{"id":2039,"date":"2015-02-25T16:47:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T23:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2015-04-27T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T00:01:33","slug":"john-bretton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/news\/john-bretton\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bretton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news_photo_JohnBretton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news_photo_JohnBretton.jpg\" alt=\"news_photo_JohnBretton\" width=\"360\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news_photo_JohnBretton.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news_photo_JohnBretton-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3lectrik.com\/delawie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news_photo_JohnBretton-270x170.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Bretton, Delawie Principal Emeritus, passed away Tuesday, February 24th.<\/p>\n<p>A man with strong convictions and opinions, John was never afraid to let them be known.\u00a0 He cared for architecture and the profession deeply.\u00a0 His retirement travel included recently completed works of architecture so he could experience them in person, such as The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.\u00a0 His knowledge was extensive, an office go-to resource for details and technical issues.\u00a0 He functioned as Delawie\u2019s specifications writer for many years and was active in the local Construction Specifications Institute.<\/p>\n<p>His loud and blustery query of \u201cwho in the hell drew this detail?\u201d delivered at full volume across the office could scare the uninitiated.\u00a0 It belied his nature as\u00a0a man that was easy to talk to, keen to help younger staff learn and committed to accomplishing a good project.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us have fond memories of his asking \u201cwho the hell are you?\u201d on their first day of work. Or using a soft drafting pencil with such fervor that it embossed lines into your pristine vellum drawing.<\/p>\n<p>John loved to tell a story.\u00a0 He had quite a few, all delivered with his still noticeable Danish accent.\u00a0 Many years ago Delawie was awarded an Onion by the AIA.\u00a0 John gladly accepted the award and gave his speech in his native Danish, telling the audience and judges present that they could go screw themselves and where they should put the award.\u00a0 He said only one person could understand him because John could hear him laughing from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll miss John stopping by the office on his daily walks and whistling a happy\u00a0tune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Bretton, Delawie Principal Emeritus, passed away Tuesday, February 24th. A man with strong convictions and opinions, John was never afraid to let them be known.\u00a0 He cared for architecture and the profession deeply.\u00a0 His retirement travel included recently completed works of architecture so he could experience them in person, such as The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.\u00a0 His knowledge was extensive, an office go-to resource for details and technical issues.\u00a0 He functioned as Delawie\u2019s specifications writer for many years and was active in the local Construction Specifications Institute. 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