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- ↑ Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Directory: David Vogan MIT Mathematics". math.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
He retired from MIT as Emeritus Professor July 2020
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