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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Colonel Michael Zerbonia
4on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois State
5Police on September 30, 2015, after 28 years of service; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia joined the Illinois State Police
7on September 21, 1987 with his appointment to Cadet Class 82;
8upon graduating, he was assigned to the District 3 Patrol in
9Chicago; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia was promoted to the rank of
11Sergeant in 1995; in 1996, he transferred to the Illinois State
12Police Academy, where he worked to enhance the Academy's
13physical skills section; in 1999, he was promoted to the rank
14of Master Sergeant; in 2005, he was promoted to the rank of
15Lieutenant; in 2009, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and
16served as the Bureau Chief of Logistics; in 2010, he was
17selected to serve as Bureau Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control
18Unit; in 2011, he was named as District Commander of District 9
19in Springfield, where he oversaw the Illinois State Fair and
20State Inaugurations; in 2011, he was appointed to the rank of
21Lieutenant Colonel; in 2012, he was appointed to the rank of
22Colonel of the Division of Operations, where he served until
23his retirement; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia is a Brigadier General in the
2Illinois Army National Guard and was recently appointed as the
3Assistant Adjutant General - Army; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment as the Assistant Adjutant
5General - Army, General Zerbonia was the Land Forces Component
6Commander; he enlisted as a military policeman in the Missouri
7Army National Guard in 1983; he was commissioned as a Second
8Lieutenant on May 9, 1986 after completing the Reserve Officer
9Training Corps program at Northeast Missouri State University;
10in 1988, he transferred to the United States Army to serve as
11an air defense artillery officer; in 1991, he joined the
12Illinois National Guard to serve as the assistant air defense
13coordination officer with the 1st Battalion of the 202nd Air
14Defense Artillery Regiment; during his service, he supported
15military operations in Poland, Turkey, and Germany; he also
16deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from
17June of 2005 to June of 2006 and to Afghanistan from September
18of 2012 to June of 2013 in support of Operation Enduring
19Freedom; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia and his wife, Diane, have one
21son, Dominic; he is also a huge Oakland Raiders fan and a part
22of the Raider Nation; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia will be remembered fondly by his
2fellow ISP officers for his organizational pride of the
3Illinois State Police, for proudly wearing his uniform daily,
4and for being a hardworking and extremely energetic State
5Trooper; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8congratulate Colonel Michael Zerbonia on the occasion of his
9retirement from the Illinois State Police, we wish him well on
10his new assignment as the Assistant Adjutant General - Army of
11the Illinois National Guard, and we wish him continued success
12and happiness in the future; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to Michael Zerbonia as a symbol of our esteem and
15respect.