Donor Spotlight: Dr. K.B. Lim and Linda Lee Lim

After Dr. K.B. Lim & Linda Lee Lim started their Foundation for philanthropy several years ago, one of their projects in loving memory of Linda’s parents was the establishment in perpetuity of the Lee Tuh-Fuh and Ruby Lee Wang Zu-Ming Endowment through the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Center for Healthy Aging and Stein Institute for Research on Aging. Their mission is simply to provide objective wholistic information to the public through free public onsite and online events planned with the Center in response to evolving demand as an ongoing self-sustaining community wellness outreach legacy.

“Their vision to bring quality wellness programs to people of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds is aligned with our goals. All of us at the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging and Stein Institute for Research on Aging are deeply grateful for their generous gift”, said Executive Director Danielle Glorioso. “Working with Dr. K. B. and Linda Lim to bring their vision to life has been a great honor. We are thrilled to kick off the first annual lecture on September 1st as part of the Healthy Aging month of September 2023."

Dr. K.B. Lim retired at the end of 2010 from a successful private practice in Obstetrics-Gynecology-Infertility for over 30 years in Del Mar, California, with affiliation to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He previously held a faculty appointment in the UCSD Department of Reproductive Medicine. “Through our public education and community programs, our focus is to teach the principles of a healthy lifestyle, such as wholesome nutrition, regular exercise, quality sleep and relaxation techniques.”

Linda Lee Lim also retired in 2010 as an acupuncturist-herbalist from her Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practice in the same clinic that she had designed, with her previous background in architecture, for her husband’s busy practice while she was raising their two sons who are now both MDs married to MDs with five children between them. True to the TCM maxim “Dig the well before the drought” she believes that “anyone at any age can benefit from selfcommitment to healthier daily lifestyle habits and informed personal choice of optimal healing modalities as needed, to add years to life and life to years. It is never too early nor too late to start on this self-nurturing health journey, one step at a time ."