ABSTRACT
Thomas J. Burns, former president of the Academy of Accounting Historians and former national president of Beta Alpha Psi, died on January 10, 1996, in Columbus, Ohio, following a brief illness. Tom Burns was totally dedicated to accounting education and to Ohio State’s accounting students and programs. He founded the Accounting Honors Program in the late 1960s and served as its director until his retirement in 1994. In 1966, Tom founded Ohio State’s Accounting Research Colloquium which continues to meet every week during the academic year. He was a strong proponent of innovation in accounting education, and for nearly 30 years, McGraw-Hill published his Accounting Trends, an annual collection of newly developed course outlines. He served as Director of Education for the American Accounting Association, and the New Faculty Consortium was initiated and developed by Tom during his term, as was a biannual conference for Ph.D. program directors.
