Talk about members;Previts honored by AICPA;Shedahl appointed;S. Paul Garner

              TALK ABOUT MEMBERS
Previts Honored by AICPA
Dr. Gary John Previts (left) and Ronald S. Cohen.
Dr. Gary John Previts received the
1996 Lifetime Achievement in Accounting
Education Award from the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA). This annual award recognizes
accounting educators for excellence in
classroom teaching and for active
involvement in the accounting profession.
Ronald S. Cohen, AICPA Chair, presented
the award to Gary at the Spring meeting of
the AICPA Council in Carlsbad, California.
Gary is a Professor of Accountancy at the
Weatherhead School of Management at
Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Gary is a charter member and a former
president of the Academy of Accounting
Historians, who has served as president of
the Ohio Society of CPAs, director of edu­cation
of the American Accounting
Association, and served on many AICPA
committees, as a member of the AICPA
Governing Council, and is currently a
member of the AICPA board of directors.
His innovative teaching and scholarly pub­lications
are well known and recognized by
his academic peers as represented by his
receiving of the Outstanding Ohio Region
of American Accounting Association and
the Federation of Schools of Accountancy's
Outstanding Educator Awards.
Sheldahl Appointed
Terry Sheldahl recently received
appointment as Visiting Professor,
Accounting and Philosophy, at Saint Leo
College, Fort Stewart and Hunter Resident
Centers, Hinesville and Savannah, Georgia.
Terry is a long-time member of the Academy
with numerous contributions. Recently,
Terry served as Archivist for the Academy.
S. Paul Garner
With heavy
hearts, we note
the passing of S.
Paul Garner, a
dear friend to all
who knew him.
Paul passed away
unexpectedly on
October 16, 1996,
in Northport, AL, near Tuscaloosa, after a
short stay in the hospital. Paul had remained
active throughout his retirement attending
conferences around the world and continu­ing
to be involved in scholarly activities. In
August, he attended the 7th World Congress
of Accounting Historians, an organization he
had helped found, in Kingston, Ontario,
where we toasted his 86th birthday.
Paul Garner, or Dean Garner as many of
us have known him over the years, began his
career with appointment to the faculty at
the University of Alabama in 1939 and
completed his doctorate at the University of
Texas in 1940. He has been a member of the
American Institute of CPAs since 1939, and
he served as president of the American
Accounting Association in 1951. During
1964-65, he served as president of the
American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of
Business. Paul was a pioneer of the post
World War II international movement,
serving as the founding president of the
International Association of Accounting
Education and Research in 1984. He
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