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- 1 2 "Evans steps down from Mayor's seat". Plano Star Courier. 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- 1 2 Seale, Avrel, ed. (July–August 2009). "Alumni Notes". The Alcalde . 97 (6): 71. ISSN 1535-993X.
- ↑ "Plano picks top resident: Banker Dyer is Citizen of year". The Dallas Morning News. 1999-01-16.
Phil Dyer has been selected as Plano's Citizen of the Year by the Plano Chamber ... in 1973 and a master's degree from East Texas State University in 1981 ...
- ↑ "Dyer announces candidacy for mayor". McKinney Courier Gazette. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
