Dear US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Supporter,
Mark your Calendars to join us at the 2022 US Table Tennis Fall of Fame Dinner in Fort Worth in coordination with the 2022 US National Championships. We have limited space (75 seats) so please contact us as soon as possible. Tickets will go on sale shortly, so shoot us an email (olympic88@me.com) if you would like us to reserve a seat for you for a great evening of celebration.
I know this will be a great event and I hope you will be able to attend. If you are unable to attend I encourage you to consider making a donation to join our Hall of Fame Boosters Club.
Booster Funds are used for inductee dinners and plaques at the annual banquet, supporting the Si & Patty Wasserman Junior Scholarship Awards tournament, and many new programs the committee is considering.. Any size contribution is appreciated and will be acknowledged both online at usatt.org and in the 2022 Awards Induction Banquet program as follows (Please reply by 5/16/22 if you would be in the printed program):
Contributor up to $99 |
Gold Level $500 & up Platinum Level $750 & up |
The US Table Tennis Hall of Fame is a 501c3 tax exempt organization so your contribution is tax deductible. Checks for the Hall of Fame Dinner or Hall of Fame Booster Club should be made payable to: US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Please mail check to: US Table Tennis Hall of Fame, c/o Sean O’Neill, 7055 SW Leslie Street, Portland, OR 97223
Or you can donate electronically by clicking the link below or using your smart phone to scan the QR Code to the right: (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=9SYXSCBEKK83W) or you can use apple pay to 703-863-4429 or venmo to @Sean-ONeill-88.
We have lost a number of Hall of Famers since our last visit with George Brathwaite, Jack Howard, John Tannelhill, and Errol Resek all leaving us too early. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Thank you for your continued support of our history of table tennis in the United States. I hope to see you in Fort Worth this summer. Be safe and stay healthy!
Sean O'Neill
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame President
View USATT Hall of Fame Annual Dinner Programs
2021 Program - Players: Pam Fontaine, Sebastian DeFrancesco
Contributors - Christian Lillieroos, Roman Tinyszin
Lifetime Achievement Award: David Sakai
2019 Program - Players: Michael Ralston
Contributors: Sharon Frant Brooks, Li Zhenshi
Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard Hicks
2018 Program - Players: Dhiren Narotam, Aili Elliot, Norman Bass, Jr.
Contributors: Henan Li Ai, and Teodor "Doru" Gheorghe
Lifetime Achievement Award: Larry Hodges
2017 Program - Player: Marcy Monasterial
Contributors: Bowie Martin Sr. and Scott Preiss
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dell Sweeris
2015 Program - Players: Tahl Leibovitz, Eric Owens, Wang Chen
Contributor: Tongsheng "Jack" Huang and Dean Johnson
Lifetime Achievement Award: Si Wasserman
2014 Program - Players: Tawny Banh, Lisa Gee
Player/Official: Sheila O'Dougherty
Official: Richard Butler
Lifetime Achievement Award: Donna Chaimson Sakai
2013 Program - Players: Todd Sweeris and Terese Terranova
Lifetime Achievement Award: Yvonne Kronlage
2012 Program - Players: Jennifer Johnson, Errol Resek, Tieu Lan Vuong
Contributor: George "Gus" Kennedy
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dick Evans
2011 Program - Players: Quang Bui, Jim Butler, Jasna Rather
Contributor: Jim McQueen
Lifetime Achievement Award: Mal Anderson
2010 Program - Players: Amy Feng, Brian Masters, Mitch Seidenfeld
Officials: Bill Walk, Azmy Ibrahim
Lifetime Achievement Award: Fred Danner
2009 Program - Players Gao Jun and Diana Gee
Contributor: Bob Fox
Lifetime Achievement Award: Houshang Bozorgzadeh
2008 Program - Players: Ilija Lupulesku and Chartchai "Hank" Teekaveerakit
Contributors: Bill Hodge and Chuck Hoey
Lifetime Achievement Award: Danny Seemiller
2007 Program - Players: Ray Guillen, Sean O'Neill, Olga Soltesz
Official: Wendell Dillon
Contributor: Joe Newgarden
Lifetime Achievement Award: George Brathwaite
2006 Program - Players: Katarzyna "Kasia" Dawidowicz, Khoa Nguyen, Dan Pedora
Official/Contributor: Si Wasserman
Lifetime Achievement Award: Joseph R. "Tim" Boggan
2005 Program - Officials/Contributors: Richard McAfee and Marvin "Marty" Prager
Lifetime Achievement Award: Leah Thall Neuberger and Thelma "Tybie" Thall Sommer
2004 Program - Players: David Sakai, Norbert Van de Walle, Lily Yip
Lifetime Achievement Award: J. Rufford Harrison
2003 Program - Players: Eric Boggan and David Zhuang
Contributor: Larry Hodges
Lifetime Achievement Award: Marty Reisman
2002 Program - Players: Mike Dempsey and Wei Wang
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dick Miles
2001 Program - Players: Scott Boggan and Richard Hicks
Contributor: Thomas B. Miller
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jimmy McClure
2000 Program - Players: Cheng Yinghua and Attila Malek
Contributor: Robert "Bob" L. Green
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sol Schiff
1999 Program - Contributors: Ying Chow "Y.C." Lee and Dr. Michael Scott
Lifetime Achievement Award: Bobby Gusikoff
1998 Program - Player: Richard "Ricky" Seemiller
Contributor: Richard "Dick" Evans
1997 Program - Players: Sydney Heitner, Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost, Sharlene Krizman Wilson
Officials: Shonie Aki, Mal Anderson
1996 Program - Players: Angelita Rosal Bengtsson, Donna Chaimson Sakai
Contributors: Herwald Lawrence and Neil Smyth
1995 Program - Players: Alice Green Kimble and Danny Seemiller
1994 Program - Players: Davida Hawthorne, Jack Howard, He Ja Lee, Wendy Hicks Stockwell
Contributors: Steve Isaacson, Yvonne Kronlage, Mary McIlwain, Manny Moskowitz
1993 Program- Players: Patty Martinez Archer and Insook Bhushan
Official: Fred Danner
1991 Program - Players: Garrett Gray Nash and Pauline Robinson Somael
Contributor: Sanford Gross
1989 Program - Player: George Brathwaite
Official: John Read
1988 Program - Player: Bobby Fields
Official: Graham Steenhoven
Contributor: Nippon Takkyu co., Ltd.
1987 Program - Players: Peggy Ichkoff, Connie Sweeris, Dell Sweeris
Contributors: Houshang Bozorgzadeh and Tamasu Company, Ltd.
1985 Program - Players: Jimmy Jacobson, Barbara Chaimson Kaminsky, Edward Pinner, Cy Sussman
Official: Joseph R. "Tim" Boggan
1984 Program - Players: Charles Burns, Douglas Cartland, Mae Clouther, Bobby Gusikoff, George Hendry, Mildred Wilkinson Shipman
Contributor: Bernard Hock
Official: J. Rufford Harrison
1983 Program - Players: Sharon Acton, Valleri Bellini, Bernice Charney Chotras, Dal Joon Lee, John Somael
1981 Program - Players: Bernie Bukiet, Tibor Hazi, Erwin Klein, Reba Monness, Marty Reisman
Officials: Otto F.J. Ek Carl Zeisberg
Contributors: P. Becker and Co. and Harvard Table Tennis Co.
1980 Program - Players: Laszlo Bellak, Peggy McLean Folke, William C. Holzrichter, Mildred Shahian, Thelma "Tybie" Sommer
Officials: William Gunn and George Shein
Contributors: William R. Price and John Varga
1979 Program - Players: Abe Berenbaum, Robert "Bud" Blattner, Emily Fuller, Dolores Probert Kuenz, Lou Pagliaro, Sally Green Prouty, Jessie "Jay" Purves, Marcus Schussheim
Officials: Elmer F. Cinnater and Coleman Clark
Contributors: Detroiter and General Sportcraft Co., Ltd.