I am absolutely thrilled to receive this wonderful honor! First of all, I want to thank the AICPA, the American Accounting Association, particularly the members of the Management Accounting Section, the Selection Committee, the committee chair, Monte Swain, and especially my wife, Karen, for her help and support throughout my career.
I also thank my parents, Jack and Rita Evans, for their inspiration and support. Jack Evans was a fine attorney and public servant who showed me the value of editorial contributions through his service as editor of the Mercer County Law Journal. Rita Evans inspired her six children to seek to excel and she taught us practical business accounting, finance, and operations using our various newspaper routes—getting the papers to customers, collecting from customers, and paying the route manager. For example, in 1967, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of the newspapers we delivered, raised the price to customers from...
