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- ↑ Alumni, The Hudson School. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Olivia Newman graduated from the Upper School in 1996, the second ever high school graduating class."
- ↑ "In the Media - March 2018 Roundup". alums.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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