Buies Creek, N.C.– Dr. Lamar Norwood arrived at Campbell University in 1973, an eager assistant professor of mathematics who challenged students to see things from a different perspective. Today, some 35 years later, the 2008 Campbell University yearbook, “The Pine Burr,” was dedicated to Norwood, current chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, who has never stopped encouraging students to think “outside the box.” “I’d like to think that students have learned, not to just memorize things, but to think a bit,” said the soft-spoken Norwood, “I want them to try to see if there is a common thread through things.”After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University and master’s degrees from both Wake Forest and Appalachian State universities, Norwood taught at Wingate College for a period of two years before receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Arkansas. After coming to Campbell in 1973, he was named chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in 1987, a position he continues to hold.However, Norwood also serves Campbell in many other capacities. He held the position of senior external examiner of the Campbell mathematics program at Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) in Malaysia, traveling numerous times to the Asian campus, and played a key role in obtaining accreditation for the TARC program from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2001, he received the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award from Campbell’s College of Arts and Sciences and was also honored with the establishment of a scholarship in his name by his colleagues at TARC. In addition, an annual award named in his honor, the T. Lamar Norwood Award, is presented each year to the most outstanding mathematics graduate at TARC.”Lamar Norwood is loyal to the bone, a dear friend and an outstanding teacher and administrator,” said Dr. Jerry Wallace, president of Campbell University.Photo Copy: Dr. Lamar Norwood
Yearbook dedicated to legendary Campbell math professor