Top-Ranked ’90s PPA Class Reunites with Iconic Professor

BY Alan Cundy in Fan Mail on July 23, 2026

Reunion of UT PPA School grads from 1990s.

Alumni from the Number One Accounting School in the Nation meet up in Dallas with iconic professor and early leader of the program at UT, Gary Waters, Life Member. Legend has it, the group's grades on the PPA exam were so high that the school was investigated the AICPA. One Longhorn even brought their accounting book for Dr. Waters to sign.