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- ↑ ^ UC Newsroom (05 February 2009). "Lawrence H. Pitts named interim UC provost ". Press release. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ ^ University of California (26 June 2007). "UC Riverside Reacts Favorably to News of Acting Chancellor". Press release. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ ^ University of California (15 May 2008). "Timothy P. White Named UC Riverside Chancellor". Press release. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ↑ Chris Levister, UCR Welcomes Acting Chancellor Robert Gray, Black Voice News, 11 July 2007
- ↑ Marisa Agha, "Ex-UC med-school leader named interim chancellor at UC Riverside," The Press Enterprise, June 26, 2007
- ↑ "History".
- ↑ Staff Report, "http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/28/local/me-iebriefs28.2," Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2007
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