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- ↑ THE CITY RECORD, OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Published Under Authority of Section 1526, Greater New York Charter, by the BOARD OF CITY RECORD FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA. MAYOR
- ↑ Consumer Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals
- ↑ New York Medical College Board of Governors
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- ↑ New York Medical College Alumni Association
- ↑ Year by year list of New York Medical College Medal of Honor recipients.
- ↑ Yale Alumni Club award "to Dr. Jules Blankfein. . .a founding member of the club and a former president" New York Daily News, Sunday, September 19, 1976, 561
- ↑ Yale University 1954 Class Council.