Post College
He served in the US Navy in World War II. Later in life, he played violin with the Stamford Symphony Orchestra of Stamford, Connecticut.
He became a member of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees in 1966, and was awarded honorary status in 1988. The college has named its observatory in his honor.
He was famous in amateur astronomical circles for his quote, "Never sleep more than 90 feet from your telescope." In 1987 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
The headquarters of the AAVSO in Cambridge, Massachusetts is named the Clinton B. Ford Astronomical Data and Research Center.
When he died, aged 79, he bequeathed a substantial endowment to the AAVSO which continues to serve as its primary source of operating income.
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