Biography

Middleton graduated with his Bachelors degree from Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

. He received both his Masters degree and Doctorate from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

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He served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of Maryland

University System of Maryland

The University System of Maryland is a public corporation and charter school system comprising 12 Maryland institutions of higher education. It is the 12th-largest university system in the United States, with over 125,000 undergraduate, 43,000 graduate and roughly 13,000 combined full-time and...

, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...

. In 2002 he became the President of Roosevelt University

Roosevelt University

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He is a member of the Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

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, the American Historical Association

American Historical Association

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, the North American Conference on British Studies, and the Institute for International Education.

He serves on the Board of the American Council on Education

American Council on Education

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 and the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities. He has also been involved with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

Founded in 1976, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities is an organization of private US colleges and universities...

, the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee, the Chicago Loop Alliance, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

The Roosevelt Institute is a progressive non-profit organization devoted to carrying forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of restoring America's health and security...

, the Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community center in Chicago, Illinois. It is the largest LGBT Community Center in the Midwest with more than 1,000 people walking through its doors every day....

, the Chicago Central Area Committee, the Near South Planning Board, the Point Foundation

Point Foundation (LGBT)

The Point Foundation is the first and largest national foundation to support academic achievement in higher education among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students by providing financial support, mentoring and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation,...

 and the Chicago History Museum Community Advisory Council, Rotary One, the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives' Club, the Commercial Club of Chicago

Commercial Club of Chicago

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, Equality Illinois, and the Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest LGBT advocacy group and lobbying organization; according to the HRC, it has more than one million members and supporters...

. He is a signatory of the Amethyst Initiative

Amethyst Initiative

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He is openly gay

Gay

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. In November 2006, Dr. Middleton was elected to the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
In spring 2010 he gave the keynote address at the conference "25 Years After: GLBT in Higher Education" at Texas A&M University, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the legal decision forcing Texas A&M to recognize Gay Student Services as an official student organization.