In May 2005, Billikopf accepted a visiting faculty appointment as an honorary professor of agricultural labor management at the University of Chile in Santiago.
[1] Billikopf was a frequent national and international speaker (including United States, as well as in Russia, México, Canada, Uganda, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Japan, New Zealand[2] and his native Chile) in his field.
[citation needed] Billikopf went on to obtain his Bachelor of Science in agronomy from UC Davis, and his Master of Arts in labor management from California State University, Stanislaus.
[7] His interests included acting as a dressage (equestrian sports) instructor,[8] amateur radio operator, soccer referee.
On his Chilean mother's side, Billikopf was related to Francisco Antonio Encina, author of the 20 volume Historia de Chile.