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Born February 24, 1935 (age 89)
Kobe, Japan ( 1935-02-24 ) Books Theory of accounting measurement Education Ritsumeikan University, Carnegie Mellon University | ||
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Yuji Ijiri (Japanese: 井尻 雄士 Ijiri Yūji) (24 February 1935 – 18 January 2017) was an accounting researcher and educator. He was the Robert M. Trueblood University Professor of Accounting and Economics at Carnegie Mellon University until his retirement on June 30, 2011.
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He obtained his bachelor of law degree at Ritsumeikan University in 1956. That same year, he became a Certified Public Accountant in Japan at the age of 21, and remains the youngest person to do so.
He obtained his master's degree at the University of Minnesota in 1960 and his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in 1963.
He was the author of 25 books and more than 200 articles in professional journals and of several monographs including Momentum Accounting and Triple-Entry Bookkeeping.
He served as president of the American Accounting Association in 1982-83.
He was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]
He died of natural causes on 18 January 2017.