Lucien Norbert Nedzi (born May 28, 1925) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Michigan. Nedzi was born in Hamtramck, near Detroit. Nedzi graduated from the University of Michigan in 1943. In 1949, he attended the University of Detroit School of Law. He earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1951 and was admitted to the Michigan bar in January of 1952.
From 1944-1946, he served in the United States Army during World War II as an infantyman in the Philippines and in the Corps of Engineers in Japan. From 1946-1953, he was in the active United States Army Reserve, during which time he served in the Korean Conflict.
Nedzi was elected to the 87th United States Congress in a special election in 1961 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Thaddeus M. Machrowicz. He was re-elected in the 1962 election and every two years after that until he declined to seek re-election in the 1980. In all, he served from November 7, 1961 to January 3, 1981.
Nedzi chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence from 1975 to 1977, the Joint Committee on the Library from 1973 to 1979 and the Committee on House Administration from 1979 to 1981.
Nedzi now lives in McLean, Virginia.
