Carol E. Brown Certification, Awards and Grants

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

• 1979-Present: Certified Public Accountant, Oregon license to practice
  (Passed CPA Exam - First Sitting)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• AI/ES Pioneer Service Award
  for Service Critical to the Formation of the Section
  Artificial Intelligence / Expert Systems Section of the American Accounting Association, 1994

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award
  College of Business, Oregon State University, Business Advisory Council, 1993-94

• Kenneth H. Colley Memorial Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service and Dedicated Community Leadership
  United Way of Benton County, 1993

• Excellence in Scholarship Award (Research Award)
  College of Business, Oregon State University, Business Advisory Council, 1992-93
  (First person to win the award twice)

• Excellence in Scholarship Award (Research Award)
  College of Business, Oregon State University, Business Advisory Council, 1991-92

• Certificate of Merit
  Lybrand Manuscript Competition, National Association of Accountants, 1990-91

• Outstanding Service Award
  Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1990-91

• Outstanding Faculty Award
  Beta Alpha Psi - Epsilon Chapter, 1991

• Certificate of Recognition for Leadership Excellence
  Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1989-90

• Phi Kappa Phi, National Honorary, 1987

• Outstanding Volunteer Service Award
  United Way of Benton County, Oregon, 1986

• Volunteer Recognition Awards
  United Way of Benton County, Oregon, 1985, 1984, 1983

• Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting Honorary, 1979

• Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honorary, 1977

• Walter Heller Scholarship for the Outstanding MBA Student, 1976

• Arthur Andersen Scholarship for Accounting (Awarded Twice), 1975

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

• "The Strategic Management of Teams"
  with David Gobeli, Manolete Gonzalez and Dennis Kaldenberg,
  OSU-IBM Partnership Research Project, 1993, $20,000; 1994, $30,000

• "Expert Systems for Management Accounting Tasks"
  with Mary Ellen Phillips,
  Institute of Management Accountants, 1993, $19,700

• "Personal Financial Planning Expert System Evaluation"
  with Norma L. Nielson and Mary Ellen Phillips,
  TIAA-CREF, 1990, $15,469; 1991, $4,000,
  Arthur Andersen & Co., APEX, Chase Lincoln First Bank, and Price Waterhouse [professional services valued at $1,500 per firm]

• "Personal Financial Planning for Employees"
  with Norma L. Nielson, Mary Ellen Phillips, and Rodolfo Camacho,
  Postdoctoral Research Grant from International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1990, $10,000

• "Accounting Expert System Applications Database"
  Business Advisory Council, 1990, $4,000
  Oregon State University Research Council, 1990, $2,300

• "Research in Accounting Expert Systems: An Annotated Bibliography"
  Business Advisory Council, 1988, $4,000

• "The Use of Expert Systems in Accounting and Insurance"
  with Norma Nielson,
  OSU Academic Affairs Development Grant, 1987, $900, Coopers & Lybrand, KPMG Peat Marwick, and Arthur Andersen & Co.

• "Expert Linear Programming Application Development Tools"
  Oregon State University Foundation, 1987, $1,742

• General Research Grant,
  Accounting Development Fund, 1987, $5,000