The Academy of Accounting Historians annually honors an individual as the recipient of the Thomas J. Burns Biographical Research Award. Dr. Thomas J. Burns, for whom the award is named, was a long-time professor at Ohio State University and a past president of the Academy of Accounting Historians. The Award is given for outstanding biographical research in the discipline of accountancy and can be for a single publication or for a lifetime of biographical work. Each nomination should be accompanied by a paragraph or more detailing why the nominee should be a candidate for the award. The award includes a plaque and a financial award.

Award: Plaque and $500

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

 

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Congratulations to the 2022 Award Recipients!

Congratulations to the 2022 Award Recipients! Frank Lewis Clarke (1933–2020): An International Journey in Quest of a More Serviceable Accounting” Accounting Horizons, Vol. 35, No. 1, March 2021, pp. 205–219
Graeme W. Dean, The University of Sydney, Martin E. Persson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Massimo Sargiacomo, University G. D'Annunzio Chieti Pescara

 

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Past recipients of the Award:

	2021			Frank Clarke, Graeme Dean, The University of Sydney, and Martin E. Persson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	2020			Mikhail Kuter, Marina Gurskaya and Alexander Kuznetsov, Kuban State University
	2019			C. Richard Baker, Adelphi University
	2018			Nohora Garcia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
	2017			Gary J. Previts, Case Western Reserve University
	2016			Martin Persson, Ivey Business School
	2015			Tonya K. Flesher, University of Mississippi
	2014			Massimo Sargiacomo, University of Pescara
				Stefania Servalli, University of Bergamo
				Paolo Andrei, University of Parma
	2013			Stephen P. Walker, University of Edinburgh
	2012			No Award Presented
	2011			Edward Coffman, Virginia Commonwealth University
	2010			Laurie Barfitt, Western New Mexico University
				Dan Jensen, The Ohio State University
	2009			E. Richard Criscione, Morehead State University
	2008			Stephen A. Zeff, Rice University
	2007			Donald E. Tidrick, Northern Illinois University
	2006			Richard G. Vangermeersch, University of Rhode Island
	2005			Dale L. Flesher, University of Mississippi