Gerald Albert Feltham (11 November 1938 – 21 December 2019) was a Canadian accounting researcher and educator. He was Professor Emeritus at the Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbiabr>
He also served on the faculty of

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. He was the co-author of books including: *''Cost Determination: A Conceptual Approach'', with Joel S. Demski, 1976. *''Economics of Accounting'', with Peter O. Christensen, 2005. In 1994, along with co-author Joel S. Demski, he was awarded the ''Seminal Contributions in Accounting Literature Award'' of the

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for their article "Economic Incentives in Budgetary Control Systems" published in ''The Accounting Review'' in April, 197

He died on 21 December 2019 at the age of 81.Jerry FELTHAM , Obituary
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Honors

He received the ''Outstanding Accounting Educator Award'' of the American Accounting Association in 199

In 2003, he was elected to be a Fellow of the

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. In 2004, Feltham was one of three inductees to the

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. In 2005, he was awarded the ''Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award'' from the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Associatio

References

Biography at OSU's Accounting Hall of Fame
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