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- ↑ "Cherry Award Banquet to Honor Visiting Professors Sept. 21". Baylor University. 15 September 1998. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ Lemoine, Noelle (18 November 2004). "Williams College's Robert Bell Named 2004 Outstanding College Professor". Williams College. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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