August 21, 2008

• UAB scores highest nine of 11 years

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Aaron Singleton, a 2004 University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) accounting and information systems graduate, has earned the highest score in the state of Alabama on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam.

Singleton is featured in this month's Alabama Society of CPA newsletter, The Alabama CPA, for earning the highest score. UAB graduates have earned the highest CPA exam scores in Alabama for nine of the last 11 years, said Frank Messina, chairman of the UAB Department of Accounting and Information Systems.

Singleton, 28, of Muscle Shoals, is the son of Rebecca and Tommie Singleton. He is currently a senior associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers. While at UAB, Singleton was named Undergraduate Management Information Systems Student of the Year.

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