The awarding of a Life Membership in the Academy of Accounting Historians will be based on the following criteria [1]. These criteria are not an exhaustive list but are intended to provide guidance to the Selection Committee in its deliberations and decisions:

• international profile and recognition – the individual should have a global profile and not one simply within his/her country;
• the quality, importance and originality of the individual’s research program;
• the scholar’s scope of work, publication record in various academic journals and edited volumes;
• his/her active participation in the academy (in the generic sense and not only the Academy of Accounting Historians), including contributions to the field as journal editor, editorial board member, conferences, etc.;
• the individual’s work and efforts to popularize history and accounting history, including editing and publication of works, and efforts to bring accounting history's past into the present through the publication of old documents or records or the re-publication of forgotten texts; and
• the individual’s participation in the training of doctoral students, support and mentorship of junior colleagues including those whose mother tongue is not English.

[1] Adopted unanimously at the Academy of Accounting Historians Annual General Meeting, August 2007.

Send nominations to: Academy Executive Committee at acchistory@case.edu.

Congratulations to the 2015 Recipient! Sarah A. Holmes

The Academy was honored to name Sarah A. Holmes a Life Member of the Academy for her extensive involvement with the Academy, her successful career and her support of accounting history research.

Academy Offices

2004 – 2006, Trustee

2003 – 2004, President

1994 – 2000, Treasurer

1995 – 1999, Editorial Board Member

Academy Presidency

Sarah served as president of The Academy during 2003—a year that focused on growing university archival collections and online access to the Accounting Historians Journal.  In 2003, the theme of the Academy’s Research Conference was “Accountability – Pre-Post Enron: Alternative Global Views”. The conference was held on November 6-8, 2003 in Denton, Texas at the Radisson Hotel with The University of North Texas serving as host. Holmes served as an organizer of the conference along with Alan G. Mayper and Barbara D. Merino.

Academy Awards

2005 - Best Paper Award - “The Role of Accounting Practices in the Disempowerment of the Coahuiltecan Indians”, Volume 32, December issue, Sarah A. Holmes, Sandra T. Welch, Laura R. Knudson

1989 - Richard G. Vangermeersch Manuscript Award - "A Historical Analysis of Depreciation Accounting - The United States Steel Experience"

BA, Duke University, 1963

MBA, Texas A&M University, 1980

PhD, University of North Texas, 1984

East Central University - Professor and Crabtree Family Professorship in Business, and Chair, Accounting.

Texas A&M University - Professor of Accounting and Holder of the Andersen Professorship in Accounting

Past recipients of the Award: