Harlan or Lerner for President-Elect

The Nominating Committee for 1987–88, chaired by William H. Chafe, Duke University, met in Wash­ington, DC on February 12–14, 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)

Akira Iriye, University of Chicago (diplomatic)

President-elect (one-year term)

Louis R. Harlan, University of Mary­land, College Park (US)
Gerda Lerner, University of Wiscon­sin, Madison (US)

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

Russell Major, Emory University (Renaissance)
Richard T. Vann, Wesleyan Universi­ty (European)

Council Members (three-year terms)

Place 1

Lawrence W. Levine, University of California, Berkeley (American)
Bertram Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida (American)

Place 2

Carol Gluck, Columbia University (Japanese)
David Kopf, University of Minneso­ta (S. Asian)

Divisional Committee Members (three­ year terms)

Profession

Caroline W. Bynum, University of Washington (medieval)
Bonnie G. Smith, University of Rochester (European)

Teaching

Abraham Hoffman, Taft High School (US)
Julia Stewart Werner, Nicolet High School (English)

Research

Ira Berlin, University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Jacquelyn D. Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (US)

Committee on Committees (three-year terms)

Place 1

Edith Couturier, National Endow­ment for the Humanities (Latin American)
Louisa S. Hoberman, Austin, Texas (Latin American)

Place 2

John R. Gillis, Rutgers University (European)
Donald E. Queller, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (me­dieval)

Nominating Committee (three-year terms)

Place 1

William B. Cohen, Indiana Univer­sity (European)
Standish Meacham, Jr., University of Texas, Austin (English)

Place 2

Donna J. Guy, University of Arizo­na (Latin American)
Colin A. Palmer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Latin American)

Place 3

Alice Kessler-Harris, Hofstra Uni­versity (US)
William S. McFeely, University of Georgia (US)

 

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.