Htay Lwin Nyo

by Hla Min

Updated : Nov 2025

Highlights

• Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1968
• Admitted as a Top Student to Rangoon Institute of Technology
• Selected RIT Luyechun (Outstanding Student)
• Graduated with B.E (Electrical Power) in 1974
• Studied M.Sc (Computer Science) at UCC
• Received Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, USA
• Last job was Part-time Teacher at EE Dept, San Jose State University
• Passed away at his home (See Newspaper)
• Per request from SJSU, the Burmese Community in the SF Bay Area helped with the Last Journey of HLN
• I wrote a Tribute to HLN. (See Poem)
• I had the honor to start the Incinerator, and later help scatter HLN’s ashes at Santa Cruz. (See my posts in BAPS Newsletter and ex-RIT web site).

Sad News

My Tribute

Tribute to Dr. HTAY LWIN NYO (EP74, ex-ucc)

Part-time Professor, EE, SJSU

(1951 July – 2000 April)

H e was a genius, a researcher, a friend

T eaching was his passion to the very end

A jack of all trades, a doctorate of one

Y ou name it, he knows it! there’s a lot he has done

L ong ago he gave away a patent for a dollar

W ith a heart so big and true, real worthy of a scholar

I nvest, movie script, cook, paint, car repair, …

N ever showed off wealth and prizes; he’s a gem so rare

N ews of his death — alone at home — rocked throughout the land

Y oung, old were shocked, but they all flocked to give a helping hand

O n this day in May of Y2K we pray from the bottom of our heart

“Htay Lwin Nyo, we’re proud to say

that though you’ve passed away

you’ve done a huge part

to unite kindred spirits

your legacy is here to stay.”

Memories