Helped create the Association of Space Explorers with Astronaut Rusty Schweickert, the first forum in which Russian and American astronauts and cosmonauts could share their experiences in space and their hopes for the future of space exploration.

Signed one of the first agreements between an American private-sector group and the USSR Ministry of Health. This agreement has facilitated work in the areas of health promotion, productivity in the work place, and non-pharmacological methods of treating disease and stress, as well as agreements with the European branch of the World Health Organization, responsible for the USSR in Copenhagen, Denmark.