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- ↑ "Distinguished Professorships". unc.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Richard J. Richardson". unc.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ↑ Baumgartner, Frank. 2015. "Biography of Dick Richardson" accessed at https://fbaum.unc.edu/vita/Richardson.htm on October 30, 2022
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