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- ↑ https://visourcearchives.com/content/2009/03/17/uvi-board-picks-law-professor-president/
- ↑ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/28/1586663/0/en/University-of-the-Virgin-Islands-President-David-Hall-elected-to-Kansas-State-Athletics-Hall-of-Fame.html