Lawler Award winners: the journal's literary luminaries.Since 1976 the JofA's editorial advisory board has selected the best article of each year to receive the John Lawler John Lawler is a University of Michigan-based general linguist who is perhaps best known to the wider public for his role in creating the Chomskybot. He is also the editor of "Using Computers in Linguistics: A Practical Guide," a member of the "Ask-A-Linguist" panel of experts, and Award for editorial excellence. The award is named for John L. Lawler, a former JofA editor who also held a number of other distinguished positions in the Institute. A few of our authors also have been inducted into the John Lawler Award Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for writers whose articles have won two or more awards. The winning articles provide an interesting overview of the most important topics throughout the profession's recent history and highlight some of the timeless themes that continue to resonate res·o·nate v. res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing, res·o·nates v.intr. 1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects. 2. with CPAs today. LAWLER AWARD WINNERS 1976 Kenneth S. Axelson "A Businessman's Views on Disclosure," July 1975 (page 42). 1977 Brandt Allen "The Biggest Computer Frauds: Lessons for CPAs," May 1977 (page 52). 1978 William H. Beaver "Future Disclosure Requirements May Give Greater Recognition to the Professional Community," January 1978 (page 44). 1979 David Solomons David Solomons is the CEO of CultureSmart!Consulting and presents a regular Crossing Cultures segment on BBC World's Fast Track programme. His company offers a range of resources, training, publications etc. "The Politicization of Accounting," November 1978 (page 65). 1980 John C. Burton John C. Burton was an American cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 67th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. External link
1981 A.A. Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. : Its Impact on the Profession," July 1980 (page 52). 1982 Gerald W. Hepp and Thomas W. McRae "Accounting Standards Overload: Relief Is Needed," May 1982 (page 52). 1983 Paul Rosenfield and William C. Dent "No More Deferred Taxes" February 1983 (page 44). 1984 Dennis R. Beresford, Lawrence C. Best and Joseph V. Weber "Accounting for Income Taxes: Change Is Coming," January 1984 (page 72). 1985 Newton N. Minow Newton Norman Minow (born January 17, 1926) is an American attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His speech referring to television as a "Vast Wasteland" is cited even as the speech approaches its 50th anniversary. "Accountants' Liability and the Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Explosion," September 1984 (page 70). 1986 Robert Mednick "The Auditor's Role in Society: A New Approach to Solving the Perception Gap," February 1986 (page 70). 1987 Robert J. Sack and Robert Tangroti "ESM (1) (Enterprise Storage Management) Managing the online, nearline and offline storage within a large organization. It includes analysis of storage requirements as well as making routine copies of files and databases for backup, archiving, disaster recovery, : Implications for the Profession," April 1987 (page 94). 1988 Robert Mednick "Accountants' Liability: Coping With the Stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. to the Courtroom," September 1987 (page 118). 1989 William D. Hall and Arthur J. Renner "Lessons That Auditors Ignore at Their Own Risk," July 1988 (page 50). 1990 Robert L. Israeloff and Gerald W. Hepp "Should CPAs Issue Plain Paper Financial Statements?" April 1990 (page 59). 1991 William D. Hall and Arthur J. Renner "Lessons Auditors Ignore at Their Own Risk: Part 2," June 1991 (page 63). 1991-1992 August J. Aquila and Allan D. Koltin "How to Lose Clients Without Really Trying," May 1992 (page 67). 1992-1993 James E. Hunton and M.K. Raja "How to Pick the Right Computer Network," June 1993 (page 41). 1993-1994 Gilbert Simonetti, Jr. and Andrea R. Andrews "A Profession at Risk/ A System in Jeopardy," April 1994 (page 45). 1994-1995 Robert K. Elliott "The Future of Audits" September 1994 (page 74). 1995-1996 William L. Reeb and Michaelle Cameron "Getting Beyond Counting" December 1996 (page 69). 1997 Chris Malburg "Surviving Explosive Growth," December 1997 (page 67), www.aiepa.org/pubs/ jofa/dec97/malburg. htm. 1998 Nita J. Clyde "CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment Is Broke; Let's Fix It," December 1998 (page 77), www.aicpa. org/pubs/jofa/dec1998/ clyde.htm. 1999 Douglas R. Carmichael "Hocus-Pocus Accounting," October 1999 (page 59), www.aicpa.org/pubs/ jofa/oct1999/carmich. html. 2000 Joseph T. Wells "So That's Why It's Called a Pyramid Scheme Pyramid Scheme An illegal investment scam based on a hierarchical setup that relies on new recruits' funding as the source of money, or so-called returns, to be provided to those earlier investors/recruits above them in the pyramid. ," October 2000 (page 91), www.aicpa. org/pubs/jofa/oct2000/ wells.htm. 2001 Edward Mendlowitz "Nine Ways to Make Your Firm More Exciting," March 2001 (page 63), www.aicpa. org/pubs/jofa/mar2001 /mendlow.htm. 2002 Joseph T. Wells "Occupational Fraud: The Audit as Deterrent," April 2002 (page 24), www.aicpa.org/pubs/ jofa/apr2002/wells.htm. 2003 Stephen A. Scarpati "CPAs as Audit Committee Members," September 2003 (page 32), www.aicpa.org/ pubs/jofa/sep2003/ scarpati.htm. 2004 Jennifer M. Mueller "Amortization of Certain Intangible Assets," December 2004 (page 74), www.aicpa.org/ pubs/jofa/dec2004/ mueller.htm. HALL OF FAME Gerald W. Hepp * "Accounting Standards Overload: Rebel Is Needed," May 1982. * "Should CPAs Issue Plain Paper Financial Statements?" April 1990. Robert Mednick * "The Auditor's Pole in Society: A New Approach to Solving the Perception Gap," February 1986. * "Accountants' Liability: Coping With the Stampede to the Courtroom," September 1987. William D. Hall and Arthur J. Renner * "Lessons That Auditors Ignore at Their Own Risk," July 1988. * "Lessons Auditors Ignore at Their Own Risk: Part 2," June 1991. Joseph T. Wells * "So That's Why It's Called a Pyramid Scheme," October 2000. * "Occupational Fraud: The Audit as Deterrent" April 2002. |
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