Publication Date

March 1, 1986

Perspectives Section

AHA Activities

The following is a list of the officers, elected Council members, and the approved com­mittee structure for 1986.

 

Council

Carl N. Degler, Stanford University (president); Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University (president-elect); William H. McNeill, University of Chicago (immediate past president); Richard S. Kirkendall, Iowa State University (vice-president, Professional Division); Mary Beth Norton, Cornell Uni­versity (vice-president, Research Division); Patricia Albjerg Graham, Harvard University (vice-president, Teaching Division); Robert Forster, Johns Hopkins University; Bernard Lewis, Princeton University; Peggy K. Liss, Washington, DC; Louise A. Tilly, New School for Social Research; George B. Tin­dall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, and David L. Ransel, AHR, ex officio

Professional Division

Richard S. Kirkendall (vice-president); George B. Tindall (Council member); Ber­nard Semmel, SUNY Stony Brook; Clara M. Lovett, George Washington University; George M. Fredrickson, Stanford University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Research Division

Mary Beth Norton (vice­-president); Louise A. Tilly (Council mem­ber); K. C. Liu, University of California, Da­vis; Rudolph Vecoli, University of Minneso­ta; Anna K. Nelson, American University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Teaching Division

Patricia Albjerg Graham (vice-president); Robert Forster (Council member); Gerald G. Eggert, Pennsylvania State University; Marjorie Wall Bingham, St. Louis Park Public Schools; Sharon Harley, University of Maryland, College Park; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Nominating Committee

Peter Stansky, chair, Stanford University; John L. Gaddis, Ohio University; Arnita A. Jones, History Associates, Inc., Louisville, KY; William H. Chafe, Duke University; Robert O. Paxton, Columbia University; Susan M. Socolow, Emory University; Richard S. Dunn, Univer­sity of Pennsylvania; Suzanne D. Lebsock, Rutgers University; David K. Wyatt, Cornell University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on Committees

Natalie Zemon Davis, chair, Princeton University; Gail L. Bernstein, University of Arizona; David Brody, University of California, Davis; Linda Levy Peck, Purdue University; E. William Monter, Northwestern University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on Affiliated Societies

Natalie Zemon Davis, chair, Princeton University; Bernard Lewis, Princeton University (Council member); Mary F. Berry, Howard University; David E. Underdown, Yale University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Standing Committees

 

Committee on the Harmsworth Professorship

Samuel P. Hays, chair, University of Pittsburgh; John W. Shy, University of Michigan; J. Morgan Kousser, California Institute of Technology; Carl N. Degler, Stanford University; Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University; Samuel R. Gam­mon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on International Historical Activities

Karen Offen, chair, Stanford Uni­versity; Morton Keller, Brandeis University; Stanley J. Stein, Princeton University; Robert Darnton, Princeton University; Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, University of Michigan; C. War­ ren Hollister, University of California, Santa Barbara; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex offi­cio

Committee on Quantitative Research in History

Maris Vinovskis, chair, University of Michigan; Lynn Hunt, University of Cali­fornia, Berkeley; Peter H. Smith, Massachu­setts Institute of Technology; Robert V. Wells, Union College; Lorena Walsh, Mary­land State Archives; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on Women Historians

Alice Kessler-Harris, chair, Hofstra University; Sylvia Jacobs, North Carolina Central Uni­versity; Nancy Schrom Dye, University of Kentucky; Judith Walkowitz, Rutgers Uni­versity; Ronald Walters, Johns Hopkins Uni­versity; Virginia Scharff, University of Arizo­na (graduate student); Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Prize Committees

Committee on the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize

Thomas N. Bisson, chair, University of California, Berkeley; Ru­dolph Binion, Brandeis University; Cissie Fairchilds, Syracuse University; Norman F. Cantor, New York University; Richard Herr, University of California, Berkeley; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the George Louis Beer Prize

James J. Sheehan, chair, Stanford Universi­ty; Charles S. Maier, Harvard University; Philip C. F. Bankwitz, Trinity College, CT; Sally J. Marks,  Rhode Island College; F. Roy Willis, University of California, Davis; Samu­el R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Albert J. Beveridge Award and the John H. Dunning Prize

A.J.R. Russell-Wood, chair, Johns Hopkins University; Stanley L. Falk, US Army Cen­ter of Military History  (Retired); Milton Klein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Nell I. Painter, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; John L. Thomas, Brown Uni­versity; Samuel  R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Paul Birdsall Prize

Paul M. Kennedy, chair, Yale University; Peter Paret, Stanford  University; David Trask, US Army Center of Military History; Ger­hard L. Weinberg, University of North Caro­lina, Chapel Hill; MacGregor Knox, Univer­sity of Rochester; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio.

Committee on the James Henry Breasted Prize

Jaroslav J. Pelikan, chair, Yale Univer­sity; Frank M. Clover, University of Wiscon­sin, Madison; Jacob Lassner, Wayne State University; Karl F. Morrison, University of Kansas; David  H. Keightley, University of California, Berkeley; Samuel  R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Albert B. Corey Prize

Suzann C. Buckley, SUNY Plattsburgh; John D. Wirth, Stanford University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio.

Committee on the John K. Fair­bank Prize

Jonathan D. Spence, chair, Yale University; Charles E. Neu, Brown University; Grant K. Goodman, University of Kansas; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Herbert Feis Award

Frank E. Vandiver, chair, Texas A&M Uni­versity; Harold P. Anderson, Wells Fargo Bank; Suellen Hoy, North Carolina Division of Archives & History; Romana M. Danysh, US Army Center of Military History; Nich­olas C. Burckel, Washington University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Leo Gershoy Award

Nancy L. Roelker, chair, emerita, Boston University; Peter Gay, Yale University; Mau­ rice Lee, Jr., Rutgers University; Mack Walk­er, Johns Hopkins University; Dora B. Wei­ner, University of California, Los Angeles; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Clarence H. Haring Prize

Richard Graham, chair, University of Texas, Austin; Arnold J. Bauer, University of California, Davis; Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University; Asunción Lavrín, How­ard University; Murdo J. MacLeod, Universi­ty of Florida; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio.

Committee on the Joan Kelly Prize for Women’s History

Carolyn C. Lougee, chair, Stanford University; Mar­garet Strobel, University of Illinois, Chicago; Allen F. Davis, Temple University; Susan M. Hartmann, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Jean Quartaert, University of Houston, Clear Lake; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Waldo G. Leland Prize

Daniel J. Leab, chair, Seton Hall University; Robert M. Weible, Lowell National Historical Park; John B. Jentz, Newberry Library; Sam­uel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Littleton­ Griswold Prize in American Law and Society

Harry N. Scheiber, chair, University of Cali­fornia, Berkeley; Marylynn Salmon, Univer­sity of Maryland Baltimore County; Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Bar­bara; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Howard R. Marraro Prize

Rudolph Vecoli, chair, University of Minnesota; Elisa Carrillo, Marymount Col­lege, Tarrytown; John D’Amico, George Ma­son University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the Robert Livingston Schuy­ler Prize

Perez D. Zagorin, chair, University of Rochester; Donald J. Olsen, Vassar Col­lege; Martin J. Weiner, Rice University; Sam­uel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Fellowship Programs

Committee on the J, Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History

John M. Cooper, Jr., chair, Univer­sity of Wisconsin, Madison; Ronald Bayor, Georgia Institute of Technology: Jane H. Pease, University of Maine, Orono; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Committee on the NASA Fellow­ship

Mel­vin Kranzberg, chair, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Becker, The George Washington University; Edward Constant, Carnegie-Mellon University; Alex Roland, Duke University; Robert Wohl, UCLA; Sam­uel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Ad Hoc Committees

Committee on the Columbus Quincentennial

Helen Nader, chair, Indiana Universi­ty; David J. Weber, Southern Methodist Uni­versity; James L. Axtell, College of William and Mary; Robert Potash, University of Mas­sachusetts; Joseph Sanchez, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Special Committee on the Bicentennial Era

Mary K. B. Tachau, chair, University of Lou­isville; Don E. Fehrenbacher, Stanford Uni­versity; Richard Bushman, University of Del­aware; Harold M. Hyman, Rice University; Herman Belz, University of Maryland, Col­lege Park; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Joint AHA-APSA Committee on Project ’87

Richard B. Morris, emeritus, Columbia Uni­versity (AHA co-chair) and above committee

Joint AHA-CHA Committee

Robert Bab­cock, chair, University of Maine, Orono; Mi­chael Katz, University of Pennsylvania; Mar­garet Andrews, Washington State University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Joint AHA-OAH-SAA Committee on Historians & Archivists

Deborah Gardner, chair, New York Stock Exchange; Thomas G. Paterson, University of Connecticut, Storrs; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Joint AHA-ASLH Committee on the Littleton-Griswold Fund

Harry N. Scheiber, chair, University of California, Berkeley; Marylynn Salmon, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Laura Kalman, Universi­ty of California, Santa Barbara; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Joint Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Histori­ans Under the First Amendment

Carl N. Degler, ex officio; Par­liamentarian; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Program Committee

Margaret C. Jacob, chair, Eugene Lang College-New School for Social Research; Patricia U. Bonomi, co­-chair, New York University; Philip C. Huang, University of California, Los Ange­les; David Michael Kennedy, Stanford Uni­versity; Marjorie Lightman, Institute for Re­search in History; Leon Lipson, Yale Univer­sity; Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University; Charles S. Maier, Harvard University; Ber­nard McGinn, University of Chicago; August Meier, Kent State University; David J. We­ber, Southern Methodist University; Samuel R. Gammon, AHA, ex officio

Delegates

Advisory Committee on Histori­cal Diplomatic Documentation: Carol Gruber, Wil­liam Paterson College (mid-year); Warren F. Kuehl, University of Akron; Robert Dallek, University of California, Los Angeles

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies: Reginald E. Zelnik, Uni­versity of California, Berkeley

American Council of Learned So­cieties: Philip D. Curtin, Johns Hopkins University

International Committee of Historical Sciences: Karen Offen, Stanford University

National Historical Publications & Records Commission: Carol R. Bleser, Clemson Uni­versity; Ronald P. Formisano, Clark Univer­sity

Social Science Research Council: Louise A. Tilly, New School for Social Research (mid­ year)

US-USSR Subcommission on Quantitative Research in History: Theodore K. Rabb, Princeton University