"[4] In 1972, he helped found San Francisco University High School, which his children attended.
[8] He was also a board member of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and one of his reports paved the way for No Child Left Behind.
[4] By 1995, he was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to serve on the California State Board of Education, where he supported school choice.
[1][2][3][9] He has also donated to the Jaqueline Hume Foundation, named for his late father, where he serves as Second Vice President and Treasurer.
[11][12] In 2008, he received the first Sir Anthony Fisher Freedom Award from the Pacific Research Institute.