A 40-year employee at the ND School for the Deaf, "Willie" has been a school farm employee, a dormitory supervisor, a bus driver, and woodworking teacher. During his tenure of four decades, Willie, has volunteered his help in many ways to support the NDSD athletic program by driving the bus on game trips, making athletic plaques, refereeing games, and in numerous other ways. Nothing has been too big or too small for Willie to help in some way.