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- ↑ "From Harvard". The Galveston Daily News. June 30, 1928.
- ↑ "History of the Foundation". Archived from the original on 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- 1 2 "Kempner Receives Legion of Merit". The Galveston Daily News. April 18, 1946. p. 7.
- ↑ "Sugar refinery is Texas' oldest industry". The Corsican Daily Sun. July 4, 1976.
- 1 2 Hyman, Harold Melvin (1990). Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, Texas, 1854-1980s. p. 217.
- ↑ The City of SugarLand (2010). "Sugarland Industries". Sugar Land. Arcadia Publishing. p. 35.
- 1 2 "Sugar Executive". The Lubbock Morning Avalanche. October 21, 1953. p. 3.
- ↑ "Kempner Family Papers" (PDF).