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"Educating accountants for the information age is a great challenge. How well accounting programs meet that challenge will determine their stature in the twenty-first century."

 

 

 

 

Gary L. Sundem
Professor Emeritus of Accounting

PhD, Stanford University, 1971
MBA, Stanford University, 1969
BA, Carleton College, 1967


Phone:   
(206) 543-9390 Mailing Address:
Fax:
206-685-9875 Michael G. Foster School of Business
Office:
Email:
258 Mackenzie Hall
glsundem@u.washington.edu

Accounting Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
     


Specialties

    Management and cost accounting, information economics, MBA and accounting education.

Positions Held

    At the University of Washington since 1971
    Visiting professor at Nanyang Business School in Singapore (2003), INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France (1987), Cornell University (1977-78), and the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (1974-75)

Selected Publications

  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, with C. Horngren and J. Elliott, 9th edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.

  • Introduction to Management Accounting, with C. Horngren and W. Stratton, 13th edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.

  • "Ethics and Financial Reporting in a Post-Enron Environment," in Busines Management, Ethics, and Accountability: How to Restore Public Trust, CGA Accounting Reesearch Centre, University of Ottawa, 2004.

  • "Reseach for Accounting Policy:An Overview," with R.May, The Accounting Review, October 1976. (Winner of Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature award, 1977.)

Current Research

    Ethical issues in accounting, the future of the accounting profession.

Honors and Awards

    Ron Crocket Award for Academic Excellence (2008)
    American Accounting Association (AAA) Outstanding Educator Award (1998)
    American Accounting Association Distinguished International Lecturer (1990)
    Washington Society of Certified Public Assountants Outstanding Accounting Educator (1987)
    AICPA/AAA Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award (1977)

Academic Service

    Chair, AACSB Accounting Accreditation Committee, 1997-99
    President of the American Accounting Association (1992-93)
    Executive director of the Accounting Education Change Commission (1989-91)
    Editor of The Accounting Review (1982-86)





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