Mat Forstater said:  
        One might also point out that many  
        of 'great' modern economists also did history of economic thought:  
        Samuelson, Hicks, Baumol, Leontief, Hayek, etc.  
           
I would add George Stigler to Mat's list of greats who did HET. I suppose it is an
oversight of the obvious - knowing Stigler's contributions to the field all too well. He
was the president of HES 1976-77.
  
Sumitra Shah