Publication Date

April 1, 1986

Perspectives Section

AHA Activities

The Nominating Committee for 1986–87, chaired by Peter Stansky, Stanford University, met in Wash­ington, DC on February 6–8, 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)

Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University (European)

President-elect (one-year term)

Akira Iriye, University of Chicago (diplomatic)
Jonathan D. Spence, Yale Universi­ty (Chinese)

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

John F. TePaske, Duke University (Latin American)
William M. Tuttle, Jr., University of Kansas (United States)

Council Members (three-year terms)

Place 1

John F. Benton, California Institute of Technology (medieval)
Nikki R. Keddie, University of Cali­fornia, Los Angeles (Near East­ern)

Place 2

Richard G. Hewlett, History Asso­ciates, Inc. (technology)
Richard H. Kohn, Office of Air Force History (military)

Divisional Committee Members (three­ year terms)

Profession

Albert Camarillo, Stanford Univer­sity (American)
William H. Harris, Paine College (American)

Research

Walter A. Goffart, University of Toronto (medieval)
Joseph C. Miller, University of Vir­ginia (African)

Teaching

William F. Sater, California State University, Long Beach (Latin American)
Philip B. Scranton, Rutgers Univer­sity, Camden (American)

Committee on Committees (three-year terms)

Ingrid Winthur Scobie, Texas Woman’s University (American)
Morton Keller, Brandeis University (American)

Nominating Committee (three-year terms)

Place 1

Darlene Clark Hine, Purdue Uni­versity (Afro-American)
Waldo E. Martin, University of Vir­ginia (Afro-American)

Place 2

Michael J. Devine, Illinois State Historical Society (American)
Suellen  Hoy, North Carolina Divi­sion of Archives & History (American)

Place 3

Gene A. Brucker, University of Cal­ifornia, Berkeley (European)
Giles Constable, Institute for Ad­vanced Study (medieval)

 

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.