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OAG Honors Memory of Franklin C. Pinkelman, C.P.A., C.I.A.

Honors - October 21, 2002

Franklin C. PinkelmanIn a ceremony on October 10, 2002, Auditor General Thomas H. McTavish and his staff dedicated the executive conference room in memory of former Michigan Auditor General Franklin C. Pinkelman, who passed away in March 1996. Mr. Pinkelman’s widow, Elizabeth (Jean), and his two daughters, Nancy Golm and Katie Pinkelman, attended the dedication, which included remarks by Mr. McTavish and reminiscences from Executive Deputy Auditor General James Neubecker, retired Director of Audits Robert Hovey, and former Audit Division Administrator Jeff Linderman. Also attending were a number of OAG retirees. Mr. Pinkelman was appointed Auditor General in 1982, after serving 16 years as Deputy Auditor General. He served as Auditor General until he retired in February 1989 to become a Vice-President and General Auditor for Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan. Friends and colleagues will remember that Mr. Pinkelman worked tirelessly to improve the governmental accounting and auditing profession during his tenure in public service. He served as Chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council; as President of the National State Auditors Association; and as an Executive Committee member of both the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers and the Midwestern Intergovernmental Audit Forum. In June 1989, Mr. Pinkelman was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award of the Association of Government Accountants to recognize his 23 years of service to the State of Michigan. The plaque that adorns Michigan’s new Franklin C. Pinkelman Executive Conference Room states in part that “Mr. Pinkelman’s integrity, friendship, enthusiasm, leadership, and contributions to governmental accounting, auditing, and financial reporting continue to inspire and will always be remembered.”

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