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.