DBSO-Press Release-Passing of Prof. (r)

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Subject: Re: DBSO-Press Release-Passing of Prof. Mya Maung


TO ALL BURMESE AND FRIENDS OF BURMA:

It is with deep regret that we have to announce the passing away of Dr. Mya
Maung
of Boston College. He died at his home near Boston on Thursday, 17 December
1998.

We could not find enough words to express the type of individual that Dr. Mya
Maung was. He was a dedicated educator, an author, a freedom fighter and a
musician.

He was born in Kyaik Lat, Irrawaddy Delta in 1933 and raised in Rangoon, the
capital of Burma. He graduated from Rangoon Myoma High School in 1949. In
1954,
he graduated from Rangoon University and received B.A. degree with
distinctions
in Economics, History and Political Science. In the same year, he was sent
to the
United States as a state scholar for advanced studies. He earned his M.A. from
the University of Michigan. And he received his Ph.D. in Economics from
Catholic
University in 1961. Then he returned to Burma and served as head of
Department of
Economics at the Defense Services Academy, Burma's only military academy.
He left
Burma in 1963 for good. Since 1966, he had been teaching as a professor at the
Wallace E. Carroll School of Management of Boston College.

As an author, he wrote several books including 'Burma Road to Poverty', and
'Burma Road to Capitalism'. Recently, he was writing a book on Yekyi Ai (also
Yekyi Aine), one of the most notorious prisons in Burma. It was created
only to
torture Burma's political prisoners.

As a freedom fighter, he used to give advice to many Burmese opposition groups
around the world. He just came back from Germany on Wednesday, December 16
after
attending the Economics Seminar on Burma.

As a musician, he was a mandolinist at Daw May Than Classical Symphony in 1951
and at Gitanatthan Ko Ohn Lwin Orchestra in 1952. He could also play a
piano and
a xylophone dexterously. He worked as a singer at the Burmese Broadcasting
Service until 1954. Though more than thirty years in the United States, he
could
still play those Burmese instruments and sing classical songs.

Dr. Mya Maung was always able to bring out a smile and had a ready helping
hand
even under worst circumstances. His students and the Burmese community have
truly
lost one of their great contributors. He will be remembered forever in our
hearts.

May he be rest in peace.


Burmese Community of Greater Washington
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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DR. MYA MAUNG ARE AS FOLLOWS:

GEORGE F. DOHERTY FUNERAL HOME
477 WASHINGTON STREET
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
(781) 235-4100

VIEWING: SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1998, AFTERNOON  2:00-4:00 PM

FUNERAL: SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT DOHERTY FUNERAL HOME AND WILL BEGIN
AT 11:00 AM, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1998. FROM THERE PRIVATE CEREMONY
WILL BE HELD BY FAMILY.


DIRECTIONS:

IF YOU COME FROM MASS PIKE 90 EAST
TAKE R128 SOUTH EXIT AND FOLLOW TO EXIT 21 FOR R16.
TAKE R 16 TO WELLESLEY DIRECTION SIGN AND FOLLOW ABOUT 5 MILES.
AFTER THAT DOHERTY FUNERAL HOME, 144 WASHINGTON ST. SHOULD BE ON
YOUR RIGHT.

IF YOU ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, PLEASE CALL FUNERAL HOME
FOR DIRECTIONS.