Dr. D. Dewey Ward, PhD

Dr. D. Dewey Ward, co–founder of Armond Dalton Publishers, was a faculty member at Michigan State for almost thirty years. In the Department of Accounting and Information Systems he was the first and only professor ever to be granted full professorship on the basis of commitment and demonstrated excellence in accounting education, rather than academic research. This required the achievement and documentation of a national reputation in accounting education. This involved research and publication of education related articles and textbooks, service and success on national forums dedicated to education, outstanding performance in the classroom over his lengthy tenure at Michigan State, and supportive recommendations from leading educators around the country.

Dr. Ward′s interest in writing textbook materials began as early as his doctoral program at The University of Texas where he single authored the first edition of The Apple Blossom Cologne Company, an audit practice case, now in its 5th edition by another author and another publishing company

Widely recognized for his teaching excellence:

• Innovation in Accounting Education Award
  American Accounting Association
  for his work on the nationally recognized Excellence in Audit Education program.
  
• Roland F. Salmonson Excellence in Teaching Award
  Department of Accounting
  Michigan State University
  the first faculty member to receive the award as an assistant professor and the second faculty member to receive it a second time.
  
• First recipient of The John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award
  The Eli Broad College of Business
  Michigan State University
  for excellence in teaching throughout a career.
  
• Outstanding Faculty Award
  Senior Class Council (University wide)
  Michigan State University.
  
• Recognized multiple times by Business Week′s Guide to The Best Business Schools
  as one of The Eli Broad Business School′s “Outstanding Faculty.”

• Selected by Coopers & Lybrand
  as one of six auditing educators from around the country to serve on an academic advisory panel to consult and advise them on academic and education matters in the development of the Excellence in Audit Education Program. Materials developed included case studies, two 2–hour video simulations of an audit, and database development and search tools. The Firm estimates that the number of students having used these materials exceeds 60,000.
  
• Co–authored a monograph
  detailing the history, development, distribution and success of the Excellence in Audit Education materials, published jointly by the American Accounting Association and the Coopers & Lybrand Foundation.
  
• President, Auditing Section
  American Accounting Association;
  Vice–President,
  American Accounting Association
  Midwest Region;
  Director of CPE, Auditing Section
  American Accounting Association;
  Historian, Auditing Section
  American Accounting Association.
  
• Faculty Advisor
  to Alpha Omicron Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi
  Michigan State University
  for more than ten years. Helped chapter achieve Superior award recognition from the National organization for the first time in the chapter’s history.
  
• Group Leader
  American Accounting Association New Faculty Consortium.