|title=Dr. Frank Cheatham announces intention to retire from Campbellsville University after 40 1/2 years of service|author Drew Tucker and Joan C. McKinney|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|date=January 7, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2017}}</ref> His retirement was effective at the close of the 2015 spring semester/<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/2015/03/06/dr-frank-cheatham-will-be-the-guest-speaker-at-campbellsville-universitys-heritage-day-march-18/|title=Dr. Frank Cheatham will be the guest apeaker at Campbellsville University's Heritage Day March 18|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|author=Joan C. McKinney|date=Mary 6, 2015|access date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
Current Former CU president [[Michael V. Carter]] named Cheatham as vice president of academic affairs: He has worked at my side in this role as well as the role of trusted advisor on every major decision of my presidency. His love for Campbellsville University and Christian higher education has been and is evident."<ref name=bio/> In 1989, Cheatham received the first "Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award” at CU, sponsored by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. He received too the CU “Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award” given by the university’s board of advisors. In 1992 and in 2000, he received the "Educator of the Year" award from the Campbellsville/Taylor County Chamber of Commerce. Cheatham served on the presidential search committee that selected Kenneth W. Winters as president in 1999 and Carter thereafter. In 1994, he was a leader in bringing the [[Internet]] to CU. He has also been faculty advisor for Sigma Zeta, the science and math honor society, and is a former national president of that organization.<ref name=bio/>
Cheatham has also been involved in the accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and sat on the board of directors at the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Schools. He chaired the CU self-study.<ref name=bio/>