The Deloitte Foundation Announces Recipients of the 2015 Doctoral Fellowships in Accounting

$250,000 in grants awarded to 10 Ph.D. candidates

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Feb 12, 2015, 10:14 ET

WILTON, Conn., Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deloitte Foundation has awarded $25,000 grants to 10 top accounting Ph.D. candidates through the Deloitte Foundation's annual Doctoral Fellowship program. Given to students who plan to pursue academic careers upon graduation, the award will support the 2015 recipients' final year of coursework and the subsequent year to complete their doctoral dissertation.

This year's recipients and the institutions they attend are:
- Scott A. Emett	Cornell University
- Kurt H. Gee	Stanford University
- Lisa A. Hinson	University of Georgia
- Eric R. Holzman	Indiana University
- Seil Kim	New York University
- Ethan C. Rouen	Columbia University
- Mani Sethuraman	Duke University
- Kristen G. Valentine	The University of Texas at Austin
- Roger McNeill White	Emory University
- Devin J. Williams	University of Florida

"The Deloitte Foundation has supported more than 1,000 accounting Ph.D. candidates since the program's inception in 1956," said Carol Lindstrom, president, Deloitte Foundation. "This program plays a key role in helping to increase the pipeline of faculty who are preparing the next generation of business leaders. Congratulations to this year's highly talented recipients."

Each year, approximately 100 universities are invited to apply for the fellowship. Student applicants are nominated by the accounting faculty of their school. A selection committee composed of four eminent accounting educators chose this year's recipients.

About the Deloitte Foundation
The Deloitte Foundation, founded in 1928, is a not-for-profit organization that supports education in the U.S. through a variety of initiatives that help develop the talent of the future and their influencers and promote excellence in teaching, research and curriculum innovation. The foundation sponsors an array of national programs relevant to a variety of professional services, benefitting middle/high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. For more information, please visit the Deloitte Foundation web page at www.deloitte.com/us/df.

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