Willie Stamm served as a two-term Treasurer and then President of the NOTC in the 1980s. When he was elected Treasurer, the NOTC was in dire financial straits. Through his shrewd abilities gained as a CPA, Willie was able to right the financial ship and helped keep the club financially viable. He then was elected President of the club in a transitional time when NOTC first began hiring a professional race director. He was instrumental in recognizing the need to make this a full-time job.

While fulfilling all of his club officer responsibilities, Willie also asserted himself as one of the top runners in New Orleans. He was a founding member of the competitive Tchoupitoulas Social Aid and Athletic Club, recipient of the New Orleans Slack Track Club’s 1985 New Orleans Spirit of Running award, and was one of the top marathoners in our region in the 1980-1990 era. His time of 2:28:35 (corrected by start time) in the 1981 Boston Marathon still ranks as one of the top local times ever run in that historic marathon. He also ran an impressive array of other road races with the following Personal Bests:

3-Miles:

• 15:04 (Al Breide 1982)

5K:

1. 15:42

4-Miles:

• 21:26 (Lake Terrace 4-miler 1981)

5-Miles:

• 26:26 (Turkey Day 1981)

10K:

• 31:40 (Cajun Cup Lafayette 1981)

15K:

• 49:47 (Gasparilla-Tampa Bay 1983)

10 Mi.:

• 55:50 (GNORA 10 miler- 1981)

½ Mar. :

• 1:12:29 (NOTC Half Marathon-1981)

25K:

• 1:29:35 (NOTC 25K-1981)

30K:

• 1:50:10 (Wall NOTC 30K-1980)