Percival Brundage

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.

Percival Brundage
12th Director of the Bureau of the Budget
In office
April 2, 1956 – March 17, 1958
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byRowland Hughes
Succeeded byMaurice Stans
Personal details
Born
Percival Flack Brundage

(1892-04-02)April 2, 1892
Amsterdam, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 16, 1979(1979-07-16) (aged 87)
Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationHarvard University (BA)

Early years

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

Career

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

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

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
  1. 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. "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. "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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