Robert G. May

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Robert George May is an American retired accountant and academic administrator.

May earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Michigan State University and began teaching at the University of Texas at Austin in 1979. [1] [2] He was named interim dean of the University of Texas College of Business Administration in 1995, and formally appointed to the post in 1996. [2] He stepped down as dean in 2002, [2] and remained on the faculty until his retirement from teaching in 2013. [3] Over the course of his career at UTAustin, May held an endowed professorship in accounting, which changed its name from the KPMG Professorship, to the KPMG Peat Marwick Professorship, and by his retirement, had become known as the KPMG Centennial Professorship. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bob May". McCombs School of Business. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Robert May: 1995-2002". McCombs School of Business. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Bramwell, Jason (14 May 2013). "May Day: Retiring Texas Accounting Professor to Give Commencement Speech". AccountingWEB. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Goetz, Billy (April 1976). "Reviewed Work: A New Introduction to Financial Accounting by Robert G. May, Gerhard G. Mueller, Thomas H. Williams". The Accounting Review. 51 (2). JSTOR   244869.
  5. ↑ Daugherty, William K. (July 1976). "Reviewed Work: A Brief Introduction to Managerial and Social Uses of Accounting by Robert G. May, Gerhard G. Mueller, Thomas H. Williams". The Accounting Review. 51 (3): 699–700. JSTOR   245493. ProQuest   1301320589.
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