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Deceased Erie Resident Honored by PICPA

ERIE, Pa. – Scott E. Cousins, certified public accountant, was honored posthumously by Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) with the Joseph E. Sterrett Award.

Cousins, who died Aug. 28, 2006, worked for McGill, Power, Bell & Associates and was a member of PICPA’s Erie Chapter. He also was actively involved in the community. Patricia, Cousins’ wife, accepted the award in his honor at the chapter’s recent annual meeting. In addition to the award recognition, a donation of $1,000 was made in his name to the PICPA Scholarship Fund.

Sterrett was a PICPA founder and the organization’s first president. Honorees of the award that bears his name are individuals who have made significant contributions to PICPA and the CPA profession.

Founded in 1897, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional association of more than 19,000 CPAs who work in public accounting, industry, government, and education. PICPA is the second-oldest state CPA organization in the United States. To find a member CPA in your area, visit our Web site at www.picpa.org and click on CPA Locator. Students and educators can visit PICPA's specially designed site www.CPAzone.org to get the latest information about careers in accounting and the CPA profession.