By: Sheena Peters—
Muncie, IN – Regional public accounting and advisory firm, Whitinger & Company, is pleased to announce that Member/Owner Linn Crull, CPA received the Paul W. Parkison Department of Accounting Award of Excellence for 2019 from Ball State University.
On April 29th, 2019, the Paul W. Parkison Department of Accounting hosted its 10th Annual Alumni Awards Dinner at the Ball State University Alumni Center. This event provides an excellent opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of some of its most distinguished alumni. This year, members of the Department’s Advisory Council selected Linn Crull to receive the Award of Excellence, one of the top awards bestowed upon alumni. The award is given to accounting department alumni who have positions of distinction in academia, business, or government and demonstrate outstanding success in their field.
Linn has served in the role of managing partner for the firm for nearly 20 years and has guided it through acquisitions, implementation of a strategic plan, expansion of professional services, their location of company headquarters in 2007, and the opening of a second office in the Indianapolis market. He is also an active accountant specializing in tax planning and compliance services, as well as small business consulting. A native of Cambridge City, Indiana, Crull joined Whitinger & Company in 1979 after graduating from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
Linn is a member of the East Central Indiana Estate Planning Council and is a past president of the Muncie Chapter of the Indiana CPA Society; as well as a former board member of the Indiana CPA Society. He also chaired the State CPA Society’s Management of Accounting Practice Committee and was a trustee for the Society’s Educational Foundation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Linn is a long-standing member of Muncie Rotary, where he recently served as a board member. He is a board member for Cardinal Greenways and Great Muncie Area Council on Youth Leadership. He also serves as a Director of MututalFirst Financial and the MutualBank Charitable Foundation; is a current board member & treasurer of Muncie Mission Ministries and a member of the Muncie Children’s Museum Advisory Board. Linn and his family are members of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Muncie where he previously served as chairman of the finance committee.
