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- ↑ "Wagner College Board of Trustees". Wagner College. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ Lachman Named Head of School Board After He Is Attacked as Cheating on Pay by John Sibley, in the New York Times on July 4, 1973 (subscription required)
- ↑ LACHMAN LEAVING BOARD TO TEACH; Joining City U. After June 30 by Leonard Buder, in the New York Times on May 10, 1974 (subscription required)
- ↑ Ever the Loyal Democrat, Lachman Reaps His Reward; ...Mr. Lachman, a 62-year-old City University dean... by Somin Sengupta, in the New York Times on January 28, 1996
- ↑ 3 Democrats Win Contests by Jonathan P. Hicks, in the New York Times on February 16, 1996
- ↑ Carey Institute at Wagner College
- ↑ https://books.google.mu/books/about/Black_white_green_red.html?id=fFqfAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&output=html_text
- ↑ https://books.google.com/bo%5B%5Doks/about/One_Nation_Under_God.html?id=Ordi8qW8RlMC
- ↑ The Albany Three, and the Tattletale Telescope by Sam Roberts, in the New York Times on September 24, 2006
- ↑ Seymour Lachman, Author: Mr. New York at CUNY TV
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