This year, the alumni will elect five members to the Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots will be mailed by April 15 and must be returned by the Friday before Commencement, May 29. Election results will be announced on the afternoon of Commencement, Thursday, June 4.

The following alumni have been nominated by the HAA Nominating Committee for Overseers and HAA Elected Directors:

For Overseer of Harvard College (five to be elected):

MARK A. BREGMAN, AB '78; PhD '84 Columbia University. Somers, N.Y. General Manager, Pervasive Systems, IBM Corporation.

JAMIE S. GORELICK, AB '72, magna cum laude, JD '75 cum laude. Washington, D.C. Vice Chair, Fannie Mae Corporation.

DAVID HO, MD '78; SB '74 California Institute of Technology. New York, N.Y. Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine.

NEHAMA JACOBS, AB '74, cum laude. Pasadena, Calif. Director, Wells Fargo Bank.

REGINA T. MONTOYA, JD '79; BA '75 Wellesley College. Dallas, Texas. President, WorkRules.

DEVAL L. PATRICK, AB '78, cum laude, JD '82. Boston, Mass. Partner, Day, Berry & Howard.

JOHN ROCKWELL, AB '62, magna cum laude; PhD '72 University of California, Berkeley; New York, N.Y. Editor, Arts and Leisure, The New York Times.

C. DIXON SPANGLER, MBA '56; BS '54 University of North Carolina. Charlotte, N.C. President, C.D. Spangler Construction Company; President Emeritus, University of North Carolina.

For Director of the Harvard Alumni Association (six to be elected):

DOUGLASS M. CARVER, AB '59, magna cum laude; MA '64 Boston University. Villennes sur Seine, France. Management consultant, owner and general manager, Somadex.

KAREN F. GREEN, AB '78, magna cum laude, JD '81, cum laude. Boston, Mass. Senior Partner, Hale and Dorr.

ROBERT P. INCHES, AB '80; MBA '87, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Boston, Mass. Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

GEORGE A. JACKSON, AB '80. New York, N.Y. President and CEO, Motown Records.

LYLE D. KAN, AB '77 cum laude, MBA '80. Los Angeles, Calif. Associate Partner, Andersen Consulting.

MERCEDES A. LAING, AB '77 cum laude; JD '84 Yale Law School. Chicago, Ill. Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery.

WILLIAM J. PATTERSON, AB '84 magna cum laude; MBA '89 Stanford University. Mill Valley, CA. General Partner, SPO Partners & Co.

C. BENNETT TARLETON, JR., MAT '66; BA '65 University of Missouri. Nashville, Tenn. Executive Director, Tennessee Arts Commission.

PAMELA THOMAS-GRAHAM, AB '85 magna cum laude, MBA '89. New York, N.Y. Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Nominations of one or more additional Overseer candidates may be made in each year by holders of Harvard degrees. Such nominations must be made on an official nomination form furnished by the Secretary of the Board upon request to qualified applicants, and for 1998 must contain at least 253 valid signatures. Such nominations shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Board and filed at his office, 17 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138, by 5 p.m. on Feb. 10, 1998.

Additional nominations for HAA Elected Director may be made by certificate, signed by regular members of the Association in number not less than three-quarters of one percent of the average votes cast in the previous three elections. For the 1998 election the number of signatures needed is 250. Such nominating certificates must be filed at the office of the Association, Wadsworth House, Cambridge, MA 02138 by 5 p.m. on Feb. 10, 1998.