In Memoriam

The world is a little less today without Sid in it. He touched so many lives in a real and positive way that it is…

Sid was the ultimate professional. Generations of tax professionals relied upon him for training. We enjoyed speaking at his conferences and being a part of…

Sid and I met through a mutual friend at a dinner six years ago when Sid was 91 years young. He quickly became my mentor…

Sid Kess was a giant. There really are no words to describe the loss I feel now that Sid is gone. When I was a…

Sidney Kess was our first Sidney and Jewel Fields Distinguished Tax Lecturer, when I was the chair of the accounting department of Wayne State University…

I first took one of Sid's income tax updates more than 50 years ago. Even then, he was well-known and highly thought of, and his…

I had no idea when I first met Sid Kess several years back, when we both served on the FAE Board of Directors, that I…

The term “mensch” is a Yiddish word meaning “a person of integrity, morality, and dignity, with a sense of what is right and responsible.” That's…

The profession lost a wonderous and special guiding light in Sid Kess. I do not think he let anyone call him “Sidney” or “Mr. Kess,”…

There are very few people you meet that are truly a pleasure to interact with every time you speak with them, and Sidney Kess was…

Remembering Sid Kess On Sunday, September 17, many in the accounting tax and accounting community lost a longtime expert, mentor, and friend: Sid Kess, who,…