Kenneth Allen Merchant

Background

Merchant, Kenneth Allen was born on January 24, 1947 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Reuben and Violet (Norden) Merchant.

Education

AB, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1968; Master of Business Administration, Columbia University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.

Career

Administrator, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, 1970-1973; consultant, Ernst and Ernst, Dallas, 1973-1974; associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1977; consultant, Donald Clark Associations, San Francisco, 1976-1977; assistant professor, Harvard University, Boston, 1978-1985; associate professor, Harvard University, Boston, since 1985.

Achievements

• Kenneth Allen Merchant has been listed as a noteworthy Accounting educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Fraudulent and Questionable Financial Reporting: A Corporate Perspective
  • Control in Business Organizations (Pitman series in the role of accounting in organizations and society)

Membership

Member American Institute Certified Public Accountant's, American Accounting Association, Finance Executives Institute, National Assn.Accts., Beta Alpha Psi.

Connections

Married Gail Worth Merchant.

Father:

Reuben Merchant

Mother:

Violet (Norden) Merchant

Spouse:

Gail Worth Merchant.