William H. Beaver is an accounting researcher and educator. He is the Joan E. Horngren Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

.http://gsbapps.stanford.edu/facultybios/biomain.asp?id=07002611. Early in his career, he was professor at University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

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He served as president of the American Accounting Association

American Accounting Association

The American Accounting Association is an "organization of persons interested in accounting education and research". It was formed in 1916. Its main publication, The Accounting Review, was first published in 1926. It is the principal professional association of accounting academics in the United...

 from 1979 to 1981.

In 1989, he was awarded the Seminal Contributions in Accounting Literature Award for his article
"Information Content of Annual Earnings Announcements" published in Journal of Accounting Research in 1968.http://aaahq.org/awards/awrd2win.htm

He received the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award of the American Accounting Association in 1990.http://aaahq.org/awards/awrd4win.htm

In 1996, he was one of three inductees to the Accounting Hall of Fame

Accounting Hall of Fame

The Accounting Hall of Fame is an award "recognizing accountants who are making or have made a significant contribution to the advancement of accounting" since the beginning of the 20th century. Inductees are from both accounting academia and practice...

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