Background
Horton, Thomas Frederick was born on May 11, 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harry Mack and Sarah Nichol (Clark) Horton.
Horton, Thomas Frederick was born on May 11, 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harry Mack and Sarah Nichol (Clark) Horton.
Bachelor of Science in Education, University Maryland, 1952.
Special government representative, International Business Machines Corporation, Washington, 1952-1954;
with product planning and development department, International Business Machines Corporation, New York City, 1954-1956;
director marketing and navy programs, Litton Industries, College Park, Maryland., 1956-1960;
vice president marketing, Chesapeake Investment Corporation, Shadyside, Maryland., 1960-1963;
director marketing, Westinghouse Ocean Research Center, Annapolis, Maryland., 1963-1970;
executive in charge production, Cousteau Group, Los Angeles, 1970-1977;
president, producer, Thomas Horton Associations, Ojai, California, since 1977. Producer television special America Remembers John F. Kennedy, 1983 (Emmy award 1983), Te Maori, 1985 (Gold Camera award 1985), Years of Danger, Years of Hope, 1985 (Silver medal 1985). Producer television documentary GossamerAlbatross, 1979 (Emmy award 1980), The Big Ice, 1984.
Producer television animation Adventures of the Little Prince, 1986. Producer, writer television series, documentary Search for Adventure, 1989 (American Council on Exercise award 1989). Television special, biography Miss Moscow, 1989.
Co-commissioner canoeing Olympic Organizing Committee, Ojai, 1984. With United States Marine Corps, 1944-1946, PTO.
Married Dorothy Frances Stewart, August 20, 1949. Children: Ann Horton Marino, Jean Horton Garner, Lynn Stewart, Thomas F. Junior, Andrew Clark.