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- 1 2 Meet Ron Chen Archived 2009-03-08 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate. Accessed February 27, 2011. "A child of Chinese immigrants who came to this country after World War II, Chen has lived most of his life in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey."
- ↑ Chan, Sewell. "Metro Briefing", The New York Times , January 6, 2006. Accessed June 20, 2008. "Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine nominated Ronald Chen yesterday to serve as public advocate and Lisa Jackson to head the Department of Environmental Protection."
- ↑ "Ronald K. Chen". law.newark.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ 92 N.J. 158, *; 456 A.2d 390
- ↑ "Rutgers - Ronald K. Chen". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
- ↑ "Rutgers Law Merger Gets Final Sign-off".
