[4] In 1974, a national panel on higher education in the United States selected Sweet as one of the fifty most effective university and college presidents in the country.
[1] While president, he continued to teach political science, and enrollment in the school grew by almost fifteen percent.
[2] Sweet was published in the fields of political science and education extensively, and received many grants and fellowships for his work.
[1] Sweet was active in his community in Rhode Island, and sat on numerous boards and committees.
[1][2] He was buried with his parents, Elsie and Adrian Sweet, in Spring Grove Cemetery, Florence, Massachusetts.