Urton Anderson is Clark W. Thompson, Jr., Professor in Accounting Education and Chair of the Department of Accounting at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. He joined the Department of Accounting at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, teaching auditing and managerial accounting. From 1997 to 2007 he served as . the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. Urton received his Ph. D from The University of Minnesota in 1985. Urton's research has addressed various issues in internal and external auditing – particularly corporate governance, compliance, enterprise risk management and internal control. He has written several books, Implementing the Professional Practices Framework: 2nd Edition (with Andrew Dahle), as well as papers published in a variety of scholarly and professional journals. He is also one of the co-authors of the new internal auditing textbook - Internal Auditing: Assurance and Consulting Services. Urton is a Certified Internal Auditor and is active in the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has been a member and Chair of the Institute’s Board of Regents and served on the CCSA Steering Committee which developed the professional examination for Control Self-Assessment and the CGAP Steering Committee which developed professional examination in governmental auditing. He has also been a member of the Internal Auditing Standards Board and currently serves as its Chair. In 1997 he was named Leon R. Radde Educator of the Year Award, by The Institute of Internal Auditors. In June 2006 The Institute of Internal Auditors recognized his outstanding contributions to the field of internal auditing by giving him The Bradford Cadmus Memorial Award. Urton also serves on the board of directors for the Health Care Compliance Association and the advisory board of the Society Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
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