Accounting Alumni Awards 2010

Ball State University's Department of Accounting honored 7 outstanding alumni at its first Accounting Alumni Awards, held April 26, 2010.  The inaugural dinner and awards presentation was held in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center's Cardinal Hall.  View the program booklet (PDF) for profiles of the honorees.

Keynote Speaker

• Niel C. Ellerbrook
  Chairman and CEO
  Vectren Corporation
  B.S. 1970

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Paul W. Parkison
  Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Accounting
  Miller College of Business, Ball State University
  B.S. 1958, M.A. 1961

Awards of Excellence

• Carl L. Chapman
  President and Chief Operating Officer
  Vectren Corporation
  Summa Cum Laude B.S. 1977
• Steven R. Imler
  Partner
  Ent & Imler CPA Group, PC
  B.S. 1969

3 Under 30 Awards (4-way tie in 2010)

• Chad Garber
  Audit Supervisor
  BKD, LLP
  Cum Laude B.S. 2004
• Jeremy Klonowski
  Supervisor, Public Accounting
  Somerset CPAs
  Magna Cum Laude B.S. 2003, M.S. 2005
• Christopher Melling
  Controller
  Weaver Popcorn Company, Inc.
  Cum Laude B.S. 2003, M.S. 2004
• Casse (Wert) Tate
  Manager, Business Advisory Group
  Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP
  Cum Laude B.A. 2004, M.S. 2005

View the program booklet (PDF) for profiles of the honorees.