Stephen Jelicich
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{{Infobox architect
| name= Stephen Jelicich
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}
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| birth_name= Stjepan Albert Jeličić
| birth_date= {{Birth date|1923|03|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place= Sućuraj, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (present-day Republic of Croatia)
| death_date= {{Death date and age|2015|12|19|1923|03|01|df=yes}}
| death_place=Auckland, New Zealand
| spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Jean McLennan|1958}}
| alma_mater = University of Auckland
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| practice = Brenner Associates (1949–58)
JASMaD (1963–89)
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Stephen Albert Jelicich {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (1 March 1923 – 19 December 2015) was a New Zealand architect and historian.
Early life and family
Born Stjepan Albert Jeličić on 1 March 1923 in Sućuraj, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (present-day Republic of Croatia),{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=NZNaturalisations&h=113425|title=New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981|year=2010|publisher=Ancestry.com Operations|accessdate=21 December 2015|url-access=subscription }} the son of Victor and Srećka Jeličić,{{cite journal|date=January 2009|title=From distant villages: the lives and times of Croatian settlers in New Zealand, 1858–1958|url=http://www.durham.net/facts/crogen/newsltr17.html|journal=Croatian Genealogy Newsletter|issue=17|accessdate=21 December 2015}} the family emigrated to New Zealand in 1927.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/From-Distant-Villages-Stephen-Jelicich/9780473130299|title=From Distant Villages|website=Fishpond.co.nz|access-date=21 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135549/http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/From-Distant-Villages-Stephen-Jelicich/9780473130299|archive-date=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}} Stephen Jelicich became a naturalised New Zealander in 1928.
He was educated at Sacred Heart College, and later studied at Auckland University College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1949.{{cite web|url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university13.html|title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: I–K|accessdate=8 April 2014}} Jelicich married Barbara Jean McLennan in 1958.
Architectural practice
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In 1949, Jelicich formed Brenner Associates in Auckland with fellow architects Desmond Mullen and Ron Grant and designer Milan Mrkusich. As well as architectural work, the firm engaged in integrated interior, exhibition, lighting and furniture design.{{cite journal|last=Lloyd-Jenkins|first=Douglas|title=Modernism and the Auckland Design Community|journal=New Zealand Home & Building: The 1950s Show|year=1992|issue=Souvenir edition|page=58|publisher=AGM Publishing/Auckland Art Gallery|location=Auckland|ISBN=0864631898}} In 1950 they established Auckland's first modern design store, specialising in imported and local furniture, ceramics, woodwork and glass.{{cite web |url=http://www.lostproperty.org.nz/architects/vlad-cacala/ |title=Vlad Cacala |date= |website=Lost Property |publisher= |accessdate= 21 November 2015}}
Brenner Associates was dissolved in about 1958, and Jelicich went into sole practice.{{cite book |last=Simmons |first=Lynda |url=http://www.lyndasimmonsarchitect.co.nz/pdf/1.History.pdf |title=From Man Alone to larrikin: the work of Neil Simmons 1958–84 (MArch thesis) |publisher=University of Auckland |year=2011 |pages=36–37 |author-link=Lynda Simmons |accessdate=21 December 2015}}
Around 1960, Jelicich formed the Architects Planning Group, with the aim of influencing planning issues in Auckland.{{cite news|url=http://issuu.com/ponsonbynews/docs/ponsonbynewsjun14highres4web/26|title=A tribute to Ivan Mercep|date=June 2014|work=Ponsonby News|accessdate=21 December 2015|first=Deirdre|last=Tohill|page=26}} He entered into partnership in 1963 with Rodney Davies, Ivan Mercep, John Austin and Graham Smith to form what would become JASMaD (later Jasmax, one of the largest architectural practices in New Zealand).{{cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00253/new-zealands-best-new-buildings-recognised.htm|title=New Zealand's best new buildings recognised|date=25 May 2008|work=Scoop Independent News|accessdate=21 December 2015}}
Historian
Jelicich researched the history of Croatian immigrants to New Zealand and their descendants. His book, From distant villages: the lives and times of Croatian settlers in New Zealand, 1858–1959, was published in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/mainlander/347415/Still-yearning-for-Croatia|title=Still yearning for Croatia|date=4 April 2008|work=the Press|accessdate=21 December 2015|first=Mike|last=Crean}} He was also a contributor to the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.{{DNZB|title=Kosovich, Ante|first=Stephen A.|last=Jelicich|id=3k20|accessdate=21 December 2015}}{{DNZB|title=Totich, John Mark|first=Stephen A.|last=Jelicich|id=3t39|accessdate=21 December 2015}}
Death
Jelicich died in Auckland on 19 December 2015 at the age of 92.{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=stephen-a-jelicich-stipe&pid=176964235 | title=Stephen Jelicich death notice | date=21 December 2015 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=21 December 2015}}
Honours
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Jelicich was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to architecture and the community.{{cite web|url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/383|title=New Year Honours List 2003|date=31 December 2002|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|accessdate=21 December 2015}} He was also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.
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Category:Yugoslav emigrants to New Zealand
Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:New Zealand architects
Category:21st-century New Zealand historians
Category:Naturalised citizens of New Zealand
Category:New Zealand Roman Catholics
Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland