June 4, 1998

Business faculty are honored for their achivements

Appalachian State University business faculty Raymond Larson, Joseph Daly and Michael Evans have been honored for their outstanding achivements.  Each received $1000, a brass sculpture and a medallion to wear with their academic regalia from the Walker college of business.

Larson, professor of accounting, received the business college’s Outstanding Teaching Award.

Larson earned an M.A. and a M.B.A. from Washington State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.  He joined the accounting faculty at Appalachian in 1972.  He has also taught at Washington State University, California State University at Chico, the University of Oregon and the University of Colorado.

During his 26 years at Appalachian, Larson has been involved in and made numerous presentations to accounting professional organizations.  He chaired the accounting department and coordinated the master of science in accounting program.  He also works closely with students preparing for the CPA examination.  Larson is a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society and Beta Alpha Psi accounting honor society.

He received the Beta Alpha Psi Epsilon Chapter’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 1995 and was a University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award recipient in 1997.
Daly, associate professor of management, received the Outstanding Research Award.  He received a B.A. degree from Columbia University, a master’s from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

In 1995 and 1997, Daly received the management department’s Research Award for Scholarly Productivity.
Daly has published research articles in a variety of publications.  His research focuses on fairness in management, instructional innovations and competitive behavior.  Daly is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Evans, a professor of management, received the Outstanding Service Award.  He is director of the business College’s hospitality and tourism management program.

Evans received a B.S. in hotel, restaurant and travel administration from the University of Massachusetts, an M.A. from the University of Kentucky and an Ed.D. in human resource development from the University of Tennessee.  He also is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America.

Evans has helped increase the visibility of the degree program by bringing hospitality industry professionals to campu.  He also collaborated on research in the areas of tourism and ecenomic development in Western North Carolina.  Evans also writes a monthly column on tourism for the Watauga Democrat.

The awards were presented during a banquet made possible by contributions from a member and former chair of the college’s Business Advisory Council. 

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