T. Benny Rushing was born October 30, 1941 in Marshville, North Carolina. He earned his undergraduate and Masters degrees at Wake Forest University in 1964 and 1965 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1968. Rushing's career at the University of Utah began in 1969 when he became a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics. His field of specialty was topology. Professor Rushing functioned as Chair of the Mathematics Department from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1993. He was Dean of the College of Science from 1993 to 1997. Professor Rushing died August 29, 1998.
From the guide to the T. Benny Rushing papers, 1971-1997, 1985-1997, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)