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- ↑ Possley, Maurice (January 24, 1985). "Valukas Fought Official Corruption". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Valukas Receives Honorary Degree,", Lawrence Todaysummer 2012, p. 16. The quotation is from his Lawrence University commencement address (2012).
- ↑ "Court-Appointed Lehman Examiner Unveils Report", The New York Times Dealbook blog, March 11, 2010; "Learning from Lehman", The New York Times, March 14, 2010; Mike Spector, Susanne Craig, and Peter Lattman, "Examiner: Lehman Torpedoed Lehman", The Wall Street Journal , March 11, 2010.