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Neil Smyth
Before Cornelius “Neil” Smyth became Vice President and Treasurer of Caesars Palace and so was in a position to make his Hall of Fame contribution to the Sport he loved, he’d had a varied and accomplished background outside of Table Tennis. From Eugene Wilson’s “Senior of the Month” interview with Neil (Topics, Jan., 1980), we…
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Herwald Lawrence
Courtesy of Tim Boggan I met the legendary Herwald Lawrence only once–at Sandor Glancz’s funeral. This was only a year before Lawrence himself was to die of cancer on Christmas morning, 1974 at age 72. Ironically, in a tribute he paid to Sandor, he said he hoped that a Table Tennis Hall of Fame would…
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Angelita Rosal Bengtsson
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Angie’s always been proud of her ethnic heritage. Her father was Filipino, her mother Sioux Indian. She comes from a family of seven siblings–sister Monica and, for a time, brother Chris were good tournament players. Angie named her first child Suco after Angie’s Filipino grandmother, Suco Li. Her father, Monico, was…
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Donna Chaimson Sakai
In the late 1950’s, Bob Chaimson was not only President of the Washington, D.C. Table Tennis Association, he was also USTTA Membership Chair–with his chief and only Committee members being his wife Leona and daughters Barbara (born 7/07/42) and Donna (born 1/12/47). As Bob doubtless began to visualize, he was about to have much more…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States