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Nicholas Dopuch
and James Don Edwards
Inducted into the
Accounting Hall of Fame
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| Nicholas
Dopuch |
James Don
Edwards |
Two distinguished AAA
members will be inducted into
The Accounting Hall of
Fame on August 13 during a breakfast ceremony at the American Accounting
Association's Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
The Accounting Hall of
Fame was established in 1950 at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of
Business and has since honored 69 influential and respected accountants from
academe, accounting practice, government, and business. The Hall of Fame's
international board of electors selects the honorees.
Nicholas Dopuch,
Moog Professor of Accounting at Washington University in St. Louis, will be
inducted for his vision, energy and writing which have shaped the development
of accounting research for four decades. The presentation to Professor Dopuch
will be made by Sidney Davidson, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the
University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.
James Don
Edwards, Tull Professor of Accounting Emeritus at the University of
Georgia, will be inducted for his many contributions to accounting that bridge
both the academic and professional domains of the field. The presentation to
Edwards will be made by Herbert E. Miller, Professor of Accounting Emeritus at
the University of Georgia and former partner in Arthur Andersen & Co. (now
Andersen LLP). Professor Edwards is a past president of the AAA
(197071).
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