Cliff R. Otto
Acting President of Central State Teachers College (1935-1935)
Biographical Information
- Born December 24, 1892 in Monte Vista, Colorado
- Married Ethel McKinney c. 1915.
- Ethel and Cliff had four children:
- Cliff Max Otto (1915–2002)
- Mildred Glee Otto (1921–1992)
- Marion George Otto (1924-2013)
- Eleanor Jean Otto (1934-present)
- Died March 31, 1952 of a heart attack at the Boulevard Shopping Center in Edmond, Oklahoma [CS Newsletter 1952]
Education
- 1909- 1915 Attended Southwestern State Normal School (Now Southwestern Oklahoma State University), Weatherford, Oklahoma [CS Newsletter, March 1952; SWSNS Oracle 1909-1915]
- 1919 B.A. University of Oklahoma [Sooner Magazine, July 1952, page 13]
- 1923 M.S. University of Oklahoma [Sooner Magazine, July 1952, page 13]
Employment
- 1913 Began teaching career in a two room school in Stanford, Custer County, Oklahoma [CS Newsletter, March 1952]
- 1915 - 1917 Superintendent of schools at Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma
- 1919 Became faculty member at then Central State Teachers College [CS Newsletter, March 1952]
- 1920 - 1952 Chairman of the Science Department at Central State Teachers College [CS Newsletter]
Chairman of the Faculty Athletic Committee at Central State Teachers College [CS Newsletter, March 1952, page 1] - 1935 Acting President of Central State Teachers College from July 9 - September 7, 1935 [Supervising Authorities]
- 1935 - 1937 Dean of Administration at Central State Teachers College
Awards and Affiliations
- Member of the National Turkey Federation
- Past Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star
- Chairman of the Edmond Red Cross during World War II
- Past Master of the Edmond Lodge 37 AF & AM
- Member of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls
- Active in the Boy Scouts
- Edmond Chamber of Commerce Board Member
- Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [Vista, Fall 1935]
- Fellow of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
- Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Oklahoma Tuberculosis Society
- Served on the editorial staff of "The Science Teacher" [CS Newsletter, August 1950, page 3]
- President of the Kiwanis Club
- Master of the Masonic Lodge
- Served as Conference Representative of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference for many years [Bronze Book 1936, page 35]
- Member of the American Chemical Society [Vista, Fall 1935]
- Served several terms as President of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference [Bronze Book 1936, page 35]
