A Historical Study of the First 30 Years of Accounting Horizons

The authors express gratitude to those who commented on earlier drafts of this paper: Kees Camfferman, Paul Griffin, Dana Hermanson, Gene Imhoff, Jim Largay, Bob Lipe, Bob Sack, Terry Shevlin, Shyam Sunder, Arnie Wright, Teri Yohn, and Dave Ziebart, as well as AHJ Editor Gloria Vollmers and the two anonymous reviewers. What remains is solely the responsibility of the authors. The authors are also grateful to others who provided insights, recollections, and documentation on the historical episodes recounted in the paper: Denny Beresford, Patty Dechow, Joe Godwin, Tom Howard, Bob Jensen, Todd Johnson, Bob Libby, Bill McCarthy, Gerry Mueller, Grace Pownall, Katherine Schipper, Jerry Searfoss, John Simmons, Mary Stone, Tracey Sutherland, Walter Teets, Lynn Turner, Jerry Weygandt, Jan Williams, and Pete Wilson, and to Nancy Maciag, of the AAA staff, for providing Executive Committee minutes and other files.

Editor's note: Accepted by Gloria Vollmers.