June 27, 2000

BIRMINGHAM, AL — UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) School of Business Chairman of Accounting and Information Systems Lowell S. Broom, DBA, CPA, is the recipient of 2000 S. Paul Garner Award from the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA).

The award is given annually to an Alabama educator who has made a significant contribution to the education of students majoring in accounting in Alabama. Classroom teaching, service to the profession and the society are all considered in selecting the recipient, which is done by an ASCPA committee. Two former UAB students, Toni Ward and Allison Houghston, who both work at BellSouth, nominated Broom.

Broom has been an educator for more than 25 years, the last 12 at UAB. He is professor and chair of the UAB Department of Accounting and Information Systems. Broom holds a Doctorate in Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant. During the past several years he has taught numerous continuing professional education classes for practicing accountants throughout the Southeast. In 1996, he was named the first recipient of the ASCPA’s Thomas A. Ratcliffe Outstanding Discussion Leader Award. Broom has also been an instructor in the BeckerConvisor CPA Review Course and has been consistently selected as one of the “Top 20” instructors in the United States. During the past 10 years, he has served in every executive position of the Birmingham Chapter of the Alabama Society of CPA’s and as secretary and chairman of the State Council of the ASCPA. He also received the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching and the Loudell Ellis Robinson Classroom Teaching Award.

The late S. Paul Garner was a long-time professor and head of the Department of Accounting at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. The award was named for him to honor his memory and contributions to the profession.