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McKENZIE (October 20) — Dr. James Cantrell, a Palmersville native, was honored with Bethel University’s first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday morning this the annual Hall of Fame event on campus.
Cantrell is a graduate of Palmersville High School and a 1953 graduate of Bethel College with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Chemistry minor. Dr. Cantrell continued his post-graduate work by earning a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Mississippi in 1955, followed by his PhD from the University of Tenn. at Knoxville where he became interested in Topology and where his 1961 doctoral thesis came to the attention of the American Mathematical Society. After completing his doctorate, Dr. Cantrell joined the faculty of the University of Georgia where he continued his work in the field of Topology.