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2016 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 47
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Colonel William S. "Bill" Orlov upon his military
career, his induction into the LSU Ole War Skule Hall of Honor and his lifetime of
volunteerism.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Colonel William S. "Bill" Orlov upon his military career, his induction into
3 the Louisiana State University Cadets of the Ole War Skule Hall of Honor and his
4 lifetime of volunteerism.
5 WHEREAS, Bill Orlov, a native of Alexandria, Louisiana, earned a bachelor degree
6 in business from Louisiana State University and received his Masters of Business
7 Administration also from LSU in 1961; and
8 WHEREAS, at LSU Orlov was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and was
9 active in Interfraternity Council activities and in the Student Government Association; and
10 WHEREAS, also during his college years, Orlov served as the vice president of the
11 College of Commerce and was a member of Delta Sigma Pi, a professional business
12 fraternity; and
13 WHEREAS, Bill Orlov's military career and training began at LSU as a member of
14 the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, known as ROTC; he was a member of the National
15 Society of Scabbard and Blade, a national military honor society; received the President's
16 Medal as the Outstanding Junior ROTC cadet and was recognized as a Distinguished
17 Military Graduate upon graduation and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the
18 United States Army; and
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1 WHEREAS, while an officer in the Army, Orlov graduated from the United States
2 Army Infantry Officer Basic Training for lieutenants and the advanced course for captains,
3 both at Fort Benning, Georgia; and
4 WHEREAS, Colonel Orlov's military career took him to the Army Special Warfare
5 School, the Command and General Staff college, the Army War College and the United
6 States' State Department's Foreign Service Institute; and
7 WHEREAS, Orlov served in a variety of command, staff, advisor and special
8 operations assignments both in the U.S. and overseas, including multiple tours of duty in
9 Southeast Asia; and
10 WHEREAS, at various times during his illustrious career, Colonel Orlov commanded
11 the First Battalion and the Twenty-eighth Infantry, he served as the assistant chief of staff
12 of Second Army Division and he commanded the special troops of the Combined Field
13 Army (Republic of Korea/U.S.) at Camp Red Cloud, Korea; and
14 WHEREAS, Colonel Orlov was a much decorated soldier, receiving the Combat
15 Infantryman Badge, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star with V-device
16 and four oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster,
17 Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army
18 Command Medal with four oak leaf clusters and the Army Achievement Medal; and
19 WHEREAS, in addition to this array of awards and medals, Colonel Orlov is a
20 member of the National Infantry Association Order of Saint Maurice and has the unique
21 distinction of being designated a Distinguished Member of both the Sixteenth Infantry
22 Regiment and the Twenty-eighth Infantry Regiment, honors bestowed by the secretary of
23 the Army; and
24 WHEREAS, at the time of his retirement from active duty in the U.S. Army, Colonel
25 Orlov was the chief of staff of the Army War College; and
26 WHEREAS, after more than twenty-five years of service, Colonel Orlov retired from
27 active duty with the U.S. Army and began a second career with Sprint Corporation in 1988
28 where he held several management positions in training, planning and human resources; and
29 WHEREAS, Orlov retired from Sprint in 2001 and began working with several
30 defense-consulting firms and he recently retired from his post with the Leader Development,
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1 Education, and Training team of the U.S. Army Electronic Warfare Proponent; and
2 WHEREAS, in 2010 Colonel Orlov was inducted into the Louisiana State University
3 Cadets of the Ole War Skule Hall of Honor, recognizing his distinguished career in the U.S.
4 Army; and
5 WHEREAS, throughout his adult years, Orlov was involved in volunteer work,
6 including work with the Red Cross for five decades, beginning as the deputy director of a
7 water safety program in Rapides parish; and
8 WHEREAS, Colonel Orlov has served on the boards of several nonprofit
9 organizations, and maintains membership in many organizations devoted to veterans' affairs,
10 including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Military Order of the
11 Purple Heart and the Military Order of the World Wars; and
12 WHEREAS, Bill Orlov is married to Gaye Adams Orlov and they live with their two
13 children, Sam and Jennifer, in Lansing, Michigan.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
15 does hereby commend Colonel William S. "Bill" Orlov upon his military career, his
16 induction into the Louisiana State University Cadets of the Ole War Skule Hall of Honor and
17 his lifetime of volunteerism.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
19 Colonel Bill Orlov in Lansing, Michigan.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
SR 47 Original 2016 Regular Session Claitor
Commends Colonel William S. "Bill" Orlov upon his military career, his induction into the
Louisiana State University Cadets of the Ole War Skule Hall of Honor and his lifetime of
volunteerism.
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