Mary Montoya, CPA, received the 2003 AICPA Public Service Award in Washington, D.C., at the spring meeting of the Institute’s governing council. A partner of Klanderud, Montoya, Wuebben & Feehan, PC, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Montoya has prepared tax returns, provided financial advice and performed a wide variety of other services for Native American prison inmates for more than 10 years. In addition, she served eight years on the South Dakota Board of Accountancy, became its first woman president and was on the board of directors of the South Dakota CPA Society. William F. Ezzell, chairman of the AICPA board of directors, presented the award. The annual prize recognizes AICPA members who have made significant contributions to their communities.

William W. Holder, CPA, DBA, accepted the AICPA 2003 Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award at the spring council meeting. He has received numerous accolades for his educational and professional achievements, and in 2001 and 2002 Accounting Today named him one of the 100 most influential people in the accounting profession. Holder is the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California’s Leventhal School of Accounting and a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, as well as a former AICPA board member. William F. Ezzell, AICPA chairman, presented the award. Granted each year, the citation recognizes full-time accounting educators for excellence in teaching and national prominence in the accounting profession.