Professor Grosch's vision for educating competitive and ethical accounting professionals is still at the core of the accounting program at Loyola Marymount University. Distinguished faculty who hold the Grosch Professorship perpetuate this legacy and ensure that the LMU Department of Accounting sustains its tradition of excellence in accounting education.
2023-2026: Laurel Franzen, Ph.D.
Laurel Franzen is chair of the Department of Accounting. She joined LMU in the fall of 2009 and teaches financial accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to joining LMU, Franzen was on the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research focuses on the role of accounting information in equity valuation, including issues related to the valuation of R&D, financial distress, and bankruptcy prediction. Her research has been published in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Laurel is a member of the American Accounting Association and the American Finance Association.
2020-2023: Rosemary Kim, Ph.D.
Before joining LMU in 2013, Rosemary taught undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting and information systems at the University of California, Riverside. Her research interests include information technology governance, accounting information systems, information technology/systems auditing, and emerging technologies in accounting information systems. Prior to teaching, Rosemary worked in auditing and financial analysis for multinational organizations. She has a Ph.D. and M.S. in management of information systems from Claremont Graduate University, an MBA from USC and a B.S. from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
2014-2020: Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.
Mahmoud Nourayi joined LMU in 1990 and previously served as chair of the Department of Accounting and associate dean of the College of Business Administration. Mahmoud was recognized as the "2012 Outstanding Accounting Educator " by the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has taught cost accounting, management accounting, quantitative methods, and planning and managerial decisions since 1981. His professional experience includes tax and financial and management advisory services. He worked as an auditor in both public accounting and government.
2011-2013: Ross Bengel, J.D.
Professor Emeriti of Accounting Ross Bengel joined the accounting faculty at the College of Business Administration in 1984 and retired in 2013. He taught aspects of tax law, planning and theory. Ross spent several years in Washington, D.C. where he worked as a tax manager and advisor as well as a staff assistant for former Senator William B. Spong (D-Va.). He is a CPA and member of the South Carolina Bar, the American Association of Attorney – CPAs and the International Documentary Association. Ross also produces education and documentary films and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.
2005-2006: George Dasaro
Accounting Professor George Dasaro was the first recipient of the Grosch Professorship and was an expert on financial accounting, taxation of income and fraud examination. Prior to joining LMU, he worked as a controller for numerous organizations as well as an accountant and treasurer. George was a member of the California Society of CPAs, the American Accounting Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and Beta Gamma Sigma. He received the Accounting Society Faculty of the Year Award eight times, the MBA Faculty of the Year Award, and the Department of Accounting Alumnus of the Year.