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- ↑ Cooper Foundation Board and Staff page with Susan Bass Levin biography Archived 2012-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Farber and Bass Levin Sworn In as Attorney General and Community Affairs Commissioner, Governor of New Jersey press release dated January 30, 2006.
- ↑ 1996 Electoral College Votes, accessed December 21, 2006
- ↑ Governor Corzine Names Susan Bass Levin as Deputy Director of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey [ permanent dead link ], Governor of New Jersey press release dated May 21, 2007. Accessed May 30, 2007.
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