![Richard Ning Man with dark hair and dark shirt](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Photo-courtesy-Richard-Ning-square-45e63a4944732143d6f377d4d2cbfe25-rxqg7ie2cojh.jpg)
Richard Ning
Richard is a third-generation Cantabrigian who grew up in the Oxford Street area during the 1960s and ’70s. He is the grandson of Loy Lee Wong, who owned the Young Lee Restaurant, an establishment the family operated in Harvard Square from the 1920s until the 1950s. Richard’s father, Fong Pun Ning, served during World War II and was involved in postwar operations in China. Richard was also a student at the Cambridge Pilot School and studied East Asian Studies at Harvard before embarking on a career with the U.S. Census Bureau.
![Woman in white dress standing in front of a building](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mary-in-front-of-Young-Lee-Rest-May-28-1945-668x1024.jpg)
![Newspaper clipping of two men and two women at a wedding cutting a cake](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bob-Lee-George-Mary-and-Eveline-in-newspaper-wedding-pic-1024x997.jpg)
![Over a dozen people of various ages seated and standing.](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ning-family-at-Steve-and-Yuet-wedding-Nov-1983.jpg)
![People of varying ages sitting and standing for a family portrait.](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wong-family-1947-1024x828.jpg)
![Three story building with bare tree in foreground.](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Oxford-Street-1950s-1024x731.jpg)
![Facade of a building. Sign reads Young Lee Restaurant](https://historycambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Young-Lee-Restaurant-postcard.jpg)