Chasteen retires from OSU Spears School of Business

Monday, June 23, 2008

(STILLWATER, OKLA. – June 23, 2008) – Lanny Chasteen, professor of accounting and Wilton T. Anderson professor, retired June 3 after 39 years on the Oklahoma State University Spears School faculty.
 
Chasteen joined the School of Accounting in1969 and served the department in various roles, including 14 years as department head.
 
“I could talk for hours or days about my career experience at OSU – the good days, hardly any bad days, the good students, how much I appreciated and respected the faculty or faculties that have been here during my tenure,” Chasteen said. “Perhaps my greatest joy has been seeing our students and alumni achieve success in their careers.”
 
During his time at OSU, Chasteen taught more than 6,500 students. His teaching honors include the Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Award of Merit from the Federation of Schools of Accountancy and the Spears School Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. In addition, he twice received the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award from the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants.
 
Chasteen authored six editions of a best-selling intermediate accounting textbook. He also published articles in a wide array of scholarly publications, including The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, the Journal of Accounting and the Journal of Accounting Education.
 
In 2006, donations from several OSU accounting alumni provided an endowment to establish the Lanny G. Chasteen Endowed Chair in Accounting.
 
Chasteen received a bachelor’s of business administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and both a master’s of business administration degree and a doctoral degree from the University of Arkansas.
 
Chasteen and his wife, Jane, will move to Katy, Texas, to be close to their daughters and grandchildren.
 
“Even thought I look forward to new experiences in Texas, I will miss this place and will always cherish the uncountable fond memories of OSU and the School of Accounting,” Chasteen said. “I will never forget this place or its memories.”