John Bruce Bredin

Background

Bredin, John Bruce was born on June 1, 1914 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Robert and Margaret (Starrett) Bredin.

Education

Student, College William and Mary, 1932-1934; Doctor of Laws (honorary), College William and Mary, 1986; student, University Pennsylvania, 1938-1940; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Delaware, 1991; HHD (honorary), University Delaware, 1991.

Career

Civilian employee, United States Government, 1934-1938; with, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1939-1945, 49-52; with, Texaco, 1945-1946; president, Bredin Realty Company, 1950-1981; retired, Bredin Realty Company. Participant in Smithsonian expeditions to Africa and West Indies. Member special fine arts committee Department State.

Former chairman Fund for Diplomatic Reception Rms. Foundation, Department State, Endowment of Diplomatic Reception Rms.

Achievements

• John Bruce Bredin has been listed as a noteworthy real estate executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member trustee advisory committee Longwood Gardens Inc. Member development committee Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Founding chairman Henry Francis Du Pont Collectors Circle.

Emeritus board directors Medical Center of Delaware. Vice president, trustee Unidel Foundation. Trustee, former vice chairman Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

Former board directors College William and Mary. Honorary trustee Foxcroft School (life, trustee), University Delaware. Emeritus board directors University Delaware Library.

Associates; former senior warder Christ Church, Christiana Hundred. Lifetime trustee & director Medical Center Delaware Hospital Foundation. Corporation member Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

Fellow Smithsonian Institution (honorary). Member Delaware Academy Medicine (retired director), History Society Delaware (retired trustee), American Competitive Enterprise Systems (honorary life director), Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Vicmead Hunt Club, Greenville Country Club, Wilmington Club, Wilmington Country Club, Everglades Club, Society of Four Arts (Palm Beach, Florida), Gulf Stream Bath and Tennis Club, Gulf Stream Golf Club (Delray Beach, Florida), Nantucket Yacht Club, Sankaty Head Golf Club (Nantucket), Metropolitan Club (Washington).

Connections

Married Octavia M. duPont, August 4, 1945. Children: Stephanie du P. B. Speakman, Margaretta Starrett Bredin Brokaw, Jonathan Bruce, Alletta Bredin-Bell, Laura L. Bredin Hussey, Antonia Bredin Massie.

Father:

Robert Bredin

Mother:

Margaret (Starrett) Bredin

Spouse:

Octavia M. duPont

child:

Laura L. Bredin Hussey Bredin

child:

Jonathan Bruce Bredin

child:

Margaretta Starrett Bredin Brokaw Bredin

child:

Stephanie du P. B. Speakman Bredin

child:

Antonia Bredin Massie Bredin

child:

Alletta Bredin-Bell Bredin