Hill stresses a life guided by principles - Complete Blogging

Paul Mayne, Western News

When it comes to personal and professional success, Canadian
business leader Paul Hill credits the pursuit of principles and
self-improvement as keys to achievement.

Hill spoke to 602
graduates from Kings University College and School of Graduate amp;
Postdoctoral Studies at the Tuesday, June 12 afternoon session of Westerns
299th Convocation.

Western conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws
upon Hill in recognition of his leadership and humanitarian efforts in business
as well as communities at home and across the globe.

I want to
ask of graduates Whats your big idea in life? I challenge you to think about
it. What are your guiding principles? Honesty? Integrity? Hill asked. Think of these and keep them in your heart. Use them in
your thoughts. Make your decisions being guided by those principles.

A graduate
of Georgetown University and Westerns Richard Ivey School of Business, Hill
has served on more than 15 corporate and educational boards. He is a founding
board member of the Asia Pacific Foundation and chair, president and CEO of The
Hill Companies, an organization that manages and owns
properties, develops commercial, retail and residential real estate and owns of
a variety of companies throughout western Canada and the United States. Hill
assumed the already successful family business, established two generations
ahead of him, bringing to it an innovative perspective that has diversified the
companys businesses. The company remains a driving force of strategic growth
in Hills native province of Saskatchewan.

After meeting Mother Teresa in the 1980s,
Hill and his wife heeded her call to respond to the needs of their own
community, becoming champions of education at home in Canada. The two are long-time supporters of Athol
Murray College of Notre Dame (Wilcox); Campion College, University of Regina,
where the Faculty of Business now bears Hills name; One Life Makes a
Difference, a foundation started by the Hills to help students in difficult
situations attend school; and Ivey.

Recently,
the couple established a Nativity Miguel school in Regina, named after Mother
Teresa, which provides first-class education to inner-city youth.

He received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Regina, was entrusted as a Knight of St. Sylvester by Pope
Benedict for his service to the community and church and has received a Queen
Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. In 2011, The Hill Companies was named the
Saskatchewan business of the year.

Hill told graduates to look continuously for
opportunities to better themselves and to help others.

Do something
that you love, something you have passion for. Surround yourself with people
who are better than you are at what they do, people that you can look up to and
people you can learn from. That will all contribute to a successful life not
only for you, but for those around you.

In his
citation, Kings principal David Sylvester said Hill is a
great example of citizenship, being a business leader, philanthropist and
visionary.

His
leadership, within his family business, within his city and across this country
sets him apart as a catalyst for positive change. Paul Hill exemplifies how a
leader in business can and should become a leader in his community. In addition
to his remarkable contributions to the business world he has repeatedly chosen
to use his time, talent and treasure to the benefit of his immediate community
and the broader good, he said.

Also during
the ceremony Kings Psychology professor Christopher Roney was presented as the
recipient of the Kings University College Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The status
of professor emeritus was also conferred upon History professor Desmond
Dutrizack.

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