The jury is still out on New York CPA Hall of Fame.(Brief Article)

Publication: Accounting Today

Publication Date: 21-MAY-01

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Should the New York State Society of CPAs continue its nascent Hall of Fame?

The issue isn't world shaking, but it has nearly split the 33,000-member society's distinguished board and has raised the hackles of some and the scrutiny and amusement level of others.

Last year, the society named five very distinguished New Yorkers to its Hall of Fame: Robert H. Montgomery, Elijah Watt Sells, Charles Waldo Haskin, Emanuel Saxe and Max Block. But there was much discussion whether new HOF members could still be alive (the five last year had passed away) and whether New York's HOF was repetitive of Ohio State University's longtime national Hall of Fame for accountants.

A host of other questions were argued to and fro. Should each state have the...

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