Under the bylaw pursuant to Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the constitution, the executive director invites all members of the association to submit to him, on or before December 15, recommendations for the following offices: president-elect; vice-president of the Professional Division; two Council members; one member each for the Professional, Research, and Teaching divisions; one member for the Committee on Committees; and three members for the Nominating Committee. All suggestions received will be forwarded to the Nominating Committee for consideration at its meeting next February.
Present membership of the Council and elective committees is as follows with open positions indicated by the year and name in bold italic lettering:
Council
1985 Arthur S. Link (Princeton University), immediate past president
1986 William H. McNeill (University of Chicago), president
1987 Carl N. Degler (Stanford University), president-elect
1985 John A. Garraty (Columbia University), vice-president, Teaching Division
1986 Richard S. Kirkendall (Iowa State University), vice-president, Professional Division
1987 Mary Beth Norton (Cornell University), vice-president, Research Division
1985 Joyce O. Appleby (University of California, Los Angeles)
1985 Katherine Fischer Drew (Rice University)
1985 John V. Lombardi (Indiana University)
1987 Bernard Lewis (Princeton University)
1987 Louise A. Tilly (New School for Social Research)
1987 George B. Tindall (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Divisional Committee Members
Professional
1985 Robert L. Zangrando (University of Akron)
1986 Bernard Semmel (SUNY Stony Brook)
1987 Clara M. Lovett (George Washington University)
Research
1985 Franklin W. Knight (Johns Hopkins University)
1986 K. C. Liu (University of California, Davis)
1987 Rudolph Vecoli (University of Minnesota)
Teaching
1985 Nadine Hata (El Camino College)
1986 Gerald G. Eggert (Pennsylvania State University)
1987 Marjorie Wall Bingham (St. Louis Park Public Schools)
Committee on Committees
1985 John Morrow, Jr. (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
1987 Gail L. Bernstein (University of Arizona)
1987 David Brody (University of California, Davis)
1987 E. William Monter (Northwestern University)
Nominating Committee
1985 Pauline R. Maier (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
1985 Grant K. Goodman (University of Kansas)
1985 Frances Richardson Keller (San Francisco State University)
1986 Peter Stansky (Stanford University)
1986 John L. Gaddis (Ohio University)
1986 Arnita A. Jones (History Associates)
1987 William H. Chafe (Duke University)
1987 Susan M. Socolow (Emory University)
1987 Robert O. Paxton (Columbia University)
See also the slate of candidates for the 1985 election which appeared in the April issue of Perspectives.
In submitting suggestions for office, please specify academic or other position and field of the individual. Include also a brief statement of his or her qualifications for the particular position you are recommending.