Lucien_N._Nedzi

Lucien Nedzi

Lucien Nedzi

American politician

Lucien Norbert Nedzi (born May 28, 1925) is an American attorney and politician from Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1981.

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Early life and education

Nedzi was born to immigrants Aleksander Nedzi and Stephania (née Wojszko) Nedzi in Hamtramck, Michigan, a city surrounded on all sides by Detroit. Nedzi is of Polish descent. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1943. In 1951, he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School of Law. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in January 1952. He later graduated from the National War College and Naval War College.[3]

Military service

From 1944 to 1946, he served in the United States Army during World War II as an infantryman in the Philippines, and in the Corps of Engineers in Japan. From 1946 to 1953, he was in the active United States Army Reserve, during which time he served in the Korean War.

Politics

He served as the public administrator of Wayne County, Michigan from 1955 to 1961.

Congress

Nedzi was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 87th United States Congress in a special election in 1961 to fill the vacancy left by resigning United States Representative Thaddeus M. Machrowicz. He was re-elected in the 1962 election and two years later he was elected from the 14th district and every two years after that until he declined to seek re-election in the 1980 election. In all, he served from November 7, 1961 to January 3, 1981.

Nedzi chaired the House Select Committee on Intelligence, known as the Nedzi Committee, from February 1975 until he controversially resigned in June. The committee's work was continued by the Pike Committee.[4] In addition, Nedzi chaired the Joint Committee on the Library from 1973 to 1979 and the Committee on House Administration from 1979 to 1981.

Personal life

Nedzi married Margaret Kathleen Garvey, known as Peggy, on January 28, 1952 in Laredo, Texas, after they first met on a blind date during her dietetic internship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Together, they had five children and nine grandchildren. For the rest of their marriage, they lived in McLean, Virginia. Peggy Nedzi died on November 1, 2020.[5][6]

References

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    Hannan, Caryn (July 2, 1998). Michigan Biographical Dictionary: A-I. North American Book Dist LLC. ISBN 9780403098019 – via Google Books.
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    "Official congressional directory. 1979". HathiTrust. 1809.
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    "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details". bioguideretro.congress.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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    Lardner Jr., George (11 June 1975). "House Supports Nedzi" (PDF). Washington Post. Rockefeller Commission Item 11. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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    "Community deaths". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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    "Margaret Kathleen Nedzi Obituary - 2020 - Direct Cremation Services of Virginia". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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