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- ↑ "Presidents of the University of Wisconsin System". University of Wisconsin System. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ↑ 'Kevin Reilly ending chapter as UW President,' Milwaukee Sentinel Journal, Karen Herzog, December 27, 2013
- ↑ 'On Campus: Professor Kevin Reilly; Not that Robert King at Sing-Sing,' Wisconsin State Journal, Dan Simmons, January 20, 2014
- ↑ "Office of the President: Biography". University of Wisconsin System. Retrieved 2008-01-12.