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- ↑ "CLARK MOLLENHOFF, 69, PULITZER PRIZE WINNER". The Morning Call . March 3, 1991.
- ↑ Smith, J.Y. (March 3, 1991). "PULITZER-WINNING REPORTER CLARK R. MOLLENHOFF DIES". The Washington Post .
- ↑ Mollenhoff, Clark R. (1988). Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer . Ames, IOWA: Iowa State University Press. ISBN 0-8138-0032-3 . Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ↑ Clark Mollenhoff Award Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine Accessed June 6, 2015
