Franz Hoge
Franz is the retired Managing Partner of the Dayton office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), formerly Coopers & Lybrand LLP. He began his career in 1966 in the New York office after graduating from The City College of New York. Shortly thereafter, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served two years, primarily overseas. He resumed his career in September of 1968 and advanced through various positions of increased responsibilities and was admitted to the Coopers & Lybrand partnership in 1977. In 1980, he was named the Managing Partner of the Dayton Office.
While a partner in the New York office, Franz was the Chairman of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Federal Contracts Committee and the Firm’s National Industry Chairman for the not-for-profit practice. In addition to those responsibilities, he was the engagement partner on the international operations of AT&T, the Loral Corporation, various Rockefeller accounts, Brown Brothers Harriman and Company, Schroeder Bank, Dresdner Bank and many others.
In Dayton, besides being the Managing Partner, Franz was the industry leader for the Emerging Business Practice for the Columbus, Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville and Indianapolis offices. In addition, he was the engagement partner on Scitex Digital Printing, Monarch Machine Tool
Company, Dupps Company, LM Berry & Company, United Aircraft Products, Winters National Bank and subsequently Bank One, Mike-Sell’s Potato Chip Company and many others.
Franz helped develop the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant’s Statement of Position 78-10, Accounting Principles and Reporting Practices for Certain Nonprofit Organizations and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Audit and Accounting Guide: Audit of Certain Nonprofit Organizations.In addition, he spoke at various professional organizations throughout the United States and was involved in the development and teaching of many of the Firm’s training programs.
Professional awards and honors received:
Included in:
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in Finance
Who’s Who in the World
First Honoree of the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter of Wright State University
Volunteer service and civic activities:
Present:
- General Fund-Five-Year Financial Plan for Montgomery County, Co-Chair
- The Dayton Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees and Past Chair of the Development Committee
- Catholic Fund for Dayton Urban Children and Schools, Member of the Board of Trustees and Past President
- Catholic Education Collaborative, Member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer
- Homeless Shelter and Prevention Committee, Co-Chair
- Neighborhood Schools Committee, Member
- Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, Member of the Board of Trustees
Past:
- Human Services Levy Council, Chair
- Good Samaritan Hospital, Chair
- Samaritan Health Partners Insurance Ltd., Chair
- Dayton Museum of Natural History, Chair
- Dayton Opera Association, Chair
- Maria Joseph Living Care Center, Chair
- Hipple Cancer Research Center, Chair
- NCCJ, Chair
- Kettering Children’s Choir, Chair
- Wright State University Board of Advisors of the College of Business and Administration, Chair
- Montgomery County Frail Elderly Task Force, Chair
- St. Albert the Great Parish Council, President
- Wright State University Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Wright State University, Executive in Residence
- Premier Health Partners, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters-Dayton, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Dayton Performing Arts Fund (Culture Works), Member of the Board of Trustees
- Auditor of State, Member of the Business Advisory Board
- National Center for Industrial Competitiveness (NCIC), Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Finance Committee
- Athenaeum of Ohio, Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee
Other:
- Co-chaired capital campaign for the Dayton Museum of Natural History
- Chaired capital campaign for St. Albert the Great Parish
- Co-chaired capital campaign for Catholic Fund for Dayton Urban Children And Schools
Community service awards and honors received:
- Montgomery County Citizen of the Year-2003
- Proclamation from the City of Dayton proclaiming October 30, 2008 asFranz Hoge Day
- Proclamation from the City of Dayton proclaiming January 14, 2008 asFranz Hoge Day
- Proclamation from the City of Dayton proclaiming October 30, 1997 asFranz Hoge Day
- Recipient of the Mother Seton Award from the Sisters of Charity
- Recipient of the 2008 Citizen Legion of Honor Award
- Recipient of the 2010 MLK Award