Nance Lilian Dulaj (Koper)
Health laboratories executive, actress, Polish and local community leader
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1970, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1982, Master of Arts (M.A.) candidate, St. Xavier University, Chicago (IL); certified teacher, Illinois.
Career: administrative assistant, Chicago Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories.
Author: correspondent, Southwest News Herald; actress in numerous films and theater plays, i.a.: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, She's Having a Baby, Vice Versa, Men Don't Leave, The Music Box, Father Jim, Curly Sue, Kiss me, Katisha, Hello, Carmen.
Member of: Family Center advisor, Greater Lawn Mental Health Center, 1967; Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women; Polish American Women Association; volunteer at numerous organizations and charitable actions.
Honors, i.a.: Chicago Legal Secretary of the Year, Chicago Legal Secretaries Association, 1973; certified for culture development, Bronze Medal for talent, 25th Annual Convention of Modeling Association of America; Spark Award for versatility in film, 1987; listed in: Contemporary Biography - Women, Who's Who of American Women, The American Woman Executive Register, Personalities of America Hall of Fame, Who's Who in the Midwest, The World Who's Who of Women, The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Who's Who in Society, Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century, International Who's Who in Medicine, International Book of Honor.
Languages: English, Polish, Spanish.
Hobbies: singing, dancing, volunteer work.
Home: 7235 S. Avers Ave., Chicago, IL 60629.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996