The Profession Loses a Trailblazer

March 1, 2005

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Barbara A. Henderson, CPA—the first woman appointed to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)—died in November at age 67. She was a member of GASB from 1991 until her retirement in 1999 and also of its predecessor, the National Council on Government Accounting.

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