Ernest L. Ten Eyck, 67; founded accounting firm

Ernest L. Ten Eyck, 67, of Birdsboro, Pa., an executive with FTI Consulting in King of Prussia, died of an infection Thursday, Sept. 8, at Reading Hospital.

In 1992, Mr. Ten Eyck established Ten Eyck Associates, specializing in financial litigation consulting, expert witness testimony, and corporate investigations, with offices in King of Prussia and Washington.

After FTI Consulting acquired the firm in 2003, Mr. Ten Eyck became senior managing director of FTI's forensic and litigation consulting practice in King of Prussia.

An FTI colleague, David Lasater, described Mr. Ten Eyck as "a singular impressive intelligence and a rock star in the arenas in which we work."

In a tribute, FTI's chief executive officer, Jack Dunn, wrote, "Ernie embodies the FTI Consulting raison d'être: a group of entrepreneurs dedicated to the highest levels of excellence and client service, brought together by a belief that together we can accomplish more and better things than we can alone."

A native of Maryland, Mr. Ten Eyck earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from George Washington University in 1966. He was then with the accounting firm Ernst & Ernst (now Ernst & Young) for two years.

During the Vietnam War, he served in the Army and completed a tour in Vietnam.

After his discharge in 1970, he joined Disclosure Inc. in Bethesda, Md., where he helped develop a database for Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Mr. Ten Eyck was later with the SEC in Washington for six years. As assistant chief accountant at the SEC, he monitored the Auditing Standards Board, which issues standards for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also helped draft language for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and directed investigations of financial transactions by public corporations.

In the early 1980s, Mr. Ten Eyck moved to Philadelphia to join the accounting firm Laventhol & Horwath. While there, he served a three-year term on the Auditing Standards Board.

Mr. Ten Eyck wrote and lectured extensively about forensic accounting and SEC rules and practices. He had been a member of the adjunct faculty at American University and was active with several professional organizations. He was a past treasurer of the Association of SEC Alumni and was a member of the editorial advisory board for Insights, a business magazine.

He enjoyed fishing, especially in northern Canada, and planting and pruning trees and riding his tractor at Cheshire Farm, his home in Birdsboro.

Mr. Ten Eyck is survived by his wife of 27 years, Dorothy Walker; a brother; and nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was to be scheduled.