[1][2] Fleischman obtained his BA in history from Harvard College, and then moved to the State University of New York Buffalo, where he obtained his MA, his PhD in history, and an MBA with an accounting emphasis.
[3] Fleischman started his academic career at the University of Hawaii in 1969, and taught history until 1981.
In 1983 he moved to the John Carroll University, where he was Professor of Accounting until his retired in 2008.
[3] The academy of Accounting Historians awarded him a Life Membership.
[4] Fleischman's research interests are in the field of history and accounting, and particularly the "UK Industrial revolution cost accounting and US municipal accounting during the Progressive Era.