Walter Stamm
STAMM, Walter, AM FTSE HonFIEAust CPEng(Ret) (1926-2018)
Walter Stamm graduated from the University of Sydney, BE Mechanical and Electrical in 1947 and later an Advanced Management Program at Harvard University USA.
In 1948 Stamm joined Email at Orange, becoming Works Manager – Fans and Motor Division in 1960 and in 1961 he joined Pope Products Limited as Chief Production Engineer. Following a merger and the formation of Simpson Pope Limited he held positions of Product Development Manager, Commonwealth Commercial Sales Manager, General Manager of the Electric Motor Division, and Group General Manager, Industrial Products. In 1979 he became Managing Director of John Shearer Limited and was awarded the prestigious Jack Finlay National Award by the Institution of Production Engineers. In 1985 he retired and formed Bishop Stamm Associates.
Stamm joined Engineers Australia as a Student Member in 1955, became a Fellow in 1970, an Honorary Fellow in 1991 and he has held numerous executive positions since 1967. He was active in the South Australian Institute of Technology, as a member of the: Council’s Education Committee; Institutes Centenary Commission; and Advisory Committee in Mechanical Engineering. He became chairman of the Mechanical and Aeronautical Branch in 1970, and State Division Chairman in 1978. Walter was elected to the Executive Committee in 1980 and served until 1987 while serving as Vice President from 1982 to 1984, Senior Vice President in 1985, and President in 1986.
Walter was a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering; a member of the Council, and was Vice President in 1992. He was a member of the Australian Council of Professions from 1985 and was President in 1990 and 1991. Walter was also a member of the Australian Committee of the International Cooperation in Advanced Manufacturing and a member of the Prime Ministers Science Council Committee on Manufacturing Technology.
He was added to the Engineers Australia South Australian Hall of Fame in 2009.
