Rebecca ‘Becky’ Lum
Oct. 19, 1930 Nov. 23, 2020
Rebecca ‘Becky’ Lum, 90, passed away peacefully on Nov. 23, 2020, in Vacaville, California. Becky was born Oct. 19, 1930, to Harry and Lillie Lum in San Francisco, California, where she lived from childhood through college.
She attended Francisco Junior High School and Polytechnic High School. Becky was naturally athletic and enjoyed badminton, ping-pong and tennis, even earning medals in city championships when competing on a Chinese girls’ basketball team.
Becky majored in science at the City College of San Francisco and later San Francisco State College. After her graduation, she was hired to teach both algebra and physical education at Carlmont High School in Belmont and was later offered a position to teach math at Armijo High School in 1958, where she spent 33 years teaching analytical geometry, trigonometry and calculus as well as coaching tennis, basketball and badminton.