He died insolvent, having lost his means with the failure of the International Typesetting Machine Company at the start of World War I. Friends and supporters of Ridder assumed the debts of his publishing enterprise, and the Staats-Zeitung continued under the joint management of his sons, Bernard H. Ridder and Victor F. Ridder.
He was a co-founder in 1922 of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, and was later recognized by the National Council BSA for his distinguished service to youth with the Silver Buffalo Award.
•
Victor and his brothers Bernard H. Ridder and Joseph E. Ridder were the owners and publishers of the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, the premier daily newspaper of German-speaking residents of the New York City area, which they had inherited from their father Herman Ridder.
Victor Hugo | Victor | Victor Talking Machine Company | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | Victor Wooten | Victor Vasarely | Victor Gollancz Ltd | Victor Borge | Victor McLaglen | Victor Herbert | Victor Entertainment | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy | Victor André Cornil | Jean Victor Marie Moreau | Victor Young | Victor Pasmore | Victor Gruen | Victor Garber | Victor Frankenstein | Victor Trumper | Victor Sangiorgio | Victor Milan | Victor Margueritte | Víctor Manuel | Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol | Victor Harbor, South Australia | Victor Harbor | Victor Fung | Victor Emmanuel | The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce |
Ridder was born in New York City, one of eight grandsons of the newspaper magnate, Herman Ridder.
H. H. Kohlsaat, owner of the Times-Herald, bought the Chicago Record from Chicago Daily News publisher Victor F. Lawson in 1901 and merged it with the Times-Herald to form the Record-Herald.
Kohlsaat bought the Chicago Record from Chicago Daily News publisher Victor F. Lawson in 1901 and merged it with the Times-Herald to form the Chicago Record-Herald.