LeRoy J. Pryor is professor of accounting and management information systems at California State University, Chico. He teaches courses in accounting information systems, financial accounting, and managerial accounting. He has served as chair of the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems and is a member of the Accounting Education Advisory Committee and the Corporate Accounting Policy Committee of the American Accounting Association. In 1998, he served as Director of Continuing Professional Education for the American Accounting Association. Lee is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and an MBA with distinction from DePaul University. His undergraduate degree was awarded by the University of Illinois. Prior to entering academe, he worked in public accounting as an auditor for an international firm.

He has consulted in many types of businesses, principally in the design of their accounting systems. Dr. Pryor has published articles in the Journal of Accountancy, Management Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, and in several other journals. Dr. Pryor received the joint American Accounting Association/Institute of Management Accountants 1997 James Bulloch Award for Innovations In Management Accounting Education. The Bulloch Award was for a unique pedagogical approach called the California Car Company case. He has received his college¿s Outstanding Faculty Member Award. Lee is married to Cathy Sweet.

He has a son, Steven, daughter, Ashlee, and three grand- children, Cooper, Berlyn, and Perris. His hobby is competitive sailing.