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- ↑ Operation Smile - Our Co-founders - William P. Magee Jr., D.D.S., M.D. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
- ↑ Form 990 for 2013 - retrieved from Foundation Center 2/13/15
- ↑ Operation Smile Form 990 for 2012
- ↑ Operation Smile Website: http://www.operationsmile.org/about_us/leadership/founders.html
- ↑ Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters - Physician Profile - Dr. William Magee Jr.
- ↑ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ↑ "James Cameron Biography Photo". 1999.
James Cameron presenting the Golden Plate Award to Operation Smile founders Dr. William P. Magee, Jr. and his wife, Kathleen Magee, at the Academy of Achievement's 1999 "Salute to Excellence" program in Washington, D.C.
- ↑ "Dr. William P Magee - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA". www.hmaward.org.ae. Retrieved 2023-04-05.