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.