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- ↑ Maeroff Gene I. "Ex-Dean at Tufts Named President of City College, Ending Long Hunt" New York Times March 7, 1981
- ↑ Berger, Joseph "City college Chief Resigns Amid Wave of Staff Changes" New York Times June 23, 1992
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