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- ↑ "NYIT's Schure heads to Philly", Long Island Business News , June 9, 2000.
- ↑ Olivia Winslow, "Alexander Schure, founder of NYIT, dies at 89", Newsday , October 31, 2009.
- ↑ Susan Snyder, "Osteopathic college president will retire", Philadelphia Inquirer , February 12, 2013.
- ↑ Philadelphia City Council's Letter Honoring Schure
- ↑ "PCOM - Matthew Schure, Ph.D". Pcom.edu. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ↑ Matthew Schure Ph.D. "Matthew Schure: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ↑ PCOM,"A MESSAGE REGARDING THE PASSING OF MATTHEW SCHURE, PHD
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