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- ↑ Who's Who in America 54th edition. Marquis Who’s Who. 2000.
- ↑ Washington Post, December 25, 1993
- ↑ New York Times, December 25, 1991
- ↑ State Legislatures April 1, 1993
- ↑ Saint Paul Area Council of Churches
- ↑ Minnesota Campus Compact
- ↑ "Jim Scheibel"