Publication Date

April 1, 1984

Perspectives Section

AHA Activities

The Nominating Committee for 1984–85, chaired by Theodore K. Rabb, Princeton University, met in Wash­ington, DC on February 9–11, 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)

William H. McNeill, University of Chicago (European)

President-elect (one-year term)

Carl N. Degler, Stanford University (United States)
Arthur Schlesinger, jr., City University of New York (United States)

Vice President, Research Division (three-year term)

Akira Iriye, University of Chicago (dip­lomatic)
Mary Beth Norton, Cornell University (American)

Council Members (three-year terms)

Place 1

Bernard Lewis, Princeton University (Near Eastern)
Thomas E. Skidmore, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Latin American)

Place 2

Michael R. Marrus, University of To­ronto (European)
Louise Tilly, University of Michigan (European)

Place 3

William H. Harris, Paine College (American)
George B. Tindall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (American)

Divisional Committee Members (three-year terms)

Profession

Richard A. Baker, US Senate Histori­cal Office (American)
Clara M. Lovett, Library of Congress (modern European)

Research

Jerome M. Clubb, University of Michi­gan (American)
Rudolph Vecoli, University of Minneso­ta (American)

Teaching

Marjorie Wall Bingham, St. Louis Park Schools, Minnesota (US/Russia)
Eric Rothschild, Scarsdale Senior High School (American)

Committee on Committees (three-year term)

Place 1

Gail L. Bernstein, University of Arizo­na (Japanese)
Francisco A. Scarano, University of Connecticut (Latin American)

Place 2

David Brody, University of California, Davis (American)
Michael Katz, University of Pennsylva­nia (American)

Place 3

Roger Hahn, University of California, Berkeley (history of science)
E. William Monter, Northwestern University (European)

Nominating Committee (three-year terms)

Place 1

William H. Chafe, Duke University (American)
Nathan I. Huggins, Harvard University (American)

Place 2

Richard Graham, University of Texas, Austin (Latin American)
John V. Lombardi, Indiana University (Latin American)

Place 3

Patrick J. Geary, University of Florida (medieval)
Robert O. Paxton, Columbia University (European)

 

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.