AUBURN — Many of the good things Harry Woodard did for the city of Auburn, he did twice.

He served on the City Council from 1957 to 1961 and then did it all over again in 1985.

He was elected mayor in 1963 and again in 1987.

He only served once as executive director of the Auburn Housing Authority but he did that for 18 years. And in that time, he did a lot.

A public servant in Auburn for decades, Woodard died Thursday at Clover Health Care. He was 90 years old.

“Auburn has lost a remarkable citizen who loved and took a great deal of pride in his city,” it states in Woodard’s obituary, and few would question the assertion.

In his roles as mayor and director of the Housing Authority, Woodard oversaw much of the Auburn boom of the 1970s and 1980s. He was there for the development of the Roak Block, Barker Mill Arms and Esplanade. He helped bring in housing for the elderly and for low-income families.

“Bud made his mark on Auburn in all kinds of ways,” said Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce President Chip Morrison. “He was just one of those great guys and he spent his whole life boosting Auburn. He was a good man to the core.”

Woodard graduated from Edward Little High School in 1938. He enlisted in the military and served with the 5th Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946. Back at home, he worked in sales for 27 years, but the bulk of his time was spent in the service of his community.

He was a member of the Tri-County Mental Health Association, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, the Auburn Board of Assessors, the Maine Association of Public Housing Directors, with whom he served as president.

“He was a very dedicated person,” said John Cleveland, also a former Auburn mayor. “He gave a lot of his time to make the community a better place.”

When Woodard began to serve with the Housing Authority, it was a fairly new agency, Cleveland said.  Woodard helped to shape it while providing homes and programs to help the less fortunate.

“He always had the best interest in the community in mind,” Cleveland said.

Morrison said he last spoke with Woodard in September when the two attended an Auburn Community Band concert at Schooner Estates. At 90, the man was still vivacious, his legacy established and his mind sharp.

“I saw him literally every week at the concerts,” Morrison said. “I’m going to miss him.”