Sumitra wrote: 
 
"Matt, it was our job to nominate Bob Heilbroner for the honor." 
 
For the record, I did nominate him, and I have the letter if anyone is 
interested.  By the way, if you look at the list of Fellows (available 
at http://www.eh.net/HE/HisEcSoc/fellows.shtml ), quite a few, their own 
worthiness not withstanding, owe a debt to his contributions. 
 
My impression is that there are some within the HES who are not so 
comfortable with Bob's contributions, or at least are not comfortable in 
terms of situating his contributions within their conception of the 
'history of economics.' 
 
Mat