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- ↑ Board of Regents appoints Dr. Michael R. Williams as UNT System Chancellor
- ↑ Baldrige honor touches UNTHSC president
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- ↑ Williams named to U.S. News & World Report Hospital of Tomorrow Advisory Council
- ↑ U.S. News & World Report's Hospital of Tomorrow Advisory Council
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