Accounting Hall of Fame

The Accounting Hall of Fame is an award "recognizing accountants who are making or have made a significant contribution to the advancement of accounting" since the beginning of the 20th century. Inductees are from both accounting academia and practice. Since its inception in 2000 AD, it has honored 93 influential accounting professors, professional practitioners, and government and business accountants from the United States and other countries. It is awarded by Ohio State University but is a national and international award, and is the only widely recognized such award.

One, two, or three awards are issued most years. There were four in 2000. There was no inductee for 2016, nor were there awards in 1966-67 or in 1969-73.

the Accounting Hall of Fame is well-known among accountants, if no one else.

The Hall of Fame describes: "While selection to the Hall of Fame is intended to honor the people so chosen, it is also intended to be a recognition of distinguished service contributions to the progress of accounting in any of its various fields. Evidence of such service includes contributions to accounting research and literature, significant service to professional accounting organizations, wide recognition as an authority in some field of accounting, advancement of accounting education, and public service. A member must have reached a position of eminence from which the nature of his or her contributions may be judged."

"Election to the Accounting Hall of Fame is perhaps the only longstanding national award for accountants -- and probably the only international one as well -- in which both academic and practicing accountants vie for the same award."

for hundreds of accountants working anonymously in offices across Southern California, the Accounting Hall of Fame is considered a career pinnacle

It is one of the higher honors available within accounting academia, as evidenced by prominent announcements of inductions at annual meetings of the American Accounting Association. The only comparable awards in the United States may be two awards of the American Accounting Association: the lifetime contributions award which has been received by many of the Hall of Fame inductees, and the rare Seminal Contributions to Accounting Literature award, which has only been awarded six times. The sublist of inductees who are accounting academics, thus, includes many of the most notable accounting academics. The award program is based at Ohio State University, and current professors there are ineligible for the award.

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