Under his leadership as the first executive director of the North American Interfraternity Conference, college fraternities and sororities gained an exemption from Title IX legislation to preserve the single-sex nature of the organizations.
[2][1] He did graduate work at Miami University in Oxford, where he started a professional association with Phi Kappa Tau.
[3][2] His most significant achievement was his leadership in the effort to gain an exemption from Title IX to retain the single-sex character of American college fraternities and sororities.
With the help of Senator Birch Bayh, a fraternity man and other friendly members of Congress, an exemption was gained that has not been in significant jeopardy of repeal since that time.
[1] At the time of his death he was serving as editor of the current edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities.
In addition, he was widely honored by men's and women's Greek-letter organizations for his contributions to the North American college fraternity movement including awards from Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Gamma and others.