·         Chairman of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, District 12 – 23 years

·         Organized the formation of the Frontier Conference in 1931

·         President of the Frontier Conference – 1931, 1937, 1940, 1952

·         Honorary Service Award MAHPE – 1970

·         Distinguished Education Award-RMC

·         National Association of Inter-Collegiate Athletic Distinguished Service Award – 1941, 1948

·         Rocky Mountain Citation Award

·         RMC Athletic field named “Herbert J Klindt Athletic Field”

·         Rocky Mountain Alumni Hall of Fame – 1980

·         Half-Century Distinguished Service Award 1958

·         Citation Award for 37 years of Tenure 1968