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- ↑ Members of the Assembly. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1954. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ↑ "Hutnik, Willis J. 1915". Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Assembly Bill 740". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ↑ "Guide to the Willis Hutnik Papers, 1954-1970". University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ "Obituary for Willis J. Hutnik (Aged 81)". Arizona Republic. 1996-12-17. p. 58. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ↑ 1997 Wisconsin Joint Resolution 2-Willis Hutnik