Publication Date
Spring 1993
Abstract
A native of Wisconsin, Halvorson graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1930. Thereupon he began his career with Ernst & Ernst in Detroit. In 1954 he transferred to the national office of the firm in Cleveland and remained there until he retired in 1972. Modest and self-deprecating, he was the firm's principal technical partner, representing Ernst & Ernst on prominent professional accounting and auditing committees. As a member of the AICPA Committee on Accounting Procedure (1956-59), the Committee on Auditing Procedure (1963-65), and the Accounting Principles Board (1966-73), Halvorson had considerable influence on accounting policy. A loyal pragmatist, he espoused Ernst & Ernst's views on those professional committees, which are clearly reflected in his dissents from, and qualified assents to, accounting opinions issued by the Accounting Principles Board.
Recommended Citation
Bloom, Robert
(1993)
"Newman T. Halvorson (1908-1992): A memorial,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 16:
No.
1, Article 17.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol16/iss1/17