In 1984, he was appointed Regional Administrator of HUD Region IV Atlanta, GA by HUD Secretary, Samuel Pierce and reappointed in 1987 by then Secretary of HUD Jack Kemp.
In 1984, he was appointed Region IV administrator in Atlanta, Georgia, of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development by HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce. He was reappointed in 1989 by then Secretary of HUD Jack Kemp.