caption children birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
gates care centre for hiv positive children , during his visit , to india sr. , visits the naz foundation 's kristianne gates bill gates libby gates bremerton , washington , u.s. william henry gates i lillian elizabeth rice 30 november 1925 mary maxwell gates mimi gardner gates william-h-gates-senior-new-delhi-hi-res . jpg william h. gates , sr. .
 william henry gates ii lawyer -lrb- retired -rrb- university of washington
william h. gates , sr. .

william henry `` bill '' gates -lrb- born william henry gates ii ; november 30 , 1925 -rrb- is a retired american attorney and philanthropist and author of the book `` showing up for life : thoughts on the gifts of a lifetime '' .
he is the father of microsoft co-founder bill gates .
one of a line of businessmen named ` william h. gates ' and sometimes called ` william gates , jr. ' in his career , he is now generally known as `` william henry gates , sr '' due to the greater prominence of his son .
