 Robert Roussey (right) receives the 1998 Distinguished Service in Auditing Award from Dennis Schueler at the AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. 1998 Distinguished Service in Auditing Award The winner of the 1998 Distinguished Service in Auditing Award is Robert S. Roussey, Clinical Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California. This award was presented to Professor Roussey at the Auditing Section Luncheon held on Monday, August 17, during the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association. Professor Roussey is a retired partner of Arthur Andersen Worldwide, a firm that he served for 35 years, most recently as a firm-wide director of auditing policies and procedures. He is presently serving as Chair of the International Auditing Practices Committee of the International Federation of Accountants, a post to which he was elected in 1995 and re-elected in 1997. He is also a member of the AICPA’s International Strategy Committee and of the AICPA’s International Auditing Standards Committee. Professor Roussey was recently elected as a Vice President of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association and as Director of its International Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Board of Research Advisors of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has previously served as a member of the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board and as Vice-Chair from Practice of the Auditing Section. He serves on the editorial boards of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, The Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, and Advances in Accounting. Professor Roussey’s contributions to the accounting profession epitomize the standards of excellence embodied in the Auditing Section’s Distinguished Service in Auditing Award. His record of service is a fine example for all members of the Auditing Section. |