While at the University of Minnesota, he also led the U.S. team selected to teach market economics and management to a group of former KGB officers, young Russian entrepreneurs, and faculty members at Saint Petersburg State University (previously known as Leningrad State University in the former Soviet Union).
During his time at the University of Minnesota, he also oversaw the U.S. team that was tasked with instructing a group consisting of former KGB officers, Russian businesspeople, and faculty members from Saint Petersburg State University (previously known as Leningrad State University in the Soviet Union).