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Percival Brundage
12th Director of the Bureau of the Budget
In office
April 2, 1956 ? March 17, 1958
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by Rowland Hughes
Succeeded by Maurice Stans
Personal details
Born
Percival Flack Brundage

( 1892-04-02 ) April 2, 1892
Amsterdam , New York , U.S.
Died July 16, 1979 (1979-07-16) (aged 87)
Ridgewood , New Jersey , U.S.
Political party Republican
Education Harvard University ( BA )

Percival Flack Brundage (April 2, 1892 [1]  ? July 16, 1979 [2] ) was an American accountant who served as the director of the United States Office of Management and Budget from April 2, 1956, until March 17, 1958.

Early years [ edit ]

Brundage was born on 2 April 1892 in Amsterdam, New York , the son of Unitarian minister the Rev. William Milton Brundage. [3]

Career [ edit ]

Before entering government service, Brundage was an accountant since 1914, [4] and a senior partner at Price Waterhouse & Co. [5] Brundage was appointed as deputy director when Rowland Hughes was appointed director in May 1954. [6] President Eisenhower appointed Brundage as director from 2 April 1956 (his 64th birthday [1] ), following Hughes' resignation. [5] He resigned from the post on 13 March 1956. [7] In 1955, Brundage was elected to the Accounting Hall of Fame . [8]

Boards and charity work [ edit ]

Brundage was president of the National Bureau of Economic Research [5] and president of the American Institute of Accountants . [7] He was also Treasurer for the People to People Health Foundation , [9] as well as director of the American Unitarian Association . [10]

Personal life [ edit ]

In 1918, Brundage married Amittai Ostrander and had a son (Robert Percival) and a daughter (Lois Ammittai), and 4 grandchildren. [1] Brundage was an amateur artist who exhibited paintings at the Century Club in New York. [1]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d Marjorie Dent Candee, ed. (1958). Current Biography yearbook . Vol. 18. H. W. Wilson Company . pp. 81?82 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  2. ^ Yearbook . New York : Century Association . 1980. p. 216 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  3. ^ Schoenebaum, Eleanora W.; Levine, Michael L (1976). Political profiles . Political Profiles: The Eisenhower Years. Vol. 2. Facts on File . ISBN   978-0-87196-452-6 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  4. ^ "Another Budget Buster" . The Pittsburgh Press . E.W. Scripps Company . 21 April 1956. p. 6 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  5. ^ a b c "Hughes resigns as Director of Budget" . Lewiston Daily Sun . James R. Costello Sr. 21 January 1956. p. 3 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  6. ^ "Appointment With the President" . The New York Times . 30 May 1954. Section: MAGAZINE, Page SM12 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  7. ^ a b "Budget Chief Brundage Resigns Job" . St. Petersburg Times . Times Publishing Company . 14 March 1956. pp. 1, 3.
  8. ^ "Hall of Fame: 1954 to 1956" . Fisher College of Business . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  9. ^ "Film On Hope's Progress To Be Shown At Breakers" . Palm Beach Daily News . Cox Enterprises . 26 March 1961. p. 1 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
  10. ^ Clarence Kirshman Streit, ed. (1955). Freedom & union . Vol. 10?11. Federal Union (US). pp. 8?9 . Retrieved 9 March 2010 .
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Preceded by Director of the Bureau of the Budget
1961?1962 		Succeeded by


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