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- ↑ Purdue University: Former AAMB Director Bill Moffit dies (March 17, 2008) Archived September 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Purdue University: Bill Moffit biography Archived November 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Guide to Professor William C. Moffit Papers, University of Houston Libraries
- ↑ SpartanBand.net (Michigan State University): History Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Old Gray Cat blog: R.I.P. Bill Moffit (May 20, 2008)