Full Text of HR0743 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Colonel Michael Zerbonia | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois State | 5 | | Police on September 30, 2015, after 28 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia joined the Illinois State Police | 7 | | on September 21, 1987 with his appointment to Cadet Class 82; | 8 | | upon graduating, he was assigned to the District 3 Patrol in | 9 | | Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia was promoted to the rank of | 11 | | Sergeant in 1995; in 1996, he transferred to the Illinois State | 12 | | Police Academy, where he worked to enhance the Academy's | 13 | | physical skills section; in 1999, he was promoted to the rank | 14 | | of Master Sergeant; in 2005, he was promoted to the rank of | 15 | | Lieutenant; in 2009, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and | 16 | | served as the Bureau Chief of Logistics; in 2010, he was | 17 | | selected to serve as Bureau Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control | 18 | | Unit; in 2011, he was named as District Commander of District 9 | 19 | | in Springfield, where he oversaw the Illinois State Fair and | 20 | | State Inaugurations; in 2011, he was appointed to the rank of | 21 | | Lieutenant Colonel; in 2012, he was appointed to the rank of | 22 | | Colonel of the Division of Operations, where he served until | 23 | | his retirement; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia is a Brigadier General in the | 2 | | Illinois Army National Guard and was recently appointed as the | 3 | | Assistant Adjutant General - Army; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment as the Assistant Adjutant | 5 | | General - Army, General Zerbonia was the Land Forces Component | 6 | | Commander; he enlisted as a military policeman in the Missouri | 7 | | Army National Guard in 1983; he was commissioned as a Second | 8 | | Lieutenant on May 9, 1986 after completing the Reserve Officer | 9 | | Training Corps program at Northeast Missouri State University; | 10 | | in 1988, he transferred to the United States Army to serve as | 11 | | an air defense artillery officer; in 1991, he joined the | 12 | | Illinois National Guard to serve as the assistant air defense | 13 | | coordination officer with the 1st Battalion of the 202nd Air | 14 | | Defense Artillery Regiment; during his service, he supported | 15 | | military operations in Poland, Turkey, and Germany; he also | 16 | | deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from | 17 | | June of 2005 to June of 2006 and to Afghanistan from September | 18 | | of 2012 to June of 2013 in support of Operation Enduring | 19 | | Freedom; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia and his wife, Diane, have one | 21 | | son, Dominic; he is also a huge Oakland Raiders fan and a part | 22 | | of the Raider Nation; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia will be remembered fondly by his | 2 | | fellow ISP officers for his organizational pride of the | 3 | | Illinois State Police, for proudly wearing his uniform daily, | 4 | | and for being a hardworking and extremely energetic State | 5 | | Trooper; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate Colonel Michael Zerbonia on the occasion of his | 9 | | retirement from the Illinois State Police, we wish him well on | 10 | | his new assignment as the Assistant Adjutant General - Army of | 11 | | the Illinois National Guard, and we wish him continued success | 12 | | and happiness in the future; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to Michael Zerbonia as a symbol of our esteem and | 15 | | respect.
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