Professor Emeritus, School of Accountancy
E-mail address: emilam@cobilan.msstate.edu
Website: http://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu/~COBI/faculty/professor.shtml?emilam
Dr. Milam is Professor of Accounting at Mississippi State University (MSU). In 1995, the Federation of Schools of Accountancy selected him for its Outstanding Educator Award, and he was named Mississippi's 1994 Educator of the Year by the Mississippi Society of CPAs. In 1993, he was named the Outstanding Graduate Teacher of the Year in the College of Business and Industry at MSU. Prior to joining the MSU faculty, Dr. Milam served on the accounting faculty at the University of Mississippi from 1971 to 1990. He was chair of the accounting department when the School of Accountancy was established. He became the first dean of the School of Accountancy and during his tenure, the School of Accountancy became 1 of the first 20 schools in the nation to receive separate accounting accreditation. In 1989, he was selected as the Outstanding Teacher in the School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. In the fall of 1990, Dr. Milam joined the accounting faculty at MSU and assisted MSU in obtaining separate accounting accreditation. Also at MSU, he has been instrumental in designing, developing, and implementing a graduate program in taxation. Dr. Milam has served as president of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy (FSA), on the Standards Committee of the American Academy of Collegiate Schools of Business (Business and Accounting Accrediting Association), as treasurer/secretary of the American Taxation Association (ATA), on the Mississippi Tax Institute Board of Directors, and on various committees of the ATA, FSA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Accounting Association, and the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. He authored numerous articles that appeared in publications including Journal of Accountancy, Taxes, Management Accounting, Financial Executive, Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates, the CPA Journal, and others. He also coauthored seven books.
Dr. Milam retire in 2006.
