NAAAP Boston is accepting tax-deductable donations to the Richard T.N. Lee Scholarship Fund, the proceeds of which will be awarded via the NAAAP Boston Future Leaders Scholarship Fund. Please make checks payable to NAAAP Boston, P.O. Box 51922, Boston, MA 02205 and note "In memory of Richard T.N. Lee" in the memo line.
Mr. Lee and his family have always highly valued the role of education for Asians in America, and actively support scholarship efforts. Following is brief information about Mr. Lee:
LEE, Richard T.N. Of Brookline, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2010. Born August 10, 1926. Beloved husband of Chou B. K. Lee, and Devoted father of Thomas S.W. Lee, Paul W. Lee and Elizabeth W.W. Lee. Mr. Lee came to Boston from a rural village in southern China at the age of 13 and attended grammar school in Watertown, MA. He worked in a Chinese hand laundry and then as a waiter and manager for several well known Chinese restaurants in the Boston area, including China Sails, Cathay House, Braintree Five Corners and Fantasy Island. He retired in 1998 at the age of 72. He was most proud of the fact that his three children, Tom, Paul and Liz graduated from college, the first members of his family to do so.
The complete obituary Boston Globe
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