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Born May 30, 1885, in Plano, Illinois, and orphaned at the age of 16, Arthur E. Andersen began working as a mail boy by day and attended school at night, eventually being hired as the assistant to the comptroller of Allis-Chalmers in Chicago.
May 31, 2005 · WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Supreme Court Tuesday unanimously threw out the conviction of accounting firm Arthur Andersen, a symbolic victory for a nearly defunct company torn apart in a...
Jan 29, 2002 · The founder-namesake of the Enron-racked accounting megafirm was born in 1885, the stalwart son of new Norwegian immigrants, and to his dying day in 1947 at age 61, he maintained a passion for...
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Aug 30, 2002 · Arthur Andersen died in 1947. After his passing away, the accountancy that bore his name almost closed down. But Leonard Spacek, a disciple of Andersen’s, was able to convince the company’s partners to remain together despite financial uncertainty.
I know Arthur Andersen’s demise was 2 decades ago and probably older than everyone who works at Big4 now but was just wondering if anyone worked there or knows someone who did and what it was like when the company had its fall out.
When Arthur Andersen died in 1947, the firm almost closed the books. Leonard Spacek, a disciple of Andersen, persuaded his partners to keep the firm going. At 38, he became Andersen’s successor as national managing partner.
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Sep 19, 2024 · In addition to Enron ’s own implosion, its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen (one of the Big Five accounting firms in the United States at that time), was found guilty of destroying documents...
