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GARY LEWIS SUNDEM

Julius A. Roller Professor of Accounting
Associate Dean for Masters Programs
University of Washington School of Business

258 Mackenzie Hall
University of Washington
Box 353200
Seattle, WA  98195-3200
(206) 543-9390
Fax:  (206) 685-9392
e-mail:  glsundem@u.washington.edu
489 39th Ave E
Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 720-1231

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1971  
         Major - Accounting
M.B.A., Stanford University, 1969
          Major - Operations and Systems Analysis  
 
B.A., Carleton College, 1967  
          Major - Mathematics  
 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Washington:
1980-present, Professor  
             1992-1995, 1999-2002 , Associate Dean for Masters Programs  
              1996-1999, Co-Chair, Department of Accounting  
              1978-1982, 1988-90, Chair, Department of Accounting 
              1974-1980, Associate Professor  
              1971-1974, Assistant Professor  
INSEAD, France:  1987, Visiting Professor  
Cornell University: 1977-1978, Visiting Professor  
Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration: 1974-1975,      Visiting Professor  
Management Programs: 
Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Executives, 1996-
The Management Program, 1975-1995
Accounting for Managers (U.W.), 1975-1985  
Various other one-time programs

Classes Taught:  a)  All managerial and cost accounting classes at the University of Washington, undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and Ph.D. levels.

              b)  Introductory MBA financial accounting at U.W.

              c)  Introductory MBA management accounting, INSEAD.

              d)  Managerial, Cost, and Advanced Cost Accounting at Cornell.

              e)  Undergraduate, graduate, and faculty seminars in Managerial

                          Accounting at Norwegian School of Economics.

 

 


ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

 

Associate Dean for Masters Programs, University of Washington, 1992-1995; 1999- 2002

Accounting Dept. Chair, University of Washington, 1978-82, 1988-89; Co-chair 1996-99

President, American Accounting Association, 1992-93

Executive Director, Accounting Education Change Commission, 1989-91

Editor, The Accounting Review, 1982-86

 

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

                       

Rainier Investment Management Mutual Funds, Board of Trustees:  1994-present

Bainbridge Island Land Trust, Board of Directors:  1989-94

Bainbridge Island Planning Advisory Council:  1986-89; Chair, 1988-89

Department of Revenue, State of Washington:  1984-1988, Consultant

Scott-Foresman & Co.:  1980-1988, Consulting Editor

Microsoft, Inc.:  1982-1983, Consultant

Wald, Harkrader, Ross:  1978-1980, Economic Consultant

The Little School:  1978-1982, Board of Directors (Treasurer and V.P. Finance, 1979-1982)

Arthur Andersen & Co.:  1976, Faculty Resident

 

 

HONORS

 

Outstanding Alumni Award, Carleton College, 2002

Award for Contributions to UW MHA Program, 1999

AAA Outstanding Accounting Educator Award, 1998

President, American Accounting Association, 1992-93

AAA Distinguished International Lecturer, 1990

WSCPA Outstanding Accounting Educator Award, 1987

Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature, 1976, for "Research for Accounting Policy:  An Overview."  The article was also ranked the 11th most significant journal article ever published in accounting in a 1985 survey.

Listings in: Personalities in America, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in the World, Personalities in the West and Midwest, Directory of Distinguished Americans, etc.

Seattle Newsmakers of Tomorrow, 1978

Outstanding Young Men in America, 1974

Arthur Andersen, Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford University, 1970-1971

Alfred P. Sloan Program, Stanford University, 1967-1968

National Merit Scholarship, Carleton College, 1963-1967

Athlete-Scholar Awards, Carleton College and Midwest Athletic Conference

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Accounting Education Change Commission Executive Director, 1989-91

American Accounting Association

President, 1992-93

Editor, The Accounting Review, 1982-1986

Executive Committee, 1982-1985, 1991-1994

Technical Program Chairman, 1982 Annual Meeting

Associate Editor, The Accounting Review, 1976-1978

AAA Doctoral Consortium - Director and Committee Chairman (1976-1977), Resident Faculty (1976), Distinguished Visiting Faculty Member (1982, 1990), and Committee Member (1979-1980)

New Faculty Consortium-Faculty Member, 1984, 1985, 1986

Various other committees, 1973-present


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)

European Accounting Association

Doctoral Colloquium Coordination Committee, 1983-1985

Doctoral Colloquium Faculty, 1984, 1985, 1987

AACSB

Chair, Accounting Accreditation Committee, 1997-1999

Visitation teams, Michigan State (1996), Illinois-Chicago (1998), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1999), Concordia University (2000), University of Wisconsin (2001), University of Texas at Dallas (2001).

Institute of Management Accountants

Chair, Professional Development Committee, 2001- present

Chair, Committee on Academic Relations, 1999-2001

National Board of Directors, 1986-1988, 1999-present

President, Seattle Chapter, 1983-1984

Board of Directors, Seattle Chapter, 1979-1986

Initiator, "NAA Symposiums on Accounting Education and Research"

Member, Committee on Academic Relations, 1984-1986; 1995-2001

Member, Research Committee, 1988-1992

Accounting Development Fund, Board of Trustees, 1984-present

Director, Accounting Internationalization Doctoral Consortium, 1996, 1998, 2000

Financial Executives Institute, Seattle Chapter

Education Committee, 1979-1982 (Chairman, 1981-1982)

Technical Committee, Chairman, 1985-1986

Accounting Career Awareness Program for Minority Students, board member, 1980-1986,

 1989-present

Editorial Advisor, Accounting Education, 1995-2002

Editorial Board, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 1989-1994

Editorial Board, Managerial and Decision Economics, 1988-1994

Paper presentations at more than 100 universities in the U.S. and abroad

Presentations at various professional meetings, including American Accounting Association

national and regional meetings, European Accounting Association, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Irish Accounting and Finance Association, Japan Accounting Association, Taiwan Accounting Association, Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand, Stanford Summer Accounting Research Camp, and African-American Doctoral Student Association

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

Introduction to Management Accounting, 7th ed. (with C. Horngren and W. Stratton), Prentice-Hall (1987); 8th ed. (1990); 9th ed. (1993); 10th ed. (1996); 11th ed. (1999); 12th ed. (2002)

 

Introduction to Financial Accounting, 3rd ed. (with C. Horngren and J. Elliott), Prentice-Hall (1987); revised 3rd ed. (1988); 4th ed. (1990); 5th ed. (1993); 6th ed. (1996); 7th ed. (1999); 8th ed. (2002).

 

"Ethics, Economics, and Information" (with A. Wicks), Research in Accounting Ethics, Volume 6 (2000), pp. 205-220.

 

The Accounting Eduction Change Commission:  Its History and Impact, Accounting Education Series, Volume 15, American Accounting Association (1999).

 

The Value of Information and Audits (with J. Elliot and R. Dukes), Coopers & Lybrand (1997).

 

A Framework for CA Education for the Province of Alberta, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (1996).


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (continued)

 

"Accounting Educators Prepare for the 21st Century," Irish Accounting Review (Spring 1995), pp. 157-166.

 

"Scholarship in Four Dimensions," CA Magazine (April, 1994), pp. 39-44.  Reprinted in Accounting Literature: Research for Users, Daniel B. Thornton, ed. (Prentice Hall, 1996).

 

"President's Message," Accounting Education News (October 1992, November 1992, January 1993, March 1993, May 1993, and June 1993).

 

"Accounting Education for the 21st Century," in Ross A. Denham, ed., Rethinking Accounting Education (University of Alberta, 1993).

 

"Changes in Accounting Education: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century" (with D. Williams), Accounting Education, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1992).

 

"Ausbildung auf dem Gebiet des Rechungswesens," Die Betriebswirtscaft (Sept./Oct. 1992), pp. 595-604.

 

"Additional Grants Awarded for Implementing Improvements in Accounting Education" (with D. Williams), Issues in Accounting Education (Fall 1991), pp. 315-330.

 

Models of Accounting Education (with C. Norgaard, eds.), Accounting Education Change Commission (1991).

 

"Changes in Accounting Education in the United States:  The Impact of the Accounting Education Change Commission," in Kwabena Anyane-Ntow, ed., Handbook of Accounting Education and Certification -- A Global Survey (1991).

 

"Changes in Accounting Education," Management Accounting Campus Reports (Spring 1991), pp. 2, 7.

 

"The Revolution in Accounting Education" (with C. Williams and J. Chironna), Management Accounting (December 1990), pp. 49-53.  Reprinted in Essays on Changing Accounting Education, C.P. Baril and R.M. Roof, eds., Center for Research in Accounting Education, James Madison University (1994), pp. 13-22.

 

"Grants Awarded for Implementing Improvements in Accounting Education" (with D. Williams), Issues in Accounting Education (Fall 1990), pp. 313-329.

 

"Prepare for Changes in Accounting Education," New Accountant (Fall 1991).

 

"The Evolution of Behavioral Accounting Research in the United States 1968-1987," Behavioral Research in Accounting, Vol. 1 (1989), pp. 75-108.

 

"Research Prospects for Accounting Doctoral Students," in A Passion for Excellence in Accounting Doctoral Education (1987), pp. 13-27.

 

"Attitudes Toward Financial Control Systems in the United States and Japan" (with L. Daley, J. Jiambalvo, and Y. Kondo), Journal of International Business Studies (Fall 1985), pp. 91-110.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (continued)

 

"The Impact of Research on Accounting and Auditing Regulation," in R. Elam, ed., 1985 DR Scott Memorial Lectures in Accountancy, Volume XIV (University of Missouri Press, 1985), pp. 41-59.

 

"The Contributions of Information Economics--A Defense," The Accounting Forum (December 1982/January 1983), pp. 1-13.

 

"The Investment Tax Credit and the Leasing Industry" (with L. Schall), Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Winter 1982), pp. 83-94.

 

"Future Directions in Management Accounting Research," in J. Mason, ed., 1981 Accounting Research Convocation (University of Alabama, 1982), pp. 59-73.

 

"An Editor's Perspective," in D. Jensen, ed., Accounting Dissertations:  Research Design and Implementation (Ohio State University, 1982), pp. 142-152.

 

"Regulation of Corporate Financial Reporting" (with R. May and E. Noreen), Journal of Contemporary Business, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1980), pp. 29-40.

 

"Capital Budgeting Methods and Risk:  A Further Analysis" (with L. Schall), Financial Management (Spring 1980), pp. 7-11.

 

"A Game Theory Model of the Information Evaluator and the Decision Maker," Journal of Accounting Research (Spring 1979), pp. 243-261.

 

"Accounting Research in Canada," Proceedings - 1979 Annual Conference, Canadian Academic Accounting Association (May 1979), pp. 72-75.

 

Accounting for Managerial Decision Making (with D. DeCoster and K. Ramanathan), Wiley, 2nd ed., 1978; 1st ed. (1974).

 

"Survey and Analysis of Capital Budgeting Methods" (with L. Schall and W. Geijsbeck), Journal of Finance (March 1978), pp. 281-287.

 

"Research for Accounting Policy:  An Overview" (with Robert G. May), The Accounting Review (October 1976), pp. 747-763.  Reprinted in Fundamental Problems in Contemporary Accounting (Tokyo:  Chuo Keizai Sha, 1978), pp. 37-66, and R. Bloom and P. Elgers, eds., Accounting Theory and Policy (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1981).

 

"Tax Allocation and Security Prices:  A Comment" (with William L. Felix, Jr.), The Accounting Review (April 1976).

 

"Human Resource Accounting:  A Critical Assessment" (with John G. Rhode and Edward E. Lawler, III), Industrial Relations (February 1976), pp. 13-25.

 

"Evaluating Capital Budgeting Models in Simulated Environment," Journal of Finance (September 1976), pp. 977-992.  Reprinted in Serranio, Singhui, and Soldofsky, Frontiers of Financial Management (Southwestern Pub. Co., 1980).

 

"Redovisning av Sociala Kostnader" ("Accounting for Social Costs"), Forum for Eknomi och Tekuik (September 1976), pp. 33-34.

 


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (continued)

 

"Should You Review Your Capital Budgeting System?", Bedrifts Okonomen (September 1975), pp. 306-310, also Reprint 76-4, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Washington, 1976.

 

"Evaluating Simplified Capital Budgeting Models Using a Time-State Preference Metric," The Accounting Review (April 1974).  Reprinted in Anton, Firmin, and Grove, Contemporary Issues in Cost and Managerial Accounting (Houghton-Mifflin, 1978), pp. 207-227.

 

"Cost of Information and Security Prices:  A Reply" (with Robert G. May), The Accounting Review (October 1974), pp. 791-793.

 

"Efficient Allocation of Resources for Accounting Doctoral Education" (with Jerry J. Weygandt), in James Don Edwards, ed., Accounting Education:  Problems and Prospects (American Accounting Association, 1974), pp. 113-116.

 

"Cost of Information and Security Prices:  Market Association Tests for Accounting Policy Decisions" (with Robert G. May), The Accounting Review (January 1973), pp. 80-94.

 

 

 

 

 
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