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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NACDA Awards. NACDA official website. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ↑ NACA All-Time Hall of Fame Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine . NACDA official website. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ↑ NACDA Past Presidents
