.....I went from zero to nothing, but in between, I was able to help a lot of people

I was born in Shanghai in 1929, the Year of the Snake.  My father, Tseng Guang-jih, was the manager of various branches of the Nationalist Government's Postal Savings Bank.  My mother, Rosie, who was a thoroughly modern woman in her day, was the author of "Chinese Cooking Made Easy", one of the earliest Chinese cookbooks ever to be published in English.  I have two brothers; both of them live in California.  My elder brother, Leo, has been with Merrill Lynch for over 40 years.  My younger brother, Eddie, is a Dean and Professor at the California Lutheran University.