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Al Hartgraves is Professor Emeritus of Business at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School (Atlanta, Georgia), where he joined the faculty in 1980. He taught financial and managerial accounting classes, primarily in MBA and Executive MBA programs until his retirement in 2011; and he was a frequent guest lecturer at Johannes Kepler University (Linz, Austria) and Helsinki School of Economics (now Aalto University School of Business) (Helsinki, Finland). He taught in many of Emory’s open-enrollment and custom executive education programs. Hartgraves published more than 60 academic/professional articles and books, and during his academic career held several administrative positions, including Acting Dean of the Goizueta Business School (1989). In awarding him the University Scholar/Teacher award (2002), Emory University President Bill Chase lauded his contributions to the school “as an administrator, a teacher and a researcher.”

Education and professional certifications
Hartgraves received his undergraduate (1967) and master's (1968) degrees in accounting from the University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC), and a Ph.D. degree (1975) in accounting from Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA). He was awarded an honorary doctorate (2011) from Johannes Kepler University (Linz, Austria). He holds professional certifications as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (inactive) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

Publications
Hartgraves authored or co-authored academic and professional publications in leading academic and professional accounting journals, including The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons , The Journal of Accountancy , Journal of Accounting and Public Policy , and DBW (Die Betriebwirschaft). He has co-authored four books: Management Accounting (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company) ; Management Accounting: A Strategic Approach (South-Western Publishing Company) ; Managerial Accounting (Cambridge Business Publishers) ; and Financial and Managerial Accounting for MBAs, (Cambridge Business Publishers). Two of his most cited articles (co-authored with George Benston) related to the Enron Corporation collapse and bankruptcy. He served on the editorial board for Issues in Accounting Education and Southern Business Journal.

Professional Background
Prior to joining the Emory University faculty, Hartgraves held tenure track faculty appointments at the University of South Carolina (1978-1980) and Lee University (1968-1977). At Lee University he rose to the rank of associate professor and served for five years in administrative positions (Business Department Head [1974-1975] and Dean, Division of Arts and Sciences [1975-1977]), and has since served as a member of Lee University's Business Advisory Council (1986-present). He served as a Visiting Scholar at the international accounting firm of Peat Marwick (now KPMG) (1985). He has held consulting relationships with a variety of national and international companies and law firms. He was appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court (2002-2003) as an accounting expert advising the Enron Bankruptcy Examiner in the Enron Scandal. He is a life member of the American Accounting Association, and a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

== Honors and Recognitions ==
 * Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, Gamma Beta Chapter, Beta Alpha Psi (1978).
 * Certificate of Distinguished Performance on CMA exam (1981)
 * MBA Distinguished Educator of the Year Award, Emory University (1992 & 1995)
 * Executive MBA Distinguished Educator of the Year Award, Emory University (1992 & 2007)
 * Evening MBA Distinguished Educator of the Year Award, Emory University (1995)
 * Donald Keough Outstanding Service Award, Emory University (1995)
 * Outstanding Faculty Member, Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools (1997 & 2003)
 * MBA Teaching Excellence Award for Classic Educator, Emory University (2002 & 2004)
 * University Scholar/Teacher Award, Emory University (2002)
 * Accounting Educator of the Year, Georgia Society of CPAs (2003)
 * Modular Executive MBA Program Distinguished Educator Award, Emory University (2010)
 * Honorary Faculty Member, LIMAK Austrian Business School (2009)
 * Honorary Alumnus of the Year, Lee University (2012)

Selected Media Quotes

 * Associted Press Newswire (02/04/2002), "Tyco Shares Plunge Again on Accounting Worries"
 * New York Times (02/06/2002), "Enron Grist for Business School Courses"
 * Financial Times (02/11/2002), "Case Study With Ramifications to Dominate Class."
 * Associated Press Newswire (03/03/2002), "Quarterly Earnings Could be Hurt by More Conservative Accounting Principles"
 * Atlanta Journal-Constitution (02/16/2002), "Enron Entanglements: Future Developments"
 * New York Times (09/21/2002), "Lawyer Proves a Thorn for Enron's Partners"
 * Financial Times (12/06/2012), "FT Report - Mastering Leadership - The Board Game"
 * Chicago Sun Times (01/16/2003), "Board Adopts New Rules on Assets, Liabilities"
 * Bloomberg Cable Network (05/05/2005), "AIG's Reporting of Finite Reinsurance"