Russell H. Hereth, Associate Professor of Accountancy retired at the end of Winter Quarter after nearly 29 years at Wright State. Dr. Hereth was hired by Miami University in 1966, to teach at what was then known as the Wright State Campus. He was on the faculty when Wright State became a separate State University. He left in 1968 to teach at the University of Cincinnati but returned to Wright State in 1978. He has taught nearly all of the federal income tax courses offered by the Department of Accountancy.

Dr. Hereth served as the Accountancy Department's representative to the College of Business Undergraduate Programs Committee since 1978. He also served as the faculty advisor to the WSU Eta Psi Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting honorary fraternity. In five of the seven years when he was the advisor, the Chapter attained superior ratings by the National Office of Beta Alpha Psi and was awarded scholarship funding by the National Office. Dr. Hereth co-authored numerous tax articles in The Journal of Accountancy, The Tax Advisor, Practical Tax Strategies, the Journal of Financial Planning, The CPA, Management Accounting and other professional journals.

Dr. Hereth noted that “I tried to make the federal income tax fun to study and less taxing for my students.” And that is certainly proven by his numerous teaching awards from student members of the Accounting Club and the Beta Alpha Psi Chapter. Dr. Hereth would like to keep in touch with his former students and colleagues and can be reached at russellhere@msn.com. He also plans on being active as part of the Retired Faculty at Wright State University. Most recently the Wright State Board of Trustees granted the title of Professor Emeritus to Dr. Hereth.

The Russell H. Hereth Scholarship Fund has been established to honor Dr. Hereth and provide scholarships for Accountancy students. To give a gift to the scholarship fund, simply click on
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