2009 Outstanding Educator AwardPresented by Mark PeecherThe Outstanding Educator Award is given to recognize “exemplary contributions in research or teaching over a sustained period of time (10 to 15 years), as evidenced by publications, educational innovations, guidance to graduate and undergraduate students, or excellence in teaching.” As in prior years, the set of nominees was outstanding, forcing a very tough decision by the selection committee. Accordingly, I want to thank the other committee members Rich Houston, Mike Gibbins, Kathyrn Kadous, and Susan Scholz for their work in making the difficult selection. The selection committee concluded that there should be two recipients of the 2009 Outstanding Educator Award. These two eminent audit educators are Stanley F. Biggs and William F. Messier, Jr. Stanley F. Biggs is the KPMG Professor of Accounting and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Accounting at the University of Connecticut. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1978, Professor Biggs began his academic career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1984, he moved to the University of Connecticut and, other than several visiting appointments at institutions such as University of New South Wales and the Norwegian School of Management, has been there ever since.
William F. Messier is the Kenneth and Tracy Knauss Endowed Professor of Accounting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor II at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He received his doctorate from Indiana University in 1979 and began as an assistant professor at the University of Florida. Before moving to UNLV, Professor Messier was a faculty member at Georgia State University and has held prestigious a visiting appointment at SDA Bocconi (Italy).
Professor Biggs and Professor Messier have published numerous influential monographs and/or articles, delivered many significant presentations, and have supervised and mentored rookie audit scholars who themselves have authored award-winning dissertations and have had very successful careers of their own. Each of these esteemed audit educators clearly met the criteria for the Outstanding Educator Award, and it was a pleasure having the opportunity to present it to them.
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