Peter Horstmann, your selfless dedication to WPI through the
years and your outstanding contributions as a stuent/athlete have
earned you the highest praise from every corner of the WPI .
As a quiet, confident co-captain of the 1954 football team, you
helped lead the Engineers to their first unbeaten season in 16
years and set a precedent that would not be equaled for another 30
years. As a center on offense and linebacker on defense, you were
recognized as an intelligent, fast-thinking ball player with sound
fundamentals who led more through example then words. Your coaches
and fellow players knew you as a man to whome they could turn, in
times of both challenge and victory.
While football held your main athletic interest, you also found
time for brief experiments with basketball and lacrosse. Wanting
the best for all your fellow athletes at WPI, you worked hard as a
member of the Athletic Council for two years and presided over that
organization as a senior. You were also honored by your peers with
your election to Skull.
After leaving WPI, your alma mater was never far from your mind
and you kept welcomed hand in several areas and an open ear to
requests. A founding member of the WPI Poly Club and a past
president of the organization, you have also given your time when
asked to be the master of ceremonies for the first three Hall of
Fame inductions.
As if all that has not been enough, your concern for excellence
has been particularly evident as you served as president of the WPI
Alumni Association and currently as a leading member of the
Institute's Board of Trustees. You have also distinguished yourself
as a top-rated college football official and as an excellent tennis
player and skier. Everywhere you turn you command respect of the
highest order.
Truer words were never written than those beneath y our
senior-class picture in the 1954 Peddler;"He did so much and said
so little." In though, that sentiment could be expanded to say he
does so much in a quiet, respected way.
Peter Horstmann, it is with deep gratitude and admiration that
WPI can in some small way repay you for all you've done for WPI
with your induction into the WPI Athletic Hall of Fame.
