He was the first black person to achieve a cabinet level position in the Nebraska governor's office, being appointed budget director in 1952.
His project included the development of the Chungje Fertilizer Plant and training of its workers, the transportation of oil from Pusan to the plant site, training agricultural workers, health and sanitation programs, rural villager living standard improvement assistance, and furnishing communications media.
His wife, Valaria, had been an art teacher in Omaha, and worked with Korean artists to prepare pamphlets, books, posters, and exhibits for ICA demonstrations.
While there, Valaria, continued to be active in art education, starting a class in ceramics at the Nour Institute for the Blind in Khartoum, Sudan.
[2] In 1969, McCaw began working for the US Department of Agriculture as a part of the War on Hunger program initiated by president Richard Nixon.