VALE TO COLIN BRIAN FERGUSON 1949-2014

摘要

Professor Colin Ferguson passed away peacefully after a short illness in his native Warrnambool at the age of 64. Colin had an international reputation for work encompassing auditing, forensic accounting and accounting information systems. Raised in Warrnambool where he completed his secondary education at the Christian Brothers (now Emanuel) College, he commenced tertiary studies at what was then the Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education (now Deakin University), graduating with a Diploma of Business Studies in 1971. This was the modest start to what turned out to be a brilliant academic career. After working in the Melbourne office of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now KPMG) in the early 1970s, he commenced teacher training and taught commercial subjects, including typing, for two years in state secondary schools before completing a Bachelor of Business degree at Swinburne University.