Publication Date

October 1, 1986

Perspectives Section

AHA Activities

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 Research Division; three Council members; one member each for the Professional, Research, and Teaching divisions; two members 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

1987 Carl N. Degler (Stanford University), president

1988 Natalie Zemon Davis (Princeton Uni­versity), president-elect

1986 William H. McNeill (University of Chi­cago), immediate past president

1986 Richard S. Kirkendall (Iowa State University), vice-president, Profes­sional Division

1987 Mary Beth Norton (Cornell University), vice-presi­dent, Research Division

1988 Patricia Albjerg Graham (Harvard University), vice-president, Teaching Division

1987 Bernard Lewis (Princeton University)

1987 Louise A. Tilly (New School for Social Re­search)

1987 George B. Tindall (Univer­sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

1988 Robert Forster (Johns Hop­kins University)

1988 Peggy K. Liss (Washington, DC)

Divisional Committee Members

 

Professional

1986 Bernard Semmel (SUNY Stony Brook)

1987 Clara M. Lovett (George Washington University)

1988 George M. Fredrickson (Stanford University)

Research

1986 K. C. Liu (University of California, Davis)

1987 Rudolph Vecoli (University of Minnesota)

1988 Anna K. Nelson (American University)

Teaching

1986 Gerald G. Eggert (Pennsylvania State University)

1987 Marjorie Wall Bingham (St. Louis Park Public Schools)

1988 Sharon Harley (University of Maryland, College Park)

Committee on Committees

1987 Gail L. Bernstein (Univer­sity of Arizona)

1987 David Brody (University of California, Davis)

1987 E. William Monter (North­western University)

1988 Linda L. Peck (Purdue University)

Nominating Committee

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)

1988 Richard S. Dunn (University of Pennsylvania)

1988 Suzanne D. Lebsock (Rutgers University)

1988 David K. Wyatt (Cornell University)

 

See also the slate of candidates for the 1986 election which appeared in the April issue of Perspectives.

Suggestions should be submitted to the Executive Director, AHA, 400 A St. SE, Washington, DC 20003. 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 for which you are recommending the person.