Background
Voorhis, Robert Henry Van was born on July 31, 1917 in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edmund W. and Mabel (Doremus) Van Voorhis.
Voorhis, Robert Henry Van was born on July 31, 1917 in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edmund W. and Mabel (Doremus) Van Voorhis.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Duke, 1939, Master of Arts, 1941, Doctor of Philosophy, 1944.
Instructor economics and accounting Duke, 1941-1944. Senior accountant Ashlin & Hutchings, Certified Public Accountants’s, Durham, North Carolina, 1944-1945. Timberlands accountant West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company, Summerville, South Carolina., 1945-1949.
Associate professor accounting University of Alabama, 1949-1956, professor accounting, 1956-1957.
Professor, head department accounting Louisiana State University, since 1957. Coordinator semiann. Certified Public Accountants Review Courses, Louisiana State University.
Member American Institute Certified Public Accountants’s, Society Louisiana C.P. A’s, American Accounting Association, National Association Accountants, Institute Internal Auditors, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Alpha Psi (grand president 1960-1961), Alpha Kappa Psi, Pi Gamma Mu, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Dorothy Louise Bishop, December 29, 1941. Children: Kenneth Robert, David Curtis, Patricia Jean.