AICPA Announces
1999 Distinguished Achievement in
Accounting Education Award

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has bestowed its 1999 Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award on R. Glen Berryman, MBA, CPA, PhD, CIA. The award was announced at the spring meeting of the AICPA Governing Council.

Currently professor emeritus of accounting at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Berryman taught at the University for 37 years until his retirement in 1995. During that time, he served three separate terms as chair of the department. He has also served both the national and state accounting profession in a number of capacities, is the recipient of various teaching awards, and has authored many scholarly articles and book reviews.

After earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern University, Dr. Berryman received his doctorate from the University of Illinois after qualifying as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Illinois and Minnesota. He later qualified as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) in Minnesota.

About the AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award
The AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award is designed to recognize full-time college accounting educators distinguished for excellence in teaching and for national prominence in the accounting profession. It has the dual function of extending profession-wide recognition to the recipient as well as promoting role models in academe. Nominations are submitted annually by state CPA societies and individual AICPA members other than themselves.

The next Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award will be awarded May 2000. For more information, please contact the AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award, Academic and Career Development, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-8775.