[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8027]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING ED ZABROCKI FOR HIS 34 YEARS OF SERVICE AS MAYOR OF TINLEY 
                             PARK, ILLINOIS

                                 ______
                                 

                          HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 1, 2015

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ed Zabrocki who 
recently retired after serving 34 years as Mayor of Tinley Park, 
Illinois. Throughout his time in office, Mayor Zabrocki demonstrated 
tremendous dedication to his community and its residents.
  Ed Zabrocki began his career in public service by serving on the 
Tinley Park Human Resources Commission and became a Village Trustee in 
1979. Two years later he was elected Mayor of Tinley Park.
  Throughout his tenure in office, Mayor Zabrocki maintained a strong 
commitment to Tinley Park's residents. Under his leadership, the 
village became one of the fastest growing municipalities in the nation. 
In 2005 he was named as a finalist for the World Mayor Award. In 2006, 
the Commerce Department recognized Mayor Zabrocki with the Excellence 
in Economic Development Award for ``recognizing commitment to sound, 
research-based, market driven economic development in helping to grow 
the local economy.'' In addition to his service to Tinley Park, Ed 
Zabrocki was elected to be the 37th District's State Representative in 
the 89th Illinois General Assembly.
  Ed Zabrocki has also been dedicated to education. After two years as 
a teacher at Bishop Noll, he was hired to teach at Brother Rice High 
School in Chicago in 1965. Forty years later he retired as Director of 
Guidance. Over the years he had a great influence on his students, with 
five of them going on to be elected to public office in the Chicago 
area.
  Mayor Zabrocki and his wife Emily are the parents of two children and 
the grandparents of seven. In retirement he plans to spend more time 
with his family as well as his Lionel train sets and his baritone sax.

                          ____________________