(KLZA)--Peru State College Professor of mathematics, Paul Hinrichs,  has received the Milton M. Beckmann Lifetime Achievement Award. 

The award was presented by the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Mathematics in special recognition for a career of outstanding contributions of mathematics education in the State of Nebraska.

Hinrichs is cited for demonstrating outstanding teaching and leadership in the development of teacher strategies and technology for the teacher of mathematics.

Milton Beckmann was a longtime professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, most famous for his research into teacher students struggling with mathematics.