Edmund Outslay (January 25, 1952 – May 20, 2019) was a Deloitte / Michael Licata Endowed Professor of Taxation at

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. He acquired his undergraduate degree from

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and his MBA and Ph.D from the

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. During his career in academia he achieved several awards including the American Taxation Association/Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award, Distinguished Faculty Award, Presidential Award for Outstanding Community Service, Withrow Teacher-Scholar Award, plus Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Award. In his lifetime Outslay testified before Congress, was the co-author of several tax textbooks including ''McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Entities'' and was often cited in the media including ''

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''. Outside of Academia, he was an ardent baseball enthusiast and community serviceman. He was a volunteer coach at

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for 24 years and had won in 2003 the AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year award. In addition, he volunteered at Lansing's

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program and MSU's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

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