Mathemetician, control theorist, and retired Harvard
University professor at the School of Engineering and Science, Dr. Larry Yu-Chi Ho,
hesitates to name just one place he is from.
He was born in Shanghai in 1934, right
before the onset of the Japanese invasion and WWII. However, as his father, Chin Woo
Ho, served in Chiang Kai Chek’s government, during the war, they moved from
the port city of Shanghai to the interior, one place after another. (Langchao,
Xian, Congqing). “We moved around a lot. I went to five different elementary
schools.”
Larry rarely saw his father, and not just because of the
war. “I have a very complicated family situation. My father was dirt poor. He
grew up with nothing. But he was quite
capable, I guess, and educated himself. During the northern campaign in the war, he
made great contributions. Then he became wealthy….At that time, any man who was
successful had more than one wife.” Larry’s father had four.
To be continued. Next: Larry Arrives in U.S. Alone at 16.
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