Norman Macintosh

Professor Emeritus Norman B. Macintosh, CA (BCom, Alberta; MBA, UWO; PhD, Göteborg), one of the world’s most widely known and respected accounting scholars, passed away at his Kingston home on May 17. He was born in Vancouver in 1933.

Norman left an indelible imprint as a prolific researcher and outstanding teacher in an academic career at Queen’s that spanned 40 years. His visiting appointments in Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia testify to the international reach of his research and teaching. He was one of only two professors to have received both research and teaching awards from the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. He was the only professor to garner Queen’s School of Business Research Excellence Awards twice. This is a feat unlikely to be repeated in any discipline, noted Dean David Saunders in announcing Norman’s passing to the Queen’s community.

Two Macintosh books are regarded as classics in the field of behavioural accounting. His articles, published in the top academic journals in his field, have attracted worldwide attention and continue to be widely cited by his peers (more than 1,000 citations at last count).

For these and other noteworthy accomplishments, he was one of the inaugural inductees into the Queen’s School of Business Faculty Hall of Fame in 2009. A keen, lifelong sports coach, he is also in the University of Alberta’s Sports Hall of Fame (’97).

His friends and Queen’s colleagues will miss his dry sense of humour and unique sartorial style. Norman, an avid tennis player, could often be seen strolling the corridors of Dunning and Goodes Halls, wearing his favourite attire: well-worn tennis shorts and a jaunty polo shirt.

Norman is survived by his wife Joan, sons Bruce and Cameron, and three grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother Don, Queen’s former Dean of Physical and Health Education.