Who started AIS and how did it get out of Idaho?
Ken Smith and Al Francisco had recently completed their Ph.D. programs and were new accounting faculty members at Idaho State University. They developed a one weekend review course and taught it at Boise Cascade’s corporate headquarters. Many of the people in the course, who had taken the exam several times, suddenly passed. CPA firm staff members heard about the course and traveled to Idaho to take the course. Ken and Al started traveling to the cities they were flying from, and teaching the course in several locations. They still do.
