Letter from Yang Xirang to Dr. Frank Fu (November 15, 1982)

This is letter from Yang Xirang, a visiting scholar to Springfield College from Beijing Sport University, to Dr. Frank Fu, the Director of the International Center at Springfield College. It is dated November 15, 1982. In the letter Yang talks about the possible visit of Beijing Sport Univeristy President Zhong to the United States.Beijing Sport University was organized and established as the Central Institute of Physical Education (sport) in 1953 with the help of Professor Xu Yingchao, Springfield College graduate of the class 1938. The name of the university changed to Peking (Beijing) Institute of Physical Culture (physical education) in 1956 and renamed Beijing Sports University in 1993. The first agreement signed by Springfield College and the Beijing Sport University was on September 25, 1981, which provided pathways for collaboration and exchange of faculty and students