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- 1 2 The College Blue Book: Narrative descriptions, p. 491 (1983)
- ↑ (8 August 1974). Business college is sold, Gastonia Gazette
- ↑ (19 June 1975). Board of Governors decides tenure action, The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
- ↑ (26 July 1973). Husband of Mars Hill Lady is Named Dean, The News-Record (Marshall, North Carolina)