Myron Kulas

Myron J. Kulas was born October 9, 1942, in Jaroslaw, Ukraine.^[1] 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.^[2]

Kulas served as chairman of the House Energy and Environment for eight years.^[3] Future Governor Rod Blagojevich defeated Kulas in the 1992 Democratic primary by approximately 4,000 votes.^[4]

By 1995, Kulas had moved to La Grange, Illinois.^[5]

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.^[2] Kulas was in the United States Army Reserve and had received an honorable discharge by 1983.^[1]