Vol. 34. No. 1 A Publication of UMA, Inc Jan - Mar 2011 Editor: Daniel Gomes, 4394 N. Sweetbriar Ct, Concord, Ca 94521 E-Mail:
[email protected] Professor Henrique António d’Assumpção AO By his good friend Bosco Correa Emeritus Professor Henrique António d’Assumpção known professionally as Henry and better known amongst his old friends as Quito is the second son of Bernadino (Riri) and Alzira d’Assumpção. He was born in Macau in 1934 and was taken to Hong Kong by his parents soon after his birth. He started his schooling at Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloontong in about 1939. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (1941-1945) he and his family, like so many other Portuguese from Hong Kong, found refuge in Macau where he attended Escola Central. After the liberation of Hong Kong by the British in 1945 his family returned to the British Colony and he rejoined Maryknoll Convent School. In 1946 he entered La Salle College also in Kowloontong, where he studied until 1948 when his parents sent him to boarding school at Sacred Heart College in Adelaide, joining his elder brother Carlos who was already studying there. Upon completing his education at Sacred Heart College where he was Dux of the College, Quito entered the University of Adelaide in 1952 where he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (1 st Class Honours) in 1956. In 1962 he obtained his Master’s degree in Engineering. He joined the Weapons Research Establishment in Salisbury, South Australia in 1956 and in 1958-9 was seconded as Scientific Officer to work on radar with the Royal Radar Establishment in the UK.