Ronald R. King, PhD, CPA is the Myron Northrup Professor of Accounting at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. He has taught accounting courses in the MBA and MACC programs but now focuses his teaching at the Executive MBA level. In that capacity, he has taught EMBA courses in St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Shanghai, and Mumbai. He has been honored with multiple teaching awards in those programs. Ron earned his PhD at the University of Arizona. He has had an active career as a researcher, academic administrator, mentor, and master teacher. In recognition of his accomplishments, he received the Distinguished Faculty Award from Washington University in 2012. Ron is active in the St. Louis start-up community. He has advised many start-ups and specializes in business metrics, growth dynamics, and organizational governance. He is an angel investor and has served as a board member for several companies. Earl A. Spiller, Jr., PhD, CPA is currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and an adjunct lecturer at the Olin School of Business at Washington University. His teaching interests span a wide range of accounting courses but are concentrated at the graduate level, primarily in MBA programs. Earl earned his PhD at the University of Michigan. His fifty-plus years of teaching included faculty appointments at Washington University, Indiana University, and the University of South Carolina. He has had visiting appointments at SUNY-Buffalo and the University of Michigan plus extensive overseas experience teaching in international MBA programs. Earl has authored or co-authored six accounting textbooks. Up until his retirement, he remained active in curriculum development, the development of teaching cases in accounting, and education research.
