1952-
Virologist, AIDS Researcher

An Immigrant Success Story.

Born on 3 November 1952, Da-I Ho was the first child of Paul Ho, an engineer, and Sonia Ho. In 1955, when Ho was three, his father left Taichung, Taiwan, and immigrated to the United States. Da-I did not see his father for nine years. In 1965 Ho left Taiwan with his mother and brother to join his father in Los Angeles. Ho's father renamed him David and his brother Phillip. A third child, born in the United States after the reunion, was named Sydney. In 1996 Ho told Judy Woodruff of the Cable News Network (CNN) that his parents early impressed upon him the importance of getting a good education. Their sacrifices in the effort to make a better life for their family furthered his determination to excel academically. Surmounting his early difficulties with English, which he did not know at...