Henry For President

In 1985 before AIDS was a word, 10 year old Henry Nicols, a hemophiliac, was infected with the deadly virus from a blood transfusion. For years his family kept the secret about AIDS from everyone. In 1991, a senior in high school and deathly ill, 17 year old Nicols boldly announced to the world "I have AIDS." Protected by his community of Cooperstown, NY (the Home of Baseball) Nicols quickly became a celebrity and a poster child for AIDS understanding. He then became an international AIDS advocate and educator, travelling around the U.S. and the world spreading a message of compassion and love. Nicols died of complications of AIDS in 2000. This memoir, written by his father, is the legacy of a brave child suffering from a chronic illness and then infected with the scourge of our time. As a tear-jerking page turner, Henry for President is a must read for anyone who wants to better understand challenge, compassion and human nature.

Henry J. Nicols, a former high school Social Studies teacher, Police Officer, Police Chief and a hospital administrator. He is an international educator and consultant in schools around the world. His presentations focus on emotional intelligence, stress and time management, communications, and violence intervention. Hank has presented across the United States, in Europe, Japan, Asia, Africa and South America He has done research on social and emotional issues and was a recipient of a grant to study social and emotional issues in adolescents in International schools. An Eagle Scout and a Scoutmaster he enjoys hiking, backpacking, canoeing and mountain climbing. He has climbed in the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest, the Andes and the Alps and in Nepal. He completed a six month sabbatical in 2006 solo hiking 2,174.9 miles from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail in the eastern United States. Hank is an AIDS advocate and was a founder and director of the Henry Nicols Foundation, a not for profit AIDS education & support group named for his son Henry. He lives in Cooperstown, New York.