Publication Date

April 1, 1987

Perspectives Section

AHA Activities

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)