The following persons have been nominated by the Auditing Section's Nominations Committee to run for the indicated offices:
Vice PresidentAcademic/Chair Elect:
Secretary:
Vice President Practice:
The elections will take place at the Auditing Section Business Meeting on Thursday, August 15, 1996 in Chicago, Illinois. Respectfully submitted by Ira Solomon, Chairperson Nominations Committee.
Barry E. Cushing is the David Eccles Professor of Accounting at the University of Utah, where he also serves as the Director of the Accounting Ph.D. Program. He received a Ph.D. in Accounting from Michigan State University in 1969 and has held faculty positions at the universities of Texas and Illinois, and at Penn State University. Barry's papers have appeared in numerous journals including: The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. In 1987, Barry was a corecipient of the Wildman Medal with James K. Loebbecke. Barry is the coauthor of the textbook Accounting Information Systems, now in its sixth edition. He has served the Auditing Section as a member of the editorial board of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and, more recently, as Chair of the subcommittee that wrote the "Risk Orientation" chapter in the monograph "Auditing Practice, Research and Education: A Productive Collaboration."
O. Ray Whittington is Director of the School of Accountancy at San Diego State University. He teaches auditing at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Ray was formerly the Director of Audit Research for the AICPA. He has authored or coauthored articles in a number of journals, including: The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Accounting Education, Journal of Accountancy and the CPA Journal. Ray has served as chairman of the Professional Examinations Committee of the AAA, and the Statistical Audit Subcommittee of the AICPA. Currently, he serves on the Auditing Section's Future Audit, Attest and Assurance Services Task Force and as chairman of the Auditing Standards Board Liaison Committee. Ray also is a member of the IIA's Board of Regents and the Steering Committee of the project to rewrite the common body of knowledge for internal auditing.
S. Michael Groomer is a member of the accounting and information systems faculty at Indiana University. He just completed a three year term as the KPMG Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow. He earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Missouri. He is a CPA and a Certified Information Systems Auditor and worked for Marathon Oil Co. and several national CPA firms. Mike has served the Auditing Section as the Chair of the Education Committee and as a member of the Program Committee for the first MidYear Meeting. He also designed and implemented the Auditing Section's first home page and currently serves as the Section's Web Master. In addition, Mike is a member of the AAA Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Committee and the Membership Committee. His research has been published in leading accounting journals including The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting Education and Issues in Accounting Education. He was a corecipient of the AAA's 1991 Innovation in Accounting Education Award. Mike has received teaching awards at the national, state and local levels, including the 1995 Outstanding Educator Award given by the Indiana CPA Society.
Lisa L. Koonce is a KPMG Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. She has published numerous articles in leading journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. Lisa serves on several editorial boards including The Accounting Review and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. She has received a KPMG Peat Marwick Research Opportunities in Auditing grant. Lisa has served the Auditing Section and AAA by being a member of the Planning Committees for the 1995 MidYear Meeting and the 1996 Doctoral Consortium, respectively. She also has served on the Wildman and Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award committees. In addition to the Auditing Section, Lisa currently is a member of the ABO and Financial Accounting and Reporting sections of the AAA. Lisa has been the recipient of several awards for outstanding teaching.
Dennis R. Schueller is National Director of Internal Audit Consulting for Price Waterhouse LLP. He received a BSBA and MBA from Northwestern University. Dennis's background includes ten years in senior financial and operating management of large, multinational manufacturing and distributing companies, 15 years in internal auditing and ten years in public accounting. He is a CPA and a member of the National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Dennis has been active in the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) having served as a member of the Board of Regents and as ViceChair of the International Board of Directors. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and recently received the IIA Chair's award for the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.
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