[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 134 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E862-E863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            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

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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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