George Krull

Retired Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

Biography

In his retirement after 2000, George remains active with the academic and professional accounting communities. In October 2016, he completed seven years’ service as a Trustee, President and immediate Past-President of the AICPA’s Foundation and in February, 2017 completed five years’ service as a member of the AICPA’s National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion.

George was one of four founding members of the Sponsoring Group of the Pathways Commission-the National Commission on Accounting Education to chart a national strategy for the next generation of accountants.

He was a member of the 2011-2013 AACSB International’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Accreditation Quality, the 2017-2018 AACSB Accounting Accreditation Standards Revision Task Force , has served four terms on the AACSB’s Accounting Accreditation Committee, is currently a member of the Accounting Accreditation Policy Committee, and continues doing business and accounting accreditation peer reviews.

George serves on several university business and accountancy advisory boards. He also serves as a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of a global non-profit health organization.

Before retirement, George served as a Partner in the Executive Office of Grant Thornton LLP where he worked with the implementation of the Firm’s auto‐mated audit and control software, and was the Firm’s Chief Learning Officer.

George graduated with an undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree from The Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University and Michigan State University, respectively. He is an outstanding accounting alumnus of Ohio State and Oklahoma State and an honorary alumnus of Northern Illinois University. In 2014, he was recognized as one of one hundred distinguished graduates of Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State during its Centennial Anniversary celebration, and in 2015 was inducted into the Spears School Hall of Fame. In August, 2016, he received the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding Service Award. In October, 2017, George received the American Institute of CPA’s Gold Medal Award of Distinction.

After his Grant Thornton LLP retirement, George served as an Executive-in-Residence and Professor of Accounting at Bradley University, where he was granted Emeritus status. More recently, George served the accounting academy as interim Chair or Head of Accounting at the University of North Texas (2015-2016), Saint Louis University (2016-2017), and Oklahoma State University (2017-2018), respectively. George’s research interests include accounting education, auditing methodologies and professional judgement, analytical procedures, and strategy and policy for higher education in business and accounting.