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- ↑ Catalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi: 1832-1966. New York, NY: The Executive Council of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. 1966. p. 202.
- ↑ The Montreal Gazette – January 15, 1968
- ↑ Thomson Gale, The Blue Book: Leaders of the English-Speaking World, 1973, 1586 S., S.316
- ↑ Roy Rempel (20 November 1996). Counterweights: The Failure of Canada's German and European Policy, 1955–1995. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-7735-1507-9.
- ↑ A place beyond the spines for Patrick Crean by Mark Medley in The National Post
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