Nicholas Gonedes W67, 75, passed away on January 21 after a battle with cancer. Nick joined Wharton’s faculty as a professor of accounting and finance in 1979. At Wharton, he was instrumental in the early growth of economics- and statistics-based research in accounting. Nick served on the board of the American Accounting Association during the 1970s and on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting Research. Outside the classroom, he was an avid music fan and musician. He also enjoyed shooting, squash, and cooking traditional dishes of his native Greece. Nick is survived by his brother, Thomas; nieces Tara (Nikos) and Georgia; nephew Andrew (Jaime); and five grand-nieces and grand-nephews.