{"id":1972,"date":"2017-05-18T14:33:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T18:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:08:17","slug":"riddell-inducted-business-hall-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/2017\/riddell-inducted-business-hall-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Riddell Inducted into Business Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Riddell Inducted into Business Hall of Fame\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Clayton H. Riddell had been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to Canada&#8217;s economy and society. Riddell is founder of Paramount Resources Inc., an independent Canadian energy company, and is a generous philanthropist. His donation to Carleton University led to the creation of the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management, which offers Canada&#8217;s only graduate degree in applied politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-1976 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2044\" height=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped.jpg\" alt=\"Clayton H. Riddell in 2014, upon received an honorary doctor of laws from Carleton University\" class=\"wp-image-1976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped.jpg 2044w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped-160x84.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped-240x126.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped-400x209.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/RiddellClayConvocationCropped-360x188.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2044px) 100vw, 2044px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clayton H. Riddell upon receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University (2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clayton H. Riddell had been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to Canada&#8217;s economy and society. Riddell is founder of Paramount Resources Inc., an independent Canadian energy company, and is a generous philanthropist. His donation to Carleton University led to the creation of the Clayton H. 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