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- ↑ Sarah M. Gantz, "Luther E. Tyson, 85; applied social activism to mutual fund investing" , obituary in Boston Globe, 22 May 2008
- ↑ "Jack Corbett Remembered, Mourned by Pax World Family". www.csrwire.com.
- ↑ "Impax Asset Management to acquire Pax World". InvestmentNews. 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2020-03-30.