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Olin Professor Emeritus, Nicholas Dopuch, a legend in the field of accounting, was recently interviewed for the Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) about the nearly two decades he served as editor of the journal published by the Accounting Research Center at the University of Chicago where he taught prior to coming to Washington University in 1983.

Richard Frankel, the Beverly & James Hance Professor of Accounting at Olin interviewed Prof. Dopuch and produced this video.

 

JAR cover

In addition to the Journal of Accounting Research, Dopuch has served on the editorial board of several professional publications. A prolific writer, he has published more than 30 research papers and four books and monographs.

Dopuch has received the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Award twice and an Outstanding Auditing Educator Award, both from the American Accounting Association. In 2001, he was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame.

Prof. Dopuch was widely credited with revitalizing Olin’s doctoral program and for instituting high academic and research standards in the accounting program.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University (1957) and master’s (1959) and doctoral (1961) degrees from the University of Illinois, all in accounting. Prior to his tenure at Washington University, Dopuch taught at the universities of Chicago and Illinois and Indiana University.