Percival Brundage | |
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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 April 2, 1892 Amsterdam, New York, U.S. |
Died | July 16, 1979 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 87)
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.
Brundage was born on 2 April 1892 in Amsterdam, New York, the son of Unitarian minister the Rev. William Milton Brundage. [3]
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]
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]
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]