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- ↑ Parmley, Suzette. "Jack Collins says farewell", The Philadelphia Inquirer , January 8, 2002. "Collins, the longest-serving Assembly speaker in state history..."
- ↑ "Hon. Jack Collins, Esq". 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Kelley, Tina. "From Gloucester Catholic to a life of politics", The Philadelphia Inquirer , January 30, 1992. Accessed December 13, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Some schools breed championship football teams. Others are known for their famous movie-star graduates. But in Gloucester City, there's a school that's been a regular greenhouse for aspiring politicians. Gloucester Catholic High School is proud of its alumni, whose ranks are slowly filling the Statehouse in Trenton. There's Jack Collins, class of '68, the new majority leader of the Assembly."
- ↑ Biographical information for The Honorable Jack Collins, Esq Archived 2011-02-27 at the Wayback Machine , Princeton Public Affairs Group. Accessed March 19, 2008.
- 1 2 "Mr. Collins goes to Trenton" Archived 2016-03-22 at the Wayback Machine . Rowan Magazine, Rowan University, Summer 2000. Accessed March 19, 2008.
- ↑ Narvaez, Alfonso A. "Election Day: For G.O.P., Success In Jersey, A Close Race On Staten Island; Republicans In Jersey Win Control Of State Assembly", The New York Times , November 6, 1985. Accessed June 12, 2010.
- 1 2 Preston, Jennifer. "Man of the House". The New York Times , February 4, 1996. Accessed February 10, 2013. "He and his wife, Betsy, have owned their three-acre farm in Pittsgrove Township since 1974, when they traded in their Gloucester City row house for the rural life."
- ↑ Peterson, Iver. "Assembly Speaker Won't Seek Re-election". The New York Times , April 18, 2001. Accessed February 10, 2013. "Assembly Speaker Jack Collins announced today that he would not seek re-election next fall and would leave the Legislature after 16 years in state politics."
- ↑ Reeves, Hope. "Ex-Speaker Joins Lobbying Firm". The New York Times , March 22, 2002. Accessed February 10, 2013. "Mr. Collins, 58, joined the Princeton Public Affairs Group in Trenton as senior counsel."
