PRINTER'S NO. 3002
No. 542 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, ARGALL, BAKER, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BRENNAN,
CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COHEN, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS,
EVERETT, FABRIZIO, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HARKINS, HELM,
HERSHEY, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KENNEY, KORTZ, LENTZ,
MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANTZ, MARSHALL, McCALL, MENSCH, METCALFE,
MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN,
PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PERRY, PETRONE, RAPP, READSHAW,
REICHLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH,
SOLOBAY, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH,
WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 11, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
DECEMBER 11, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Brigadier General Cecil B. Hengeveld upon his
2 retirement as Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs.
3 WHEREAS, Brigadier General (PA) Cecil B. Hengeveld was
4 appointed Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs of the
5 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on May 29, 2001, and
6 charged with supervising the administration of veterans'
7 assistance to Pennsylvania's 1.1 million military veterans, as
8 well as the operation of the Commonwealth's six veterans' homes
9 and the Scotland School for Veterans' Children; and
10 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld will retire from this assignment
11 on December 28, 2007, and will be recognized at a formal
12 retirement ceremony on January 4, 2008; and
13 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld retired from the Pennsylvania Army
1 National Guard with the federally recognized rank of colonel in
2 1998, and in his last assignment with the Guard, he served as
3 commanding officer of the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation
4 Training Site (EAATS) at Fort Indiantown Gap; and
5 WHEREAS, Born in Allentown, General Hengeveld is a 1964
6 graduate of the Church Farm School in Exton; and
7 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld's education includes a bachelor's
8 degree in professional aeronautics in 1989 from Embry-Riddle
9 Aeronautical University and a master's degree in education,
10 training and development in 1999 from The Pennsylvania State
11 University; and
12 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld enlisted in the United States Army
13 in 1965 and became a warrant officer in 1966, along with
14 receiving his aviator's wings; and
15 WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, General
16 Hengeveld served during the Vietnam Conflict for 12 months and,
17 upon his return to the United States, served as a flight and
18 classroom instructor at Fort Rucker, after which he was
19 honorably discharged from active duty in 1969; and
20 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld joined the Pennsylvania Army
21 National Guard in 1970 and received a direct commission to
22 second lieutenant; and
23 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld has served as commander of the
24 1028th Transportation Helicopter Company, branch chief and
25 operations and training officer of EAATS, aviation staff officer
26 in the Guard's State Area Command Headquarters and commanding
27 officer of Army Aviation Support Facilities in Washington and at
28 Fort Indiantown Gap; and
29 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld completed the Infantry Officers
30 Basic Course in 1973, the Armored Advanced Course in 1978 and
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1 Command and General Staff College in 1983, and he holds a Master
2 Aviator rating with more than 7,100 flight hours in rotary and
3 fixed-wing aircraft; and
4 WHEREAS, General Hengeveld's military awards and decorations
5 include the Legion of Merit, Air Medal with 30 oak leaf
6 clusters, Air Medal with "V" device, National Defense Service
7 Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic
8 of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Pennsylvania Commendation Medal,
9 Pennsylvania Service Ribbon and General Thomas Stewart Medal;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Brigadier General Hengeveld has, throughout his
12 illustrious military career, served this nation and this
13 Commonwealth with honor, courage and distinction; therefore be
14 it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Brigadier
16 General Cecil B. Hengeveld upon his retirement as Deputy
17 Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs.
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