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In Memory of Yim F. Gee (1937–2025)
Yim Fun Gee, beloved husband, father, grandfather, engineer, and lifelong supporter of American table tennis, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2025, in Sacramento, California, at the age of 88. A life of learning and service Born on January 30, 1937, in Guangzhou, China, Yim was the youngest of four children. He mastered Cantonese, Mandarin,
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Jun Gao
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Gao Jun was born Jan. 25, 1969 in Baoding, Hebei, China (not far from Beijing). Her father introduced her to table tennis when she was five and he was serious enough to see that she had a coach. This led to her going off to an athletic boarding school for potential
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Bob Fox
Courtesy of Tim Boggan For the first 30 years of his life, Bob Fox had little or no contact with table tennis. After he’d graduated from the University of Minnesota and was attending Duke Law School he played some student pong. Once he was somehow paired against a very good North Carolina player—good enough to

