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- ↑ "Past University of Calgary Chancellors". University of Calgary. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ American Men & Women of Science. 2008. ISBN 9780787665234.
- ↑ "Geological Association of Canada (1994)". Geological Association of Canada. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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