Charles horngren biography

  • Charles Thomas Horngren was an American accounting scholar and professor of accounting at Stanford University, known for his work in "pioneering modern-day management accounting.".
  • Born in a blue-collar neighborhood of Milwaukee on October 28, 1926, he grew up an avid baseball fan and fantasized for a time about becoming a.
  • Charles Thomas Horngren (October 28, 1926 – October 23, 2011) was an American accounting scholar and professor of accounting at Stanford University.

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    Charles T. Horngren, 1926-2011

    Charles T. Horngren has passed away.  Born on October 28, 1926, he died October 23, 2011 of natural causes.  He is well known for authoring Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, the best selling textbook in cost accounting for the past 40 years.  Now in its 14th edition and co-authored with Srikant M. Datar and George Foster, I first read the book in 1977 as a young accounting student.  At that time, it was already the dominate cost textbook nation-wide.

    According to Bob Jensen, “He was not only a well-loved member of the GSB community, he was regarded with the same admiration by his professional peers beyond Stanford.”  I agree.

    The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University has set up a testimonial page.  Quoting from it,

    It is with great sadness the GSB must inform you that Charles T. (Chuck) Horngren, Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, passed away peacefully October 23, 2011. He was not only a

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    Charles T. Horngren, the Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, credited with pioneering modern-day management accounting, died Oct. 23 in Palo Alto after a long illness. He was days shy of his 85th birthday.

    Known to everyone as Chuck, he was not only a well-loved member of the Stanford community, he was also regarded with the same admiration by his professional peers beyond the university. In 1990 he was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame and was honored repeatedly for his contributions to the American Accounting Association, for which he served as president and director of research. His textbook, Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, is now in its 14th edition. It is just one of several of his books that have molded the education of generations of accounting students worldwide.

    “He was a straight talker who had time for everyone —

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    Charles Thomas Horngren

    The son of William Einar and Grace Kathryn Horngren was born on October 28, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After graduating from Milwaukee's Washington High School in 1944, he joined the army. After 26 months in the army, he enrolled at Marquette University where he was elected to Beta Alpha Psi in 1947.

    He was graduated as valedictorian from Marquette in 1949. Following graduation, he joined the accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick as a staff auditor. In 1950, he taught full time at Spencerian College, a commercial business college. He later enrolled at Harvard University where he received a master's degree in 1952. In 1953, he was certified as a CPA (Wisconsin). He received a doctor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1955. While pursuing his doctoral study at Chicago, he was a full-time member of the faculty serving as an instructor (1952-54) and assistant professor (1954-55).

    Upon receiving his doctorate, he returned to his alma mat