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- ↑ "Faculty Profile". Law.suffolk.edu. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- ↑ Peter Schworm, "Suffolk University names new provost" August 6, 2008 Boston Globe Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine