Nation's #1 accountant dies-our time to be accountants

I don't know him but see a link in nation's #1 accountant dying at a time we all are accountant's of our souls-the term is heshbone nefeshSidney Davidson: 1919 - 2007
U. of C. accounting scholar

Retired professor's research and academic leadership helped set a new standard in the field of accounting that reached Wall Street and beyond
By Mary Owen | Tribune staff reporter
September 19, 2007
Sidney Davidson was a nationally recognized accounting scholar whose research changed practices in boardrooms and on Wall Street.

"Sidney was a giant in the field of accounting," said Raymond Ball, the Sidney Davidson professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

In a 1971 article about the influence of the University of Chicago, The New York Times said Davidson is "sometimes called the nation's number one accountant."