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'''Bruce Charles Savage''' ([[30 July 1906]] – 4 February 1993) was the [[United States [[Public Housing AuthorityAdministration|Public Housing Administration (PHA) (defunct) ]] Commissioner under President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], serving from 1960 to 1961.<ref>http{{Cite news|url=https://selectwww.nytimes.com/gst1960/abstract03/22/archives/a-hoosier-is-appointed-housing-commissioner.html?res=F70C14F8355C16738DDDAB0A94DB405B808AF1D3&scp=1&sq=%22bruce2522bruce%20savage2520savage%222522%202520%22public2522public%20housing2520housing%222522&scp=1&st=cse|title=A Hoosier is Appointed Housing Commissioner|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 March 1960}}</ref> In A1965, moderateunder President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], the PHA became the present-progressiveday [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]] (HUD). A [[Rockefeller Republican]], heSavage sought to expand the services of national [[public housing]] at a time when public housing was limited in most areas and discouraged by many in both political parties. He was largely seen as a hands-on commissioner whose appointment was considered by others as an indication that Eisenhower was becoming serious about expanding public housing. The US Public Housing Authority was later expanded under Presidents [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] and became the present-day Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Savage was born in [[Indianapolis]] and attended [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]], [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]], and [[Butler University|Butler]] universities. In 1944, he founded the Bruce Savage Company (later called Savage/Landrigan Inc., Realtors, after his son-in-law joined the firm), a residential [[real estate]] companybrokerage that was the largest such firm in Indiana until the late mid-1960s. The firm closed in 1984, following the death of his successor.

Savage was keenly aware of the needs of elderly housing and served on several related national, state, and local governmental and private groups. In addition, he served as the president of the [[Indianapolis Board of Realtors]] (1950), and the [[Greater Indianapolis Progress Commission]] (GIPC). HeA [[Presbyterian]], he was a member of various Indianapolis clubs suchand asorganizations including the Indianapolis [[Columbia Club]], the [[Indianapolis Athletic Club]], [[Kiwanis]], Meridian Hills Country Club, and [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity. He was married to Marabeth Thomas Savage (1908-1994) and was the father of Lynne Penelope Savage Landrigan and Sarah Anne Savage.

*Hunt, D. Bradford, 1968- How Did Public Housing Survive the 1950s? Journal of Policy History - Volume 17, Number 2, 2005, pp. 193-216&nbsp;193–216

*[httphttps://selectwww.nytimes.com/gst1960/abstract12/04/archives/city-marks-birth-of-public-housing-25-years-hailed-at-site-of-first.html?res=F40F1FFA3A541A7A93C6A91789D95F448685F9&scp=2&sq=%22bruce2522bruce%20savage2520savage%222522%202520%22public2522public%20housing2520housing%222522&scp=2&st=cse New York Times article December 4,1960]

*[httphttps://selectwww.nytimes.com/gst1960/abstract05/10/archives/delay-in-public-housing-is-laid-to-race-integration-provisions.html?res=F40715FC3E5916738DDDA90994DD405B808AF1D3&scp=3&sq=%22bruce2522bruce%20savage2520savage%222522%202520%22public2522public%20housing2520housing%222522&scp=3&st=cse New York Times article May 10, 1960]

*[httphttps://selectwww.nytimes.com/gst1962/abstract02/08/archives/urban-proposal-backed-by-daley-two-democratic-governors-also-for.html?res=F30C16FF3D5E147B93CAA91789D85F468685F9&scp=4&sq=%22bruce2522bruce%20savage2520savage%222522%202520%22public2522public%20housing2520housing%222522&scp=4&st=cse New York Times article February 8, 1962]

*[httphttps://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A1EFD3D5C1A728DDDAE0994DD405B808AF1D3&scp=5&sq=%22bruce%20savage%22%20%22public%20housing%22&st=cse New York Times article May 17, 1960]

*[httphttps://selectwww.nytimes.com/gst1960/abstract11/13/archives/jersey-officials-to-meet-tuesday-municipal-aides-parley-in-atlantic.html?res=F10916FB3B541A7A93C1A8178AD95F448685F9&scp=6&sq=%22bruce2522bruce%20savage2520savage%222522%202520%22public2522public%20housing2520housing%222522&scp=6&st=cse New York Times article November 13, 1960]