Lucien Norbert NEDZI, Congress, MI (1925)

NEDZI, Lucien Norbert, a Representative from Michigan; born in Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich., May 28, 1925; graduated from Hamtramck High School, Hamtranck, Mich., 1943; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1948; attended the University of Detroit Law School, Detroit, Mich., 1949; J.D., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1951; United States Army, 1944-1946, served as a combat infantryman in the Philippines and in the Corps of Engineers in Japan; United States Army Reserve, 1946-1953, served in the Korean conflict; admitted to the Michigan bar in January 1952; admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1977; lawyer, private practice; Wayne County, Mich., public administrator, 1955-1961; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1960 and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Thaddeus M. Machrowicz; reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses (November 7, 1961-January 3, 1981); chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fourth Congress), Joint Committee on the Library (Ninety-third through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on House Administration (Ninety-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; is a resident of McLean, Va.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present