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Mathematician, control theorist, and retired Harvard professor, Dr. Larry Yu-Chi Ho moved around a lot as a child, following his Nationalist Army (Guomindang) father to various places in the interior of China during WWII. (See post one.) At the end of the war, Larry and his families escaped to Taiwan. When he graduated high school at age 15, he came across the Pacific to attend MIT.  He met many helping hands along the way. (See post two.)

When Larry finally arrived in Boston, his adventure began. He asked the taxi driver to take him to a hotel where he tried to book a room. Of course, he was only sixteen--way too young--and was turned down over and over. 

Fortunately, he had a very kind taxi driver who stuck with him, and helped him locate his MIT contact. It was only then he realized that he had been assigned a place to stay: a dorm room.  The driver took him there, and Larry was so happy to find the place that he didn't leave...at least for that night. 

“I was so happy to find the dormitory room, that I just checked in and didn’t have dinner. I didn’t know where to have dinner. So I just went to sleep. “

(To be continued. Next: Researcher for First Washing Machine)