Using Financial Accounting Information: The Alternative to Debits and Credits

About Curtis L. NortonCurtis NortonGary A. PorterGary Porter

Dr. Gary A. Porter earned his M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado. Throughout his career Dr. Porter has taught at several universities including San Diego State; Loyola University Chicago; and the University of Montana. He has also served as a department chair. He is currently Distinguished Lecturer at Drake University. Widely published and the recipient of numerous teaching awards Dr. Porter has conducted workshops on introductory accounting education and corporate financial reporting has worked as a staff accountant with Deloitte & Touche and has actively served the Illinois CPA Society American Accounting Association and Financial Executives International. Dr. Curtis L. Norton received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University and an M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota. He is currently Clinical Professor of Accounting at Arizona State University. As Professor of Accounting at Northern Illinois University for more than 30 years Dr. Norton earned the University Excellence Teaching Award and has published in The Accounting Review The Journal of Accounting Education CPA Journal and many other professional journals. A member of the American Accounting Association and Financial Executives International he also consults and conducts training for private and governmental authorities banks and utilities.