Joe Haldeman has been elected by unanimous vote to the board of The Heinlein Society. He joins the other board members Bill Patterson (President and Chairman), David M. Silver (Secretary-Treasurer), Charles N. Brown, Yoji Kondo, and Alan Milner.

The Heinlein Society, formed in 2000 under the auspices of Virginia Heinlein (1916 - 2003) is a non-profit corporation formed to advance the fiction and pay forward ideals of Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988), the leading Science Fiction writer of all time. Joe Haldeman has been one of the leading SF writers for nearly 30 years. He is a multi-winner of all the leading SF awards, and has served as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He is one of the writers most influenced by Heinlein, and was a personal friend. The Heinlein Society is honored to have him on their Board of Directors.