Barbara Chin

In Loving Memory of Barbara ChinBarbara M. Chin born in Kingston, Jamaica, passed away peacefully on September 10th in her home in New York City. Barbara was a member of The West Side Tennis Club for 30 years and served on its Board of Governors for 14 years. She was co-chair of Corporate Outings, and a longtime member of the Membership Committee. She is most remembered for her important service as chair or co-chair of the Junior Development Committee/Activities Council from 1997 to 2020. Here she helped hundreds of children by raising monies to benefit junior tennis through the WSTC Foundation. She also raised additional funds for children's scholarships into the junior development program, and helped offset costs for their National Team to travel and compete against the country's top clubs. She obtained many scholarships for their top juniors to the IMG/Bollettieri Sports Academy in Florida. Barbara was director of special projects and assistant to the president of Brae Capital Corporation, a private investment firm in New York City, for over 30 years. She was also affiliated with the Deerfield Foundation and the Swiss Army Knife Foundation. Barbara was a graduate of Fordham University with a BA in Economics. Her good friend Nick Bollettieri sent this tribute about Barbara: "I was blessed to know and work with Barbara Chin. Barbara was instrumental in helping me get the money to start the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, now the IMG Academy, with Mr. Marx. It would be impossible for me to explain the impact Barbara Chin had on (my) life, and I know there are countless people who would say the same thing of Barbara."Barbara is survived by her niece Barbara Chong Holland, niece and nephew Janice and Carrington Grier, niece Sharon Chin, niece Judith Brown, great nephew Christopher J. Holland and sisters-in-law Betty Chong and Iric Sanderson. Her family is requesting contributions in honor of her memory be made to the Barbara Chin Junior Development Fund at the West Side Tennis Club. (Checks may be made out to West Side Tennis Club with a memo note on the check regarding the Junior Fund and mailed to WSTC, One Tennis Place, Forest Hills, NY 11375.)

Barbara Chin

December 31, 1969 - September 10, 2020