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- ↑ Columbia Business School
- ↑ "Annual Report for the Year 2009–2010" (PDF). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. November 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Russell Carson". Columbia Law School. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ↑ "Russell L. Carson". The Rockefeller University. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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