His leadership abilities propelled him, by 1976, to become a U.S.C. dean and later to serve as president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1980 to 1994.

• 他的领导才能使他在1976年就登上南加大院长的位置，并于1980~94年间担任纽约州立大学石溪分校的校长，过后又再教了几年书。