FLOYD A. BEAMS, ., authored the first edition of Advanced Accounting in 1979 and actively revised his text through the next six revisions and twenty-one years while maintaining an active professional and academic career at Virginia Tech where he rose to the rank of Professor, retiring in 1995. Beams earned his . and . degrees from the University of Nebraska, and a . from the University of Illinois. He published actively in journals including The Accounting Review , Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Accountancy, The Atlantic Economic Review, Management Accounting , and others. He was a member of the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Management Accountants.
