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He was a member of the Mayor’s Hotel Advisory Committee and the Advisory Board of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors association.

He also was the GIH&LA’s representative to the Indiana Hotel & Lodging Association. After two terms as President, he served a year as Chairman of the Greater Indianapolis Hotel & Lodging Association. University of Indianapolis School of Business. He was a member of the Business Advisory Board for the The list of his involvements is long, but in Indianapolis he served six terms on the 500 Festival Board of Directors. He was always engaged and active in his communities up to and including almost running for the City Council in Fort Lauderdale. Over the course of his hotel career, William lived in a dozen US cities and nine states. He is also a member of the Murat Kentucky Colonels Club. In March of 2020, the Governor of Kentucky officially appointed William an Honorary Kentucky Colonel. To insure he never is bored, in 2016 William became a member of the T-500 Indianapolis Order of Quetzalcoatl and has been further honored as a member of the Order of Knights, Eagles & Tigers. In 2003, he was initiated into the Royal Order of Scotland. He continues to embrace the notion that he can play the bagpipes. Since 1998, he has been a member of the Murat Highlanders, President three years and a year as Secretary. He was initiated into the Royal Order of Jesters in 1986 at Portland, Oregon. Noble of the Mystic Shrine, all in Springfield. He became a Scottish Rite Mason in 1983 as well as a He also is a member of the Prather Chapter #157 Royal Arch Masons, Prather Council #100 Cryptic Masons and the Prather Commandery Prather Lodge #717 and Noble Masonic Lodge #772, where he is the current Senior Warden. He currently holds a plural membership in Calvin W. Sherwood Lodge where he remains a member. William was raised in 1983 in Springfield, Massachusetts, at Samuel D. Moose retired permanently and unwittingly became the busiest retired person (working for free) in North America. Operating Sky Zone Trampoline Parks in Illinois and Wisconsin. He eventually took another not so occasional one-yearĬontract collaborating with a friend and Brother Noble in developing and Wishing to return to a more traditional life and for family reasons, he returned to his Indiana home in 2013 to try his hand at being the family butler. In that capacity, he did a not so occasional contract for fourteen (yes, 14) months operating the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art as its interim executive director while the board searched for a permanent replacement. Stress and challenges of business, formed a single-member LLC, WMS Asset Solutions, to do occasional business management consulting. Perfect Indiana life, taking a Managing Director’s role in Fort Lauderdale with Blackstone Group’s Luxury Resorts & Hotels.

After seven years at The Westin, he became the Vice President & Managing Director for the Midwest Region of Pyramid Advisors, a Boston-based hotel acquisition and management company and converted the downtown Adams Mark to the Hilton that many of the members of our fraternity family are acquainted with. He came to Indianapolis as General Manager of the Westin in downtown. Most of his career was divided between Marriott Hotels, Doubletree Hotels, Starwood Hotels (Westin) and Luxury Resorts & Hotels. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a frosty October night in 1946, Little Billy (also known as Wee Willie, Moose, Billie Bob, or Cowboy) later changed his legal name to William Robert Stanton (another story for another day).Īfter graduating from Milwaukee Lutheran High School, BillĪttended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and received his bachelor’s degree in 1969 (political science major).ĭuring his senior year, he worked at the Playboy Club Resort in Lake Geneva and began a 43-year love affair with the hotel and restaurant industry. Then hotel career had him working in Florida, but we are getting ahead of the story so, lets rewind and start at the beginning…īorn William Robert Szyjakowski, Jr. He was serving as Marshal in 2006 when he dropped out of the line because his Second time is a charm! William “Moose” Stanton was initially appointed to the Murat Divan as Captain of the Guard in 2005 by Illustrious Sir Jeffery P. Murat Shrine is pleased to welcome our 2022 Potentate Noble William R.