BBA in Accounting with Honors, The University of Texas at Austin; Honorary Academic Affiliations: Beta Alpha Psi and Beta Gamma Sigma Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); Member, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA); Member, Austin Chapter of TXCPA; Past member and officer, Committee on Relations with the IRS; Board of Directors, Texas Society of Aeronautics; Officer and Board of Directors, Austin Natural Science Association. Elder and Bible School Teacher; Command Pilot & Instructor CAP USAF Auxillary; Masonic affiliations; 33° I.G.H. Scottish Rite Mason; York Rite Mason; Order of Knight Masons; Royal Order of Scotland; Hill City Lodge No. 456 ; Texas Lodge of Research; Officer and Director for the Scottish Rite Learning Center of Austin; advisor to the Austin Scottish Rite Childrens and Community Theater and the Austin Scottish Rite Bodies. Career experience – Wade, Barton & Marsh, CPAs (merged with Main Lafrentz & Co. now KPMG Peat Marwick), Gibson Johnson & Co. Beginning January 1, 2008 Ben is Partner Emeritus and continues his involvement as a consultant to the firm and to our clients.