Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence Linda Walton LINDA WALTON, professor of History and International Studies, has served Portland State University for 31 years. The nomination portfolio for the Millar Award is a testament to her distinguished contributions to the University and the community. Professor Walton is an inspiring teacher who enjoys an international reputation for her research and publication of Chinese and world global history. Her deep knowledge and classroom mastery have inspired and touched the lives of scores of PSU students, and her exemplary, career-long service has been marked by wisdom, selflessness, and effectiveness. In addition to her reputation for scholarship and her distinguished record as a teacher. Professor Walton has been an active and effective member of the University community since her arrival at PSU. Her personal engagement and humanity are evident in her University service, and her tenure as chair of the Department of History invokes warm praise from colleagues. Professor Walton’s work in the new field of world history has been significant, and the impact can be seen in the University and professional community. Under her leadership, the History Department experimented with world history at the lower-division level, then developed its even more distinctive upper-division offerings, which have become central to the department’s curriculum and character. It also forms the core of the Master of Arts program in world history, a distinctive graduate track that Professor Walton designed and introduced during her tenure as department chair. The Millar Award is given annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, instruction. University service, and public service; and whose performance in the area of scholarship and research is judged to be exceptional—values recognized by the late Branford P. Millar, a distinguished president of the University. 12
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