Obituary of Dr. Rufus Wixon formerly of Cherokee County, Iowa ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ====================================================================== Prepared for the IaGenWeb Archives by Joe L. Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cherokee, County, IA Obituaries Delaware County Sunday Times 9 June 1996 pg. 30. DR. RUFUS WIXON, 84, WHARTON Accounting professor Dr. Rufus Wixon, 84, of Middletown, emeritus professor of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and former chairman of the university's accounting department, died June 5 at Riddle Hospital. A major figure in the field of professional accounting education and in the Phila- delphia academic world for nearly half a century. Dr. Wixon was a respected consultant on accounting theory for the government and industry as well as be- ing called upon to testify as an expert in many court cases. The son of the late Rufus and Maude Wixon, he was born in Meriden, Iowa and received his bachelors degree from the University of Iowa in 1933 and his master of arts in accounting in 1935. He first worked in public accounting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Chicago before deciding he wanted to make teaching his career. In 1933 he became an instructor in accounting at the University of North Da- kota and from 1937 to 1941, he was at Wayne State University, Detroit. From 1941 to 1945, he worked toward his doctorate at the University of Michigan while teaching in the university's program for the U.S. Navy Supply Corps during World War II. After receiving his doctorate, he became an assistant professor at the University of Michigan until 1947, when he went to the University of Buffalo as a full professor and chairman of the accounting department. Dr. Wixon began his long association with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1949. He was professor of accounting there and chair- man of the department for two terms before he retired in 1980. His service at Wharton was interrupted by several visiting professorships outside the Philadelphia area. He was associate chief of the University of Pennsylvania-University of Karachi, project in Karachi, Pakistan from 1955 to 1957 and spent a year in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1961, as professor at the IMEDE Management Development Institute. From 1965 to 1966, he was Florida Institute of accountancy chair at the University of Florida. He also spent summers from 1958 to 1960 as con- sultant to the comptroller of the U.S. Department of Defense. Among his many publications, Dr. Wixon was the author of "Budgetary Control", co-author with W.A. Paton of "Problems for Essentials of Ac- counting, co-author with R. G. Cox of "Principles of Accounting" and was author of the fifth edition of the "Accountant's Handbook". A member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Dr. Wixon also belonged to the American Accounting Association, Controllers Insti- tute, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Psi, The American Order of Artus, and Alpha Tau Omega. A former resident of Wallingford for nearly 40 years, Dr. Wixon moved to Granite Farm Estates, Middletown, nine years ago. He was a member of the Springhaven Club and as a duplicate bridge player, Dr. Wixon belonged to the Springhaven bridge teams. During the years after his retirement, Dr. Wixon and his wife traveled. Dr. Wixon always took pride in his flower garden and was able to continue that hobby after his move to Granite Farms. He and his family have been members of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Swarthmore. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Doris Hunter Wixon; three daughters, Marjorie Baker of Gainsville, Fla., Joanne Lutostansky of New Hope and Kathryn Cobbs of Collegeville, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. July 6 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Swarthmore. Arrangements were by Hancock Funeral Home of Philadelphia. Memorial gifts may be made to the Rufus Wixon Scholarship Fund with checks drawn to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, in care of Donna Michelberg, Wharton School, 344 Vance Hall, 3733 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepared for the IaGenWeb Archives by Joe L. 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