The award is named after and endowed by C. Lloyd Stanford who graduated from the School in 1960 with a Diploma in Public Administration and in 1961 with a Master of Arts in Public Administration. He had a distinguished public service career working with the governments of Canada, Jamaica and the province of Saskatchewan. This career involved many milestones, among which were expert contributions to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism and the Canadian Human Rights Commission. He also served as a member of Carleton’s Board of Governors and Senate from 1993 to 1999.
