Donor Story:
The History Department created the award to honour the memory of Catherine Brown who was a distinguished teacher (she won both the Alumni and the ASUS awards for excellence in teaching and published historian ('Pastor and Laity in the Theology of Jean Gerson' - Cambridge University Press 1987), and an active member of the Faculty (sometimes Secretary of the Faculty Board, Vice Chair of the History Department, Chair of Undergraduate Studies, etc.). She was universally admired by students and colleagues alike. The book has been recently updated in a paperback edition.