Iowa Ledger (2022) - Tippie College of Business

More documents

Recommendations

Info

FEATURE BY • AMANDA MAY ACCOUNTING for DAN COLLINS’ LEGACY 18 IOWA LEDGER 2022
The evening of Dan Collins’ retirement party, the Professional Accounting Council (PAC) and a few extra guests toasted to his long and accomplished career. Of note, not one of the speakers relied on Collins’ numerous awards as proof of greatness. There was hardly a mention of his Hancher-Finkbine Faculty Medallion, FARS Lifetime Achievement Award, multiple teaching and mentorship awards from Tippie, nor his being named the Outstanding Accounting Alumnus of 2022. Instead, there were stories. He lent a hand at a new faculty member’s house when their basement flooded. He was such a handsome and well-dressed young professor. He took the time to make copious notes on Ph.D. students’ papers—enough to fill all the margins. He talked over Zoom to a student struggling through their first semester of accounting, after which they referred to him as “that dear Dan Collins.” And it was fitting. His legacy is so much more than any trophy case could hold. It’s hard to overstate his influence in the college. At the Tippie College of Business, Collins is ever-present, even though he now only occasionally stops by his emeritus faculty office. To fully convey his impact, we would need more space than this—or any other—magazine allows, so we’ll concentrate on three important programs that either wouldn’t exist or wouldn’t be the same without his advocacy and involvement. EVERYONE HAS A DAN STORY “ I was a student of Professor Collins in the 70s, early in his career. Over 40 years later, I recall those classes as among the most challenging of my higher education. I also recall Professor Collins as one of the best teachers.” — JONATHAN H. BOGAARD (BBA78/MAc81/JD81) Bogaard Law, LLC “ I got to know Dan very well when he was in the MAc program and I was in the PhD program way back in 1967. Dan, myself, and another Ph.D. student, Fred Sterling, started jogging together to keep fit. All three of us were quite pleased with our running progress. The interesting thing about Dan’s running at that time was that, unlike Fred and I who ran in typical running shoes, Dan ran in combat boots and still set the pace for us. Dan always excelled in everything he did.” Dan was [my late husband] “ John Phillips (PhD99)’s chair. John worshipped the ground Dan walked on.” — AMY DUNBAR Former Tippie Professor — GARY HOLSTRUM (PhD70)
Page 1 and 2: 2022 IOWA LEDGER UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Page 3 and 4: Iowa Ledger is an annual publicatio
Page 5 and 6: CAMPUS NEW FACULTY Learning from th
Page 7 and 8: 1 2 3 ANDREW CHRISTIANSEN (BBA01/MA
Page 9 and 10: Yet even the numbers seem inadequat
Page 11 and 12: CAMPUS RETIREMENTS Raising the Bar
Page 13 and 14: RESEARCH The Case for the Chief Acc
Page 15 and 16: The air was abuzz with anticipation
Page 17 and 18: Shea Fowler (BBA94) didn’t know m
Page 19: Dan Collins By Lucas Underwood Mixe
Page 23 and 24: Another program that Collins spearh
Page 25 and 26: Accounting Department Executive Off
Page 27 and 28: FEATURE BY • JENNIFER SETER WAGNE
Page 29 and 30: BRANDON MILLER WORK HARD Brandon Mi
Page 31 and 32: When he was a student at Iowa, Anth
Page 33 and 34: JOIN OUR LINKEDIN GROUP! University
Page 35 and 36: Ardwin Joseph (Joe) Droessler Feb 2

Iowa Ledger (2022) - Tippie College of Business

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?