your ego and inflates your Self.
7. A friend shares your sense of humor, provides nourishment and inspiration for the mind.
8. A friend is drawn to you not for what you are but who you are.
9. When you share your wildest dreams, a friend is someone who replies, quote, How can I help? unquote.
10. Thinking about Needs and Values, once you have recognized those Needs which,satisfied, enable you to be the best person you possibly can be, a friend will help you get them met.
Sein Tin (“Omega”, Pathein, M 69) wrote :
- We are feeling very sorry like you.
- Our ages are at the sunset.
- So take care of our health first and last.
Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M 69) wrote :

Dr. Daisy Saw and family:
- Please accept my deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to you and your family.
- We will remember him forever.
Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, ChE69) wrote :
- I have a photo, which was taken at our gathering on 17 March 2010 by 69ers for KCPP’s visit to Singapore.
- We were all very happy to meet him then!!
Editor’s Notes :
- Ko Chit Po Po is an expert at playing Burmese Harp.
- I met Zeyar Po, Ko CPP’s son, in Sydney in 2006 along with his maternal uncle Ko Stanley Saw.
- Ko Chit Po Po represented RIT in rowing along with Ko Aung Lwin (Jasper Wu, Canada), Ko Aung Tun Oo (Dennis Smithers, Australia), Ko Wunna Sithu (US) and me.
August 7, 2025
GBNF — 69ers
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Members of the Class

The members from the Class satisfy at least one condition
- attended 2nd BE in 1964
- graduated in 1969
- studied at least a year with those defined above
- left before graduation
Ko Aung Min (M69) and team maintains
- 69er Health Care Fund
- Address Book
- List of GBNF (Ordered by major and name)
  Additional information (e.g. GBNF Serial Number, Date) is provided for selected alumni
Architecture
1. Saw Tobias Kittim Ku : 2021, #108
2. Tin Maung Hla
Chemical
1. Aung Myat Kyaw
2. Aung Min
3. Khin Maung Oo : #074
4. Mehm Tun Hlaing
5. Myint Swe : #053
6. Tin Nu, Daw
Civil
1. Aung Myint : 2021, #101
2. Ba Hla Myint
3. Han Sein (Tone Kyaw, Ah Pho Gyi) : 2020, #093, Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Basketball, Prisoner of Conscience, Volunteer, Photographer
4. John Aung
5. Khin Maung Myint : Jul 25, 2018, #085, Mandalay
6. Khin Maung Nyunt
7. Khin Maung Than
8. Khin Swe
9. Kyaw Zan Hein
10. Maung Aye
11. Maung Ko
12. Mya Than
13. Myo Kywe
14. Pho Tin : #062
15. San Lin : #082
16. Saw Yan Naing : #079
17. Soe Myint : #042
18. Than Soe Hlaing : #063
19. Thar Dway : #044
20. Tin Nwe (Cowboy) : #041
21. Tin San / Tin Sun : 2021, #098
22. Tin Shwe : 2021, #112
23. Tun Aung Lwin : #057
24. Win Aung Kyaw : #043
25. Win Kyi : #087
Electrical
1. Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye) : 2021, #100
2. Aung Gyi Shwe : 2021, #107, Track & Field, Soccer, Weightlifting
3. Aung Than (Pyinmana)
4. Aung Thu Yein (Brownie) : March 2012, #061, Schlumberger / MOC, 13th in Burma
5. Aye Thaw : #050
6. Chit Tin : #078
7. Khin Maung Bo
8. Khin Maung Nyo
9. Khin Maung Thwe
10. Khin Maung Tint : #095
11. Khin Maung Win (Sargalay) : #090
12. Khin Win
13. Kyaw Soe (DCA)
14. Min Thaw (Gilbert)
15. Myint Swe (Mogok)
16. Myo Aung : #075
17. Myo Hein : #096
18. Oo Kyaw Hla
19. Paw Oo, Mehm : 2021, #114
20. Soe Myint Thein : 2021, #113, PTC
21. Soe Thein (Yamethin) : #048
22. Soe Win : Basketball
23. Thein Swe : 2021, #103, 3rd Year Luyechun, Singapore / Yangon
24. Tin Hla : Jan 10, 2021, #059, Yangon
25. Tin Maung Soe (Tommy) : #091, Basketball
26. Tun Oo Khine : #049, Hlyat Sit Sar Saung
27. Win Myint : #069
28. Ye Naing
Mechanical
1. Aye Lwin : 2021, #116, RIT Mechanical Association; RIT Annual Magazine
2. Chit Pe : 2021, #106
3. Chit Po Po : #052, Rowing, Cambodia / Yangon
4. Hla Than
5. I. Zeyar Linn : #086
6. Khin Maung
7. Khin Maung Gyi : 2021, #105
8. Khin Maung Lay : #072
9. Kyaw Nyunt : April 2019, #088, Tennis, USA / Yangon
10. Kyin Lwin
11. Lun Maung : #040
12. Myat San : #045
13. Myint Aung : #073
14. Myint Thein (Kabar) : #077, Organizer
15. Nay Win : #081, Singapore
16. Nyunt Maung
17. Phaw Re La
18. Sein Than : #051
19. Sein Win : #094
20. Soe Tint
21. Soe Win : 2021, #104
22. Thein Maung : Sep 7, 2021, #109, Yangon
23. Tin Aung
24. Tin Maung Lay : #066, USA / Middle East
25. Tin Myint (John Lee , L Tan Choy) : #080, Table Tennis, USA
26. Tun Aung
27. Win Htein
28. Win Naing (Dicky Tan) : #071, Rowing, Singapore
29. Win Thein : #046
30. Yi Pin (Maung Maung Kaung) : 2021, #099, Rowing, Dawei / Yangon
31. Yin Kyu : Apr 26, 2011, #054, Yangon
Metallurgy
1. Maung Tun : 2021, #102
2. Mya Thaung : #084
3. Myo Myint : #083
Mining
1. Aung Naing (Bahadhur) : Aug 14, 2011, #055, GTI Principal (Taunggyi), Yangon
2. Chit Htun : Dec 11, 2011, #058, YIT Lecturer, Yangon
3. Chit Swe
4. Khin Kyaw Nyein : 2022, #117
5. Kyaw Soe : #065
6. Kyaw Than : Organizer
7. Kyaw Tint : Sep 8, 2021, #110, Saya, Prisoner of Conscience
8. Myint Kyi : #047
9. Myint Swe
Petroleum
1. Kyaw San
2. Nyi Maung
Textile
1. Chit Swe : #060
2. Hla Shwe : #070, Associate Professor, “To the Shwe Duo”
3. Hla Tun (Japan Gyi)
4. Jimmy Kyin : Weightlifting, USA
5. Kyaw Din
6. Kyaw Min : Aug 3, 2019, #089, Mandalay
7. Kyaw Sint (E Tai) : #064, Soccer, Tennis, USA
8. Min Min Than, Daw : #076
9. Myint Myint Kyi, Daw : #056
10. Nan Su Su : 2021, #111
11. Sein Win : #068
12. Tint Swe (Amarapura)
Aung Myint

Aung Thu Yein

Aye Lwin

Chit Htun

Chit Tin & Kabar

Thein Maung

Han Sein

Khin Maung Myint, Tin Myint and Myint Swe

GBNF List
August 7, 2025
Dinner — by Wai Lwin
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025
- He hosted two gatherings for Saya Dr. Aung Gyi and Daw Emma. Saya attended SPZP-2012 & SPZP-2016 in Yangon.
- The first was in 2013 (a few days after SPZP-2012).
- The second was in 2016.
Jan 2013
- He hosted a Birthday Gathering for Daw Emma Gyi.
Daw Emma Gyi’s birthday in Jan 2013

Dec 2016

In 2016, Ko Wai Lwin hosted a dinner for the Sayagyi Dr. Aung Gyi and several other sayas at Ko Nyan Tun U’s residence.

Ko Nyan Tun U, Ko Khin Maung Kyaw, Ko Ye Chit Pe, Ko Ohn Khine and Ko Tun Aung are retired. Ko Kyaw Lwin and Ko Win Myint were in charge of the Ministry of Construction.

Ko Win Myint (later Bogyoke) was a 10th standard Luyechun at the Inlay Khaung Daing Camp in 1965. Ko Win Myint said that Ko Sein Shwe (M67, 4th year Luyechun from RIT, group leader and musician) inspired him to join RIT. Ko Win Myint has published some books.

Ma Pwint Than, spouse of Ko Htun Aung (“Aung Daung”), was also a 10th standard Luyechun. Later, at SPZP-2016, I met Ko Htun Aung, his close friend Ko Hmaing (author, GBNF) and Ma Pwint Than at the gallery of the famous Bagyee Saya Ko Myo Myint.
August 7, 2025
GBNF — 2021
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Some passed away due to old age and natural causes. Sad to learn that many succumbed to the pandemic. See related posts for details (life and achievement …)

Class of 59

U Bo Gyi
- Uzin U Bo Gyi (A59)
  Designer of Daw Khin Kyi Mausoleum
Class of 68
- Sayama Daw Mya Mya Than (EP68)
- U Zaw Win (Cyril, EP68)
- U Saw Win (EP68)
Class of 69

Thein Maung
- The GBNF list is maintained by U Aung Min (M69) and his team
- So sad and alarming
- U Soe Myint Thein (E) : #113
- U Tin Shwe (C69) : #112 & spouse
- Nan Su Su (T69) : #111 & spouse
- Saya U Kyaw Tint (Min69) : #110
- U Thein Maung (M69) : #109
- Saw Tobias Kittim Ku (A69) : #108
- U Aung Gyi Shwe (EP) : #107
- U Chit Pe (M69) : #106
- U Khin Maung Gyi (M69) : #105
- U Soe Win (M69) : #104
- U Thein Swe (EP69) : #103
- U Tun (Met 69) : #102
- U Aung Myint (C) : #101
- U Tin Aye (A Rauf, EP69) : #100
- U Yi Pin (Mg Mg Kaung, M69) : #99
- U Tin Sun (C69) : #98
Class of 70

U Wara
- Sayadaw U Wara (U Win Paing, ChE70) : #111
- U Win Kyi (Kyar Zan, C, 64 Intake) : #110
- U Hla Min (C, 64 Intake, SuperOne) : #109
- U Khin Maung Maung (C70) : #108
- Ko Soe (M70, Sittang Mill) : #107
- U Aung Myint (Eric, C70)
- U Min Maung (Mg Mg, MAuto70)
- Maung Par (Pet70)
Class of 71
- U Kyaw Maung (Min71)
- U Ye Gaung (Pet71)
- U Hla Min (C71, Intake of 64)
- Willie Ko Shwe (SPHS65)
Class of 72
- U Ngwe Htun (C72)
- U Hla Maung (C72)
- U Myo Myint Pe (ChE72)
- U Khin Maung Myint (John Tint, M72)
- Freda Tin Swe Aye (ChE72)
- Tommy Win (66 Intake)
- U Pe Aye (66 Intake)
- U Than Tun Zan (66 Intake, EP76)
- U Soe Myint (Shwe Thwar, M72)
Class of 73
- U Ko Ko Gyi (C73)
- U Aung San (C73)
- U Soe Win (C73)
- U Win Kyi (C73)
Class of 74
- U Tin Aung (C74)
- U Soe Than (C74)
- U Kyaw Thaung (C74)
- U Myo Thant (C74)
- U Maung Maung Myint (C74)
- U Aung Htut (C74)
- Md Zubai (M74)
- Daw Ni Ni Than (M74)
- U Nay Win (Tommy, Met74)
- U Win Myint (Myeik, ChE74)
- U Kyaw Kyaw (M/EP74)
Class of 75 – 79
- U Myat Swe (Benedict Sia, M75)
- U Aung Kyaw Myint (C77)
- U Khine Tin (C77)
- Daw May Kyi (EP78)
- U Myat Lay (C78)
- U Win Maung (C79)
- U Win Myint Htay (C79)
- U Robin Thet Naing (C79)
- U Nyunt Aung (Mn7x)
- Daw Kyi Kyi Win (T)
- U Than Sin Myint (Met)
Class of 80 – 89
- U Soe Naing Aung (C80)
- Daw San Myint (C80)
- Daw Khin Khin Oo (C80)
- U Thar Hlaing (C80)
- U Myo Thant (C80)
- U Khin Sein (M80)
- U Ba Thein (C82)
- U Tint Lwin (C82)
- U Min Lwin Pe (C83)
- U Nay Win (C83)
- U Kyi Win (C83)
- U Hla Myo Aung (C83)
- U Ko Ko Su (EP83)
- U Myo Win (C84)
- U Tin Maung Myint (C84)
- U Tin Win (C84)
- U Min Min Soe (C85)
- U Tin Oo (C85)
- U Tun Thein (C85)
- U Toe Aung (C85)
- U Soe Lwin (C85)
- U Tint Wai (C85)
- U Win Nyunt (M86)
- U Aung Min (C86)
- U Win Sein (C86)
- U Latt Myint Naing (C86)
- U Kyaw Lin Oo (C87)
- Daw San San Myint (C87)
Class of 9O – 99
- U Tin Oo (C91)
- Dr. Tin Tin Win (C92)
- U Than Htay (C92)
- U Aung Min (C92)
- U Nyan Tun (C94)
- U Tin Maung Myint (C95 Jan)
- U Tun Zaw (C96)
- U Zaw Tun (C96)
- U Htay Aung Tint (C98)
- U Myo Win / Myo Myo (C98)
- U Than Win Tun (Bldg Dip 99)
- U Khin Aung Lin (83 Intake)
Class of 2000 – 2009
- U Tint Lwin Oo (C03 Apr)
- U Ko Ko Aung (C03 Apr)
- U Kyaw Naing Thu (C04)
Spouses of Alumni
- Spouse of U Aye Thein (EP69)
- Spouse of U Hla Shwe (T69)
- Spouse of U Thein Swe (EP69)
- Spouse of U Yi Pin (M69)
- Spouse of Sa Maung Maung (EP69)
- Spouse of Daw Aung (ChE79)
- Spouse of U Kyaw Sint (T70)
- Spouse of U Win Aung (M70)
- Spouse of Nan Su Su (T69)
- Spouse of U Tin Shwe (C69)
Sayas and Sayamas (From RIT and Other Universities)
- U Kyaw Tint (Mining)
- U Soe Lwin (Mech)
- Daw Khin Saw Tint (Eng)
- Dr. Kyaw Win (Pro Rector)
- Daw Mya Mya Than (EP)
- U Khin Maung Maung (Civil)
- Dr. Mi Sandar Mon (Mech)
- U Nyunt Yin (Physics)
- Dr. Win Thein (Civil)
- U Ngwe Tun (Civil)
- U Ko Ko Lay (Maths)
- Dr. Khin Maung Win (Maths)
- Daw Kyin Kyin (Maths)
- U Kyin Ko (Maths)
- Dr. Zin Aung (Physics)
- U Kyaw Tun (ChE & Chem)
- Dr. Tin Win (David, Chem)
- U Tin Aung Han (Geology)
- Robert Thein Tun (YU English)
- U Win Maung (DGHE)
- Dr. Robert Tun Maung (Rector)
- Dr. Mie Mie Thet Thwin (Rector, UCSY)
- Daw Khin Ann Mon (ICST)
- Dr. Maung Maung Sein (Surgeon)
Relatives & friends
- Dr. Myo Tint (Cousin)
- Daw Aye May (Cousin)
- Daw Maibelle Maw
- Daw Thiri Nyunt We (UCC)
- U Aung Win (Alex)
- Dr. Soe Min Thein (Soe Aung)
- U Khin (father of U Soe Myint, UCC, UN)
- Daw Khin Pyone Kyi (Mother of Daw Kyi Kyi Aye)
- Daw Tin May (Mother of Daw Mi Mi Aung)
- Mother of Daw Phyu Phyu Kyaw (UCC)
- Brother of U Kyi Shane (M83)
- Brother and SIL of Don Min U Yu Swan
- Sister and BIL of U Moe Myint (M76) Sister of Daw Moh Moh Han (A77)
- Mother, Aunt and Brother of U Hlaing Myint (UCC)
- Son of Daw Khin Saw Tint (Eng)
- Daughter of Tobias Kittim Ku (A69)
- Sister of Daw Khin Toe Myint (Zoo)
- Father of Daw Nwe Ni Tun (ICST)
- Father of Daw Thin Thu Naing (ICST)
- Father of Daw Win Pa Pa Ko (ICST)
- Brother of L Shark Moon (C67)
- Sister of U Soe Lwin (EC66)
- Khamee Khamets of U Soe Lwin (EC66)
- Brother of U Aung Win (Owen, M71)
- Son of U Khin Zaw (Chem)
- Son of U Win Maung (Point)
- Father of U Tin Oo (M87)
- Uncle, aunt and two cousins of Daw Tin Tin Cho
- Brother, cousin and Khameee Khamets of U Win Thein (SLRD)
- Brother-in-law of U Wint Khin Zaw (A)
- Brother of U Tin Nwe (C68)
- Brother of Dr. U Win (Geography)
Miscellaneous
- Dr. Khin Nyo Thet
- Daw Khin Yi (Spouse of Dr. Than Tun)
- Dr. Shwe Tun & Daw Mi Mi
- Dr. Sein Maung (Banking)
- Dr. Naga Thein Hlaing (Surgeon)
- Dr. Myint Oo (Community Health)
- U San Ma Tu (Comedian)
- Tekkatho Aye Mg (Reggie Ba Oo, Musician)
- Aung Cheint (Kabyar)
- Maung Moe Thu (Author)
- Several Ah Nu Pyinnya Shin
U Soe Lwin

Daw Kyi Kyi Win

Dr. Khin Nyo Thet
August 7, 2025
GBNF — 2016
by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025
- Aung Law Ha (Min) : 30th Jan 2016
- John Krasu : Mar 2016
- Aye Than (E) : 25th Apr 2016
- Khin Maung Pun (Pet) : Oct 2016
Dr. Daw Khin Than Nu
- Dr. Daw Khin Than Nu, mother of U Win Htut
August 7, 2025