Richard K. Fleischman

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Richard K. Fleischman (born 1941) is an American accounting scholar and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the John Carroll University, known for his work on accounting history. [1] [2]

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Life and work

Fleischman obtained his BA in history from Harvard College, and then moved to the State University of New York Buffalo, where he obtained his MA, his PhD in history, and an MBA with an accounting emphasis. [3]

Fleischman started his academic career at the University of Hawaii in 1969, and taught history until 1981. In 1983 he moved to the John Carroll University, where he was Professor of Accounting until his retired in 2008. From 1986 to 1994 he chaired the Department of accountancy. [3] The academy of Accounting Historians awarded him a Life Membership. [4]

Fleischman's research interests are in the field of history and accounting, and particularly the "UK Industrial revolution cost accounting and US municipal accounting during the Progressive Era." [3]

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References

  1. Miller, Peter, and Christopher Napier. "Genealogies of calculation." Accounting, Organizations and Society 18.7 (1993): 631-647.
  2. Lee, Tom. "The professionalization of accountancy: a history of protecting the public interest in a self-interested way." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 8.4 (1995): 48-69.
  3. 1 2 3 T. A. Lee, A. Bishop, R. H. Parker. Accounting History from the Renaissance to the Present: A Remembrance of Luca Pacioli. (2013) p. xx
  4. Life Membership Award to Dr. Richard K. Fleischman in: The Accounting Historians Notebook, April 2009.