History-making professor: as the nation's first out university president, Charles R. Middleton is determined to make Chicago's Roosevelt U. "a welcoming place". (Behind the Headlines).(Interview)

From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine) | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Neff, Lisa | Copyright information

In early March, Charles R. Middleton, with full academic pomp and circumstance, was officially installed as president of Roosevelt University, a school with 7,500 students on campuses in downtown Chicago and suburban Schaumburg, Ill. Middleton is Roosevelt's fifth president, but he is also a first: the first openly gay president of a major U.S. university.

Named after Franklin and Eleanor, Roosevelt University was founded in 1945 by a group of teachers and administrators...

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