 After retiring as the University of Florida president emeritus in 1984 , Marston returned to the Virginia Military Institute as a distinguished scholar , and later served on VMI 's governing Board of Visitors during the controversy over the court @-@ ordered admission of women . In 1985 , he went back to the University of Florida faculty and conducted research and presented papers for the university 's Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and its College of Medicine , co @-@ edited The Medical Implications of Nuclear War on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences , and served as the chairman of the Safety Advisory Committee for the Clean @-@ Up of Three Mile Island . He also accepted the chairmanship of the Florida Marine Fishery Commission , tasked with the governance of the state 's saltwater fishing industry and guardianship of its resources . 
