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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM ``BILL'' ZAMMER
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HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Friday, July 30, 2021
Mr. KEATING. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the life of William ``Bill'' Zammer, an entrepreneur and devoted philanthropist on Cape Cod.
A native of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Bill was widely known throughout his adopted home of Cape Cod as a leader in the hospitality industry. He was equally known for his willingness to step up to support countless charitable causes in the community.
Moving to Cape Cod in 1988, Bill operated a number of establishments throughout the region over the years including: The Flying Bridge, the Coonamesset Inn, The Red Horse Inn, Tugboats, the Popponesset Inn, the Picnic Box, and Clancy's, among others. Owning and operating restaurants came naturally to Bill after serving in the 1980's as President and CEO of the Seilers/Sodexo Corporation, overseeing 15,000 employees working in facilities across the nation.
A gifted executive, prior to his time in the hospitality industry, Bill spent two years as the President & Publisher of Tribune Publishing Company and also served as the as a director at the Tufts New England Medical Center. Realizing a need to further his education in order to start his own business, Bill enrolled at Northeastern University where he received his M.B.A. and, most importantly, where he met his partner in life Linda Raub Zammer.
Bill was firmly committed to helping his community. Whether he and Linda were advocating for his industry as a past President of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, fighting for educational opportunities for Cape Cod students, supporting our veterans and active servicemembers, leading the Cape Symphony and Conservatory as a Director or helping foster children, their generosity of time and spirit was endless. They were recognized time after time for this, including as the Philanthropists of the Year from the Philanthropy Partners of the Cape and Islands. Bill also served on many boards, including with Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, among others. Most recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to supporting his long-time employees who were out-of-work, Bill stepped up to help lead the Falmouth Cares Business Roundtable, which worked to support other businesses impacted by the pandemic.
Bill Zammer never stopped moving, and the reminders of his investment in the greater Cape community will live on as a testament to his work. Among his greatest legacies will be the professional lives he changed in the hospitality industry. His employees were his second family and many advanced their careers through the Linda and William Zammer Hospitality Institute at Cape Cod Community College.
His greatest love, though, was always his family: his wife, Linda, his children Robert, Peter, and Joanne, his eight grandchildren, his mother, Wanda, and his three siblings. Madam Speaker, Bill Zammer's
``life well lived'' has positively touched thousands of lives on Cape Cod through his professional abilities and good works and I am proud to have been his friend.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 134
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