Lucien Nedzi

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Lucien Nedzi
Lucien Nedzi-96th Congress (1979).jpeg
Nedzi from the Congressional pictorial directory, 1979
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Michigan's 14th district
In office
January 3, 1965 –January 3, 1981
Children5 [2]
Education University of Michigan (BA)
University of Detroit (JD)
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Branch/serviceFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
United States Army Reserve
Years of service1944–1946 (active)
1946–1953 (reserve)
Battles/wars World War II
Korean War

Lucien Norbert Nedzi (born May 28, 1925) is an American retired attorney and politician from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as public administrator of Wayne County, Michigan from 1955 to 1961 and 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 (Wojszko) Nedzi in the town of Hamtramck, Michigan, an exclave of 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 Mercy 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 United States Army 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 U.S. representative 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 U.S. 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 United States Congressional Joint Committee on the Library from 1973 to 1979 and the United States House Committee on House Administration from 1979 to 1981.

Personal life

Nedzi married the former Margaret Kathleen "Peggy" Garvey on January 28, 1952, in Laredo, Texas, after they 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. [5] Peggy Nedzi died on November 1, 2020 [6] [7] at age 95 while recovering from an acute Rheumatoid vasculitis earlier in the fall. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Hannan, Caryn (July 2, 1998). Michigan Biographical Dictionary: A-I. North American Book Dist LLC. ISBN   9780403098019 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Official congressional directory. 1979". HathiTrust. 1809.
  3. ↑ "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details". bioguideretro.congress.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. ↑ Lardner Jr., George (11 June 1975). "House Supports Nedzi" (PDF). Washington Post . Rockefeller Commission Item 11. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Lucien Nedzi". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Community deaths". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Margaret Kathleen Nedzi Obituary - 2020 - Direct Cremation Services of Virginia". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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