While there he was very active in social and community service organizations, including among others the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, where he joined the ranks of the Omicron chapter of New York (now at Columbia University) in 1947.
In der Folgezeit war er dort sehr aktiv in sozialen und gemeinnützigen Organisationen, unter anderem der Kappa Alpha Psi, wo er 1947 dem Ortsverband Omicron in New York (heute an der Columbia University) beitrat.