Education
Boston University; Ohio State University.
Boston University; Ohio State University.
An Ohio native, Cameron began his undergraduate education at the Ohio State University. He transferred to the Eastern Nazarene College and received his bachelor"s degree in history. He received his master"s degree and doctoral degree from Boston University, in 1952 and 1959, respectively.
Cameron began teaching at Eastern Nazarene Academy in 1951, soon after his graduation from the Eastern Nazarene College.
He started teaching at the college in 1954, and the academy closed after 1955. He became chair of the history department there in 1959 after the departure of Charles West. Akers.
In 2002, he retired and was made professor emeritus of history at ENC.
The James R. Cameron Center for History, Law, & Government at the Eastern Nazarene College was dedicated in 2005 in Doctor Cameron"s honor.
He has been an officer in the Quincy Historical Society, a member of the New England Forensic Association and a Danforth Associate, and a charter member of the Conference on Faith and History at Huntington University in Indiana. He is also a member of the New England Historical Association, and a Pilgrim Society fellow, and continues to teach at Eastern Nazarene.