Tax Professor Named 2004 Outstanding Faculty

PROVO, Utah — Apr 01, 2004 — Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management honored Dave N. Stewart with its 2004 Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest faculty distinction given by the school. The award was presented at a banquet March 30 where the school also recognized eight other faculty members for contributions in teaching, research and citizenship.

“Dave Stewart is wonderfully balanced in research, teaching and service,” says Ned C. Hill, Marriott School dean. “His accomplishments and connection with the students make him extremely deserving of this award.”

Stewart, the Rachel Martin Professor of Taxation, was also recently honored by the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants (UACPA) as the 2002 Utah Outstanding Educator. He received the UACPA award in recognition of his service to the accounting profession through his teaching and mentoring of students as well as being actively involved in numerous professional accounting organizations.

He has actively served in various UACPA committees and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs Consolidated Tax Returns Task Force. He is also the president of the American Taxation Association (the tax section of the American Accounting Association).

Stewart joined BYU as an assistant professor of tax in 1980. Stewart currently serves as the graduate tax program coordinator. Former accounting department chair and dean Fred Skousen initially encouraged Stewart, to consider teaching as a career during his last year in BYU’s graduate accounting program. In 1977, Stewart and his family moved to Gainesville, Florida, where Stewart began PhD coursework at the University of Florida.

“We need to be careful in relying too much on outside measures as an indication of the value of the contributions we make,” Stewart said at the banquet. “If I was not enough without with this award, when the euphoria of this evening wears off, I never will be enough.”

This year’s Marriott School Teaching Excellence Awards were presented to William C. Giauque, professor of business management; Burke Jackson, associate professor of business management; and Earl K. Stice, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting.

Marriott School Research Awards were presented to Jim Brau, assistant professor of finance and the Goldman Sachs Faculty Fellow; Jeff Dyer, the Horace Beesley Professor of Global Strategy and strategy group head; and Steven M. Glover, associate professor of accounting and a PricewaterhouseCoopers Research Fellow.

Marriott School Citizenship Awards were presented to Bill Sawaya, associate professor of business management, and Gloria Wheeler, professor of public management.

The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally recognized programs in accounting, business management, public management, information systems, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. The school’s mission is to prepare men and women of faith, character and professional ability for positions of leadership throughout the world. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled in the Marriott School’s graduate and undergraduate programs.