Home Address: 50 Framingham Lane, Pittsford, New York 14534
(585) 461-2834
Business Address: William E. Simon Graduate School
of Business Administration
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York 14627
(585) 275-3397
(585) 442-6323 (Fax)
E-mail: zimmerman@simon.rochester.edu
Current Position:
Ronald L. Bittner Professor of Business Administration, William E. Simon
Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester.
Education:
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Business Administration, June 1974.
University of Colorado, B.S. (Cum Laude), Finance, June 1969.
Awards:
William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Rochester Teaching Honor Roll, Fall Quarter 2000 and Spring Quarter
1996.
Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation Award for Distinguished Service and Achievement
in Accounting, 1985, Positive Accounting Theory (with R. Watts).
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Notable Contribution to the
Accounting Literature Award for 1979 - "The Demand for and Supply of
Accounting Theories: The Market for Excuses" (with R. Watts).
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Notable Contribution to the
Accounting Literature Award for 1978 - "Towards a Positive Theory of
the Determination of Accounting Standards" (with R. Watts).
American Accounting Association's 1978 Competitive Manuscript Contest - "The
Costs and Benefits of Cost Allocations."
National Contract Management Association's 1976 Competitive Manuscript
Contest, first prize - "An Analysis of Competitive Bidding on BART
Contracts," (with K. Gaver).
JEROLD L. ZIMMERMAN 2 MARCH 2003
Professional Activities
Founding Editor: Journal of Accounting and Economics, North-Holland
Publishing Company, 1979 – present
Consulting Editor, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1993 – 2001
Editorial Board: Finance India, 1994 – present
Editorial Board: Journal of Management Accounting Research, 1997 – 1999
Senior Advisor: Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc., 1997 – 2000
Member, Advisory Board for Tsinghua University, China, 1999 – present
Member, Board of Directors, CPAC, Inc., 2000 – present
Audit Committee, Chair
Compensation Committee
Member, Academic Advisory Panel for Institutional Shareholder Services and
Stern Stewart & Co., 2003-present
Member of:
American Accounting Association
American Accounting Association: Membership Committee (Chairman for
New York State), 1976-1977; the Committee to Nominate the
Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature (1982);
Planning Committee for the 1983 Annual Meeting; Accounting
Educator Award Committee (1987-1989).
American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium, Distinguished
Faculty Member, 1980 and 1988.
Professional Experience:
Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2000
Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University, 1998
Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996
Alumni Distinguished Professor, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business
Administration, University of Rochester, 1988-1998
Deputy Dean, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration,
University of Rochester, 1985-1988
Professor, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration,
University of Rochester, 1985-1987
Associate Professor, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business
Administration, University of Rochester, 1980-1985
Assistant Professor, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business
Administration, University of Rochester, 1974-1980
