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.