Myron Kulas
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name =Myron Kulas
|image =
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|office=Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
|term_start =1979
|term_end =1993
|predecessor = Michael L. Narduli
|successor=Rod Blagojevich
|constituency = 10th district (1979-1983)
19th district (1983-1993)
|birth_name=
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|9}}
|birth_place =Jarosław, Ukraine
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party =Democratic
|occupation= Businessman
|spouse =Lilia
|residence=
|children =
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|alma_mater=Loyola University
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Myron J. Kulas (born October 9, 1942) is an American politician from the state of Illinois. Kulas was a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1993.
Biography
Myron J. Kulas was born October 9, 1942, in Jaroslaw, Ukraine.{{cite book|editor-last=Edgar|editor-first=Jim|chapter=Biographical Sketch of Myron J. Kulas|title=Illinois Blue Book 1983-1984|page=64|year=1984|accessdate=January 2, 2019|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/39857}} His family emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in Chicago in 1950. Kulas earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Loyola University.{{cite book|editor-last=Dixon|editor-first=Alan J.|chapter=Biographical Sketch of Myron J. Kulas|title=Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980|page=105|year=1980|accessdate=January 2, 2019|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/38685}}
Kulas served as chairman of the House Energy and Environment for eight years.{{cite book|last=Kuropas|first=Myron B.|title=Ukrainians of Chicagoland|year=2006|page=58|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina|lccn=2006927303|accessdate=January 2, 2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0738540994}} Future Governor Rod Blagojevich defeated Kulas in the 1992 Democratic primary by approximately 4,000 votes.{{cite web|last1=Bodily|first1=Amyllen L.|last2=Klemens|first2=Michael D.|title=Election results: Good-bye status quo|date=April 15, 1992|work=Illinois Issues|publisher=Sangamon State University|accessdate=January 2, 2019|url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1995/ii950440.html|quote=If link doesn't work, check if / is between .edu and 1992}}
By 1995, Kulas had moved to La Grange, Illinois.{{cite letter|first=Myron|last=Kulas|recipient=Illinois Issues|subject=Illinois Republican legislative agenda in 1995|language=English|date=April 15, 1995|publisher=Sangamon State University|accessdate=January 2, 2019|url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1995/ii950440.html|quote=If link doesn't work, check if / is between .edu and 1995}}
He was heavily involved as a member of the Ukrainian American community including memberships in the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, American Ukrainian Youth Association, Ukrainian-American Democratic Organization; Ukrainian National Association, and the Chicago Ukrainian Businessmen and Professionals Association. Kulas was in the United States Army Reserve and had received an honorable discharge by 1983.
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Category:American politicians of Ukrainian descent
Category:Loyola University Chicago alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Chicago
Category:Ukrainian emigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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