Background
Almand Rouse Coleman was born on July 16, 1905 in Smithfield, Virginia, United States. Son of Archer Almand and Ruby Booth Rouse Coleman.
Almand Rouse Coleman was born on July 16, 1905 in Smithfield, Virginia, United States. Son of Archer Almand and Ruby Booth Rouse Coleman.
He was an undergraduate in Washington and Lee University, 1926. In 1927 he received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Washington and Lee University. Master of Business Administration in Harvard University, 1934.
In 1977 he received Doctor of Laws in Washington and Lee University.
Assistant to treasurer, Washington and Lee University, 1926-1928;senior accountant, A.M. Pullen & Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1928-1933;acting chief financial analysis and statistical, Farm Credit Administration, Washington, 1934-1935;assistant trust officer, assistant cashier, State Planters Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, 1935-1939;associate professor, Washington and Lee University, 1939-1941;professor accounting, Washington and Lee University, 1941-1955;Distinguished lecturer accounting, 1979-1983. Visiting professor accounting, Harvard Business School, 1954-1955;professor business administration, University of Virginia Graduate School Business, Charlottesville, 1955-1972;Charles C. Abbott professor, University of Virginia Graduate School Business, 1972-1976;professor emeritus, University of Virginia Graduate School Business, 1976-1996. Visiting professor business administration Tennessee Technology U., 1976-1978, Distinguished visiting professor, 1978-1979.
Served to major Ordnance United States Army, 1942-1945. Lieutenant colonel Reserve 1950-1954. Member American Institute Certified Public Accountant's (accounting procedure committee 1953-1956), American Accounting Association (vice president 1956), Financial Executives Institute, Raven Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Clare Merryman Whitfield, April 13, 1940 (deceased January 1961). Children: Lisa Coleman Rose, William Stephen. Married Louise Hudson Foster, May 21, 1962.
Stepchildren: Emily (Mistress John Pickering), Edmund Palmer Foster, George William Foster. 1 son, Charles Almand.