Braden Award
From left: Gary J. Previts, President of the American Accounting Association, and Professor of Accountancy; Gretchen R. Haggerty, 2007 Braden Award recipient, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corporation; and Larry M. Parker, Chairman, Department of Accountancy.
Gretchen R. Haggerty Receives 2007 Braden Award
The Department of Accountancy of the Weatherhead School of Management presented Gretchen R. Haggerty with the 2007 Braden Award. Following her presentation, Mrs. Haggerty received the award in a ceremony on Friday, November 30, 2007 for her outstanding contributions to the development of accounting practice and thought.
Mrs. Haggerty serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for United States Steel Corporation. She earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Case Western Reserve University and a law degree from Duquesne University. She joined United States Steel Corporation as a management trainee in the tax division in 1976. She continued her career rise over the next 27 years when, in 2003, she was promoted to executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer. Additionally, Mrs. Haggerty is chairman of the United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund and is a member of the Investment Committee of the fund. She is also a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and serves on the boards of Highmark Inc. and the United Way of Allegheny County.
The Braden Award is named in honor of Professor Andrew Dale Braden, who served as an accountancy faculty member at the University from 1945 to 1986. It is awarded to outstanding members and leaders of the professional accounting practice community to recognize distinctive contributions by members of the professional practice community to the knowledge and advancement of the discipline of accountancy. The 2007 presentation of the Braden Award was the 25th award given by the Department of Accountancy.
BRADEN AWARD RECIPIENTS
2007 Gretchen R. Haggerty
United States Steel Corporation
2006 James G. Castellano
Chairman of the Board of RubinBrown LLP
2005 J. Michael Crooch
Member, Financial Accounting Standards Board
2004 Peter R. Bible
Chief Accounting Officer
General Motors Corporation
2003 J. Michael Cook
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte LLP
Serving on the Advisory Board of The Directorship Search Group
2002 Donald Mosso
Chairman, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
2001 Donald Kirk
Public Oversight Board
2000 Olivia Kirtley
AICPA Board of Examiners
1999 James Leisenring
Financial Accounting Standards Board
1998 Arthur Siegel
Independence Standards Board
1997 Michael Sutton
Securities and Exchange
Commission
1996 Robert Mednick
Andersen LLP
1995 Robert Elliott
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
1994 Edmund L. Jenkins
Andersen LLP
1993 Jerry D. Sullivan Public Oversight Board
1992 Walter P. Scheutze
Securities and Exchange
Commission
1991 Gerald A. Polansky
Deloitte & Touche LLP
1990 William D. Hall
Andersen LLP
1989 Gaylen Larson
Household International
1988 Robert May
Andersen LLP
1987 Dennis Beresford
Financial Accounting Standards Board
1986 Clarence Sampson
Financial Accounting Standards Board
1985 Mario Formichella
Ernst & Young LLP
1984 Robert Neary
Ernst & Young LLP
1983 Louis E. Levy
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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