1836 - 1837 he was university rector and held at the inauguration of the new university building the first Danish speech that has been held at a college party (so far were such talks held in Latin).
1836-1837 var han universitetets rektor og holdt ved indvielsen af den nye universitetsbygning den første danske tale, der er blevet holdt ved en universitetsfest (hidtil var sådanne taler blevet holdt på latin).