Dave McClure

Executive Director - Bristol Bay Housing Authority

Dillingham

Sabbatical Award Year: 2009

Organization Description

Bristol Bay Housing Authority's mission is to eliminate substandard housing conditions through the development of local capacities that will provide safe, decent and affordable housing opportunities for Native population of Bristol Bay

In memory of David McClure

Dave McClure came to Alaska in 1979 as a VISTA volunteer and gave back his entire career. He died in 2021. [Read his obituary.]

For 14 years, he served as village administrator for the Kvichak River community of Levelock and helped establish local control of federally funded housing developments. For 21 years, he led the Bristol Bay Housing Authority. In 2009, he was able to reset and refresh with a Rasmuson Foundation sabbatical award. He retired in 2014.

“He was a great man and will be greatly missed by all here at the Bristol Bay Housing Authority,” said payroll accountant Eileen Savo, who worked with him for a dozen years. “He did so much for the people of Bristol Bay.”