[1] Before his time at Illinois State University, Clifford Horton worked as the physical director at the Y.M.C.A.

[3] While working at Ohio Wesleyan University, Horton helped organize The Beta Chapter of Gamma Phi, an honorary gymnastics fraternity.

[7] The objectives of the Gamma Phi fraternity was to promote the interest of physical education among the students at the University, to honor gymnastic excellence in the individual members of the student body and faculty of the University by election to membership.

[7] When Clifford Horton was not working at Illinois State Normal University, he was a part of many things outside of the school.

[1] He also served as director of the McLean County Chapter for Crippled Children’s, now known as AbilityFirst, summer camp for 15 years in Lake Bloomington.

[1] He was a charter member of Normal’s American Legion Post and the commissioner of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1950 to 1965.

[1] In 1966, he donated $5,000 to ISU’s University Foundation to establish scholarships in physical education, now known as the Clifford E Horton Fund.