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Donald Larry Crumbley (born 1941) is an American accountant and professor emeritus at Louisiana State University and current Professor of Accounting at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.[1] From 1996 – 2014, he was the KPMG Endowed Professor at Louisiana State University.[2] He is known for his work in taxation, forensic accounting and petroleum accounting.[3] He founded the American Taxation Association and Forensic Accounting Sections of the American Accounting Association, served as President of four American Accounting Association sections, and served on the AAA council for seven years.[4]In addition to more than 325 publications, he has authored 65 books, including 13 educational novels, and 7 articles in the Accounting Review.
Biography edit
He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and after graduating from A. L. Brown High School. Crumbley attended and graduated from Pfeiffer College (now Pfeiffer University) cum laude; While at Pfeiffer, he was on the wrestling team and was President of the Student Body.[5] He obtained an MS in accounting in 1965 from Louisiana State University, authoring a thesis on S corporations, and obtained a Ph.D. in accounting from Louisiana State University in 1997, authoring a dissertation on consolidated tax returns.[1] After obtaining his Ph.D., Crumbley taught at Pennsylvania State University (1967 – 1969), faculty internship at Arthur Andersen (1969 – 1970), University of Florida (1970 – 1973 and 1974-75), University of Southern California (1973 – 1974) before joining the Texas A&M University faculty (1975 – 1996) as the Deborah D. Shelton Professor of Taxation.[2]
Career edit
In the late 1980s, Crumbley began writing the first of his thirteen educational novels used in the classroom to illuminate various accounting and business concepts through fiction; many of his novels have a forensic accountant as the main character, The Big R: A Forensic Accounting Action Adventure.[1]
He employed the pseudonym Iris Weil Collett and crafts suspense thrillers, intertwining business principles into engaging plots. Crumbley's novels, such as "The Ultimate Rip-Off" and "Accosting the Golden Spire," inject vitality into typically dry subjects like tax codes and accounting.[6]
Selected publications edit
Books edit
- Crumbley, D. Larry (2019). Forensic and investigative accounting. Riverwoods, IL: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-0-8080-5322-4.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Kerr, David S.; Paz, Veronica; Smith, Lawrence Murphy (2021). Trap Doors and Trojan Horses: An Auditing Action Adventure, Second Edition (2nd ed.). Carolina Academic Press.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; LaGraize, Wilson A.; Peters, Christopher E. (2015-12-18). Case Studies in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: Cch Inc. ISBN 978-0-8080-4193-1.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Jr. Fenton, Edmund D.; Ziegenfuss, Douglas E. (2014-07-01). The Big R: A Forensic Accounting Action Adventure, Third Edition (3rd ed.). Carolina Academic Press.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Betts, Christine; Mastrolia, Stacy; Sarikas, Robert (2019-03-01). Accosting the Golden Spire: A Financial Accounting Action Adventure, Fourth Edition (4th ed.). Carolina Academic Press.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Campbell, Fred H. (2011-08-15). Dangerous Hoops: A Forensic Marketing Action Adventure (1st ed.). LSU Press.
- Smith, Katherine; Smith, Lawrence; Crumbley, D. Larry (2014-06-01). The Bottom Line Is Betrayal: An International Business Action Adventure (Seventh ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-61163-602-4.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Ariail, Donald L.; David, Jeanne; Paz, Veronica (2018-12-01). Costly Reflections in a Midas Mirror, Fourth Edition (4th ed.). Carolina Academic Press.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Russo, Charles J.; David, Jeanne; Xu, Randall Zhaohui (2019). Deadly Art Puzzle: An Advanced Accounting Action Adventure, Second Edition (2nd ed.). Carolina Academic Press.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Walton, Stephanie; Billings, Tony (2021-09-01). The Ultimate Rip-Off: A Taxing Tale, Sixth Edition (6th ed.). Carolina Academic Press.
Journals edit
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Ariail, Donald L.; Khayati, Amine (2023-12-20). "How Should Cryptocurrencies Be Defined and Reported? An Exploratory Study of Accounting Professor Opinions". Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 17 (1): 3. doi:10.3390/jrfm17010003. ISSN 1911-8074.
- Rivers, Richard; Crumbley, D. Larry (1979). "The Timing Problem for the Unified Estate and Gift Tax". The Journal of Risk and Insurance. 46 (1): 125. doi:10.2307/251636. JSTOR 251636.
- Crumbley, D. Larry; Apostolou, Nicholas G.; Wiggins, Casper E. (1983). "Planning for the New s Corporation". American Journal of Small Business. 8 (1): 32–40. doi:10.1177/104225878300800109. ISSN 0363-9428.
References edit
- ^ a b c Langford, Marina; Flaminio, Barret. "TAMU-CC Accounting Professor Pens Tax Novel, Uses it as Unique Teaching Tool". Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
- ^ a b "D. Larry Crumbley - Wolters Kluwer". www.cchcpelink.com.
- ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (14 April 2011). "The Ultimate Rip-Off" (1988), the first of more than a dozen "vocational thrillers" by D. Larry Crumbley". The New York Times.
- ^ "Dr. D. Larry Crumbley, CPA, CFF, CRFAC, MAFF". Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
- ^ "Hard Work, Determination and Fireworks Spark Success | Pfeiffer University". pfeiffer university. 12 February 2021.
- ^ Oldenburg, Don (4 March 2024). "CAREERFILE,Tax evasion he wrote". Washington Post.