He was called out of a brief retirement to head the State University of New York System in 1994, but conflicts with George Pataki appointees on the university's board of trustees led to his resignation after just 17 months on the job.
他在短暫退休後於1994年被召回領導紐約州立大學系統，但與大學董事會在喬治·帕塔基任命案起衝突，導致他在工作17個月後辭職。