2024-11-05
Thomas Scovel presents a cheque for 2.2 million yuan on behalf of his former student Yang Bin to Li Yingying, president of Tianjin Foreign Studies University, during the 60th anniversary of the university on Sept 28. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY]Thomas Scovel, one of the first professors from the United States to teach at a Chinese university, returned to his old campus recently to make a donation on behalf of one of his former students.Scovel was actually born in Jining, Shandong province, in