He pressed emeritus professor Masaaki UEDA into serving as the president of Osaka Women's University because he had a connection with Ueda since the time when he, as the then chairman, teased Ueda with sharp questions.
委員長時代に「つるし上げた」縁で、上田正昭名誉教授を大阪女子大学の学長にかつぎあげた。