The Cambridge Sports Union (CSU) was founded in 1962 by Larry Berman and Sara Mae Berman and consists of four semiautonomous sections: running, skiing, orienteering, and racewalking. The running section was founded in 1962 as a component of the Amateur Athletic Union

Amateur Athletic Union

The Amateur Athletic Union is one of the largest non-profit volunteer sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs.-History:The AAU was founded in 1888 to...

 (AAU). In 1964, the club added the skiing section and joined the United States Eastern Ski Association. In 1972, CSU added an orienteering section and was a charter club of the United States Orienteering Federation

United States Orienteering Federation

United States Orienteering Federation or USOF is the national governing body for orienteering in the United States. The group announced in August 2010 that it will change its public-facing name to Orienteering USA. It is recognized by the International Orienteering Federation and the United States...

 (USOF). The club's headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...

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External links

• http://www.csu.attackpoint.org/
• http://www.csurun.org/
• http://www.csuskinews.blogspot.com/
• http://www.csuwalk.org/