[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20371]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF JIMMY WILLIAMSON

 Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, today I honor Mr. Jimmy Williamson, 
who will become the first Alabamian to serve as chairman of the board 
for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  This is a tremendous honor, both for Jimmy and for Alabama. The 
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants serves as the 
national professional association for more than 350,000 certified 
public accountants. Jimmy's education, experience, and passion for 
finance make him the best choice to take the helm of the organization.
  Jimmy, a past president of the Alabama Society of CPAs, is a senior 
partner and stockholder in the MDA Professional Group accounting firm 
where he specializes in profit sharing plans, fringe benefits, 
nonqualified deferred compensation plans, estate and personal financial 
planning, business acquisitions, and investment review and analysis. I 
am also proud to say that Jimmy and I share an interest in fraud 
prevention and detection, one of the most important financial issues we 
face today. His professional work and leadership on committees, that 
are too plentiful to name, make him uniquely qualified and prepared for 
this position. I am proud to recognize his professional achievements 
and congratulate him on this important post.

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