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- ↑ Prof. Philip J Morrison at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Faculty and Scientific Staff, University of Texas Institute for Fusion Studies
- ↑ American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Fellows
- ↑ Biography of Laura Morrison
