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- ↑ Chief Executive Officers of Institutions of Higher Education at Penn University Archives and Records Center.
- ↑ Lake Forest College > About Us > Administration > Office of the President Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "President Schutt announces retirement next year".
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