Publication Date

April 1, 1985

Perspectives Section

AHA Activities

The Nominating Committee for 1985–86, chaired by Pauline Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Tech­nology, met in Wash­ington, DC on February 7–9, and offers the following candidates for those offices of the Association that are to be filled in the election this year:

President (one-year term)

Carl N. Degler, Stanford University (United States)

President-elect (one-year term)

Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University (European)
Peter Gay, Yale University (Euro­pean)

Vice-President, Teaching Division (three-year term)

Patricia Albjerg Graham, Harvard University (United States)
Myron Marty, Drake University (United States)

Council Members (three-year terms)

Place 1

Sheila Fitzpatrick, University of Tex­as, Austin (Soviet-Russia)
Robert Forster, Johns Hopkins University (European)

Place 2

Peggy K. Liss, Washington, D.C. (Latin American)
John V. Lombardi, Indiana Univer­sity (Latin American)

Divisional Committee Members (three­ year terms)

Profession

Robert Dallek, University of Cali­fornia, Los Angeles (United States)
George M. Fredrickson, Stanford University (United States)

Research

Herbert S. Klein, Columbia Univer­sity (Latin American)
Anna K. Nelson, George Washing­ton University (United States)

Teaching

Sharon Harley, University of Mary­land, College Park (Afro-Ameri­can)
Robert V. Schnucker, Northeast Missouri State University (Euro­pean)

Committee on Committees (three-year term)

Colin A. Palmer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Lat­in American)
Linda Levy Peck, Purdue Universi­ty (British)

Nominating Committee (three-year terms)

Place 1

Richard S. Dunn, University of Pennsylvania (American colonial)
Gloria L. Main, University of Colo­rado (American colonial)

Place 2

Byron K. Marshall, University of Minnesota (Japanese)
David K. Wyatt, Cornell University (SE Asia)

Place 3

Michael P. Johnson, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Suzanne Lebsock, Rutgers Univer­sity (United States)

 

Nominations may also be made by petitions carrying in each case the signa­tures of one hundred or more members of the Association in good standing and indicating in each case the particular vacancy for which the nomination is intended. Nominations by petition must be in the hands of the chair of the Nominating Committee on or before July 1.

All  nominations  must be accompa­nied by certification of the willingness of the nominee to serve if elected. In dis­tributing the annual ballot by mail to the members of the Association, the Nomi­nating Committee shall present and identify such candidates nominated by petition along with its own candidates.