AICPA Recognizes RSM’s Cal Granite with 2023 Elijah Watt Sells Award

CHICAGO – June 21, 2024 – RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market – is proud to announce that one of its professionals, Cal Granite, was recently named a 2023 Elijah Watt Sells Award recipient by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for outstanding performance on the Uniform CPA Examination.

Granite was among this year’s 40 award recipients, out of more than 86,000 individuals who sat for the exam in 2023. To earn the Elijah Watt Sells Award, recipients must have obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the exam, passed all four sections of the examination on their first attempt and completed testing in 2023.

“We are extremely proud of Cal for receiving this esteemed award and honor his dedication to the practice of accounting,” said Joel Shamon, enterprise assurance leader with RSM US LLP. “It’s a testament to the commitment to excellence and quality consistently demonstrated by our people and is why I’m so optimistic for the future of our profession.”

“The CPA Exam is a rigorous test, and these individuals performed extraordinarily well,” said Mike Decker, AICPA vice president – CPA Examination and pipeline. “They deserve the heartiest of congratulations for their achievement, and we at the AICPA look forward to supporting these accountants as they continue on to a bright future in the profession.”

The Elijah Watt Sells Award program was established by the AICPA in 1923 to recognize outstanding performance on the CPA Exam. Sells, one of the first CPAs in the U.S., was active in the establishment of the AICPA and played a key role in advancing professional education within the accounting profession.