Greg Henry was born on March 29, 1966 in 
San Francisco, California.  He was the only 
child of William Lee Henry and Sheila Edith 
Henry.  He remained in the Bay Area, living 
with his mom, until eighth grade.  With the 
encouragement of his family, he pursued a 
career in theater through the study of acting, 
tap, ballet, singing, mime, and set design.  
He also enjoyed a love of writing and started 
his first novel in fifth grade.  It was also 
in fifth grade that he discovered his 
interest in mathematics.  In eighth grade, he 
relocated to Phoenix, Arizona for a duration 
of two years.  He then moved to San Diego 
where he finished high school and attended
the University of California at San Diego, 
John Muir college.  Greg attended UCSD from 
1984 to 1988 where he received a B.A. in 
Mathematics/Computer Science Cum Laude with 
a minor in Literature and special interests 
in Anthropology and Theater.  It was at his 
first class at UCSD, Badminton, on Thursday 
September 27, 1984, where he met his lovely 
wife, Shannon.  Greg proposed to his wife 
Shannon at Disneyland, at the beginning of 
the Space Mountain ride on Friday, April 5, 
1985.  He had to wait for the duration of 
the ride for an answer.  They were married 
on Saturday, June 21, 1986.  On August 19, 
1986, Greg started consistently studying 
Aikido at the Dojo of the Four Winds in 
Leucadia.  Without having the benefit of 
visiting Ithaca, Greg and Shannon moved to 
Ithaca in July 1988, where Greg pursued a 
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the Center 
for Applied Mathematics at Cornell.  He 
continued his Aikido studies at Seidokan 
Aikido of New York.  His daughter Elizabeth 
Rose was born Saturday, June 10, 1989 at 
approximately 6:20PM at Thomkins County 
Community Hospital.  After a long night, his 
daughter Shannon Rose, Junior, ("Rosey") was 
born on Friday, January 31, 1992, at 9:10 AM 
at the same hospital.  Greg and his family 
(including the dog Fawn) left Ithaca on June 
30, 1993.  Greg followed up on his graduate 
work by taking a position in the Intel
Supercomputing Division in Portland, Oregon.