He was the college's tutor in philosophy&colon; a notable tutee of his was Paul Grice. At the invitation of Bertrand Russell, Lavin went to Cambridge University to become his tutee. He visited his new tutee, whose mother was rather pleased with Young-min. Young-min snatched the playboy magazine from the tutee and told him to study. The tutee looked rather unhappy and picked up his MP3 to listen to music. A large inheritance from a Parisian tutee provided the means to do so.