During his tenure, he was responsible for the acquisition of a large collection of Shellac Discs, supervised students, gave concerts in Bloomington with the Faculty Five, and taught Jazz and Jazz research at the university.
Dabei war er für die Anschaffung einer Sammlung von Schellackplatten verantwortlich, betreute Studenten, gab in Bloomington Konzerte mit den Faculty Five und unterrichtete an der Universität Jazz und Jazzforschung.