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From left to right, Peter McMickle, Academy President Dale Flesher, and Richard Vangermeersch.
MCMICKLE AND VANGERMEERSCH WIN
HOURGLASS AWARD
Dr. Peter McMickle of Memphis State
University and Dr. Richard
Vangermeersch of the University of Rhode
Island are the recipients of the 1988
Hourglass Award for their 1987 book, The
Origins of a Great Profession. The
Academy's prestigious Hourglass Award is
presented annually to a person(s) who has
made a significant contribution to the
study of accounting history.
The award winning book was published
last year by the Academy to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the
AICPA. Copies were presented to all who
attended the AICPA convention in New
York. The work annotates and comments
on 35 accounting works and provides 57
illustrations as background to discovering
the value of the Montgomery Collection
which is housed at Columbia University.
The cooperative scholarship evidenced in
the volume and the unique application of
computer technology to its production
merit special attention (In fact, Pete
McMickle was on the program at the 1987
AAA convention in Cincinnati with his
subject being how he used a computer to
develop the cover for the book). This
valuable scholarship can be expected to
provide added awareness to the
developments in American accounting
prior to the twentieth century. This marked
the first time that the Hourglass Award
has been given for a volume published by
the Academy of Accounting Historians.
Dr. Peter McMickle received his Ph.D.
from the University of Alabama in 1977.
He is the author of several books including
two published in the new Foundations of
Accounting series from Garland Press. He
has also done a fantastic job over the past
decade of maintaining the Academy's exhibit
booth at the American Accounting
Association annual meeting. Many of the
present members of the Academy made
their first contact with accounting history
at Pete's booth.
Dr. Vangermeersch earned his Ph.D.
from the University of Florida in 1970.
He, too, has authored several previous
books including a volume on Alexander
Hamilton Church in the new Garland
series.
Professors McMickle and Vangermeersch
join an elite group of scholars by
winning the Hourglass Award. The
previous Hourglass winners, and the
publications that won them the award are
as follows.
4 The Accounting Historians Notebook, Fall, 1988
