In addition to teaching classes at Berkeley he served variously as the art department's chair, assistant dean of the College of Letters and Science, and curator of classical art in the University Art Museum as well as the Lowie Museum of Anthropology. He died after a long illness in 1997 at the age of 85.
He was a professor at Berkeley who held various roles within the university's art department, administration, and museum curatorial positions. He died after a long illness in 1997 at the age of 85.