An Asian Orphan's Incredible Journey to America

An orphaned Chinese immigrant living in the Philippines, Henry moved alone with just one suitcase to the United States to pursue higher education and the American dream.

Upon completing his masters in electrical engineering at UC Berkeley, Henry was hired by the renowned telecommunications research institute, Bell Laboratories. With his newfound success, he and his new bride fulfilled his childhood dream of traveling the world, visiting the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramids, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, among other wonders of the world.

Henry's later accomplishments with AT&T and other wireless telecommunication companies provided once unimaginable opportunities. After successfully raising his family, Henry and his wife still enjoy travel and, for over thirty years, make an annual return to paradise in their favorite destination, the island of Maui.

Surrounded as often as possible by his family in their seaside home in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Henry soaks in the lifetime of success and happiness made possible through the early and steadfast determination of his youth. Now he spends time passing along that wisdom to his five grandchildren.

-- Henry Coo