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'''Robert Michael Leeshock''' (born December 13, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. He is best known in television for portraying the role of |
'''Robert Michael Leeshock''' (born December 13, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. He is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the [[sci-fi]] [[drama]] series ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]''. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Robert Leeshock was born in [[Clifton, New Jersey]]. He attended [[Cornell University]] as an Arts and Science major, then graduated with a degree in Materials Science Engineering. |
Robert Leeshock was born in [[Clifton, New Jersey]]. He attended [[Cornell University]] as an Arts and Science major, then graduated with a degree in Materials Science Engineering. After earning his degree, he moved to [[New York City]] to pursue his acting career. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Robert Leeshock is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the [[sci-fi]] [[drama]] series ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' from 1998 to 2001. In 2005, he joined the cast of the long-running [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime drama ''[[One Life to Live]]'' as Bruce Bartlett, the business partner of Nash Brennan (played by [[Forbes March]]). |
Robert Leeshock is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the [[sci-fi]] [[drama]] series ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' from 1998 to 2001. In 2005, he joined the cast of the long-running [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime drama ''[[One Life to Live]]'' as Bruce Bartlett, the business partner of Nash Brennan (played by [[Forbes March]]). |
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He trained as an actor with [[Wynn Handman]], director of the [[The American Place Theater]]. He has penned the screenplay Yo Yo Boy as well as characters for stand up venues in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to acting, he works as a professional photographer from his studio in [[NYC]] and produces projects for both film and |
He trained as an actor with [[Wynn Handman]], director of the [[The American Place Theater]]. He has penned the screenplay Yo Yo Boy as well as characters for stand up venues in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to acting, he works as a professional photographer from his studio in [[NYC]] and produces projects for both film and television. In 2010, Leeshock appeared on United States television in commercials for [[Zegerid]] OTC. In early 2012, he both executive produced and starred in the short film ''GodMachine'', which also features his former ''Earth: Final Conflict'' co-star [[Von Flores]]. |
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==Biography== |
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In 2010, Leeshock appeared on United States television in commercials for [[Zegerid]] OTC. In early 2012, he both executive produced and starred in the short film ''GodMachine'', which also features his former ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' co-star [[Von Flores]].<ref>[http://scifipulse.net/2013/03/earth-final-conflicts-robert-leeshock-looking-to-indigogo-to-fund-god-machine/ SciFiPulse]</ref> |
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A native from New Jersey<ref name="Tripod">[http://cute_actors.tripod.com/robert_leeshock.html Tripod]</ref >, Robert Leeshock's ethnic background is a mix of [[Poles | Polish]], [[Czechs | Czech]], [[English people | English]], [[Irish people | Irish]] and [[Italians | Italian]].<ref name="xpose27">[http://www.thealienweb.com/efc/xpose27.html Xpose27]</ref > He moved to New York in the early 1980s<ref name="Tripod"/> after his high school studies.<ref name="Visimag10">[http://www.visimag.com/xpose/xs10_feature.htm Visimag10]</ref > |
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He first enrolled as an Arts and Science major at Cornell University.<ref name="sharetv">[http://sharetv.com/person/robert_leeshock ShareTV]</ref > He transferred to engineering<ref name="angelfire">[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/lenidaanpetition/interview.html Angelfire]</ref > before the second semester of Junior year, even though his adviser urged him not to do so.<ref name="ClareRevell">[http://telscha.blogspot.ca/2013/03/interview-with-robert-leeshock-earth.html Clare Revell]</ref > But it didn't take long for him to find himself struggling in that field.<ref name="angelfire"/> Yet he managed to complete his degree in [[materials science engineering]]<ref name="sharetv"/> and [[electrical engineering]]<ref name="Tripod"/> (in [[semiconductor]]<ref name="thealienwebbobio">[http://thealienweb.com/efc/bobio.html The Alien Web Bio]</ref > electronics and the electrical properties of materials in silicon wafers) but decided not to work as an engineer.<ref name="thealienwebhero">[http://www.thealienweb.com/efc/hero.html The Alien Web Hero]</ref > |
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Robert Leeshock was left undecided about what profession to chose.<ref name="angelfire"/> He didn't know yet that acting was a profession.<ref name="angelfire"/> One of his friend from college was a [[liberal arts]] major and taking acting class. That fascinated him. Theater was unknown to him and becoming a movie star wasn't his goal.<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> To learn more about acting as a profession, he got a job at a restaurant to study actors and comprehend them.<ref name="angelfire"/> He viewed this as the beginning of his training. Hoping to regain both his Arts and Sciences sensibilities he became an actor after theater training in New York.<ref name="ClareRevell"/> He thought this could be a nice way to learn about himself.<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> It took him two and half years to realize he was an actor, rather then a personality.<ref name="angelfire"/> |
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In New York, Leeshock took training classes in [[scene study]] with [[Wynn Handman]], director of [[The American Place Theater]].<ref name="sharetv"/> He also trained in the [[Meisner technique]], in comedy improvisation and in [[voice training | voice]].<ref name="Tripod"/><ref name="everything2">[http://www.everything2.com/title/Robert+Leeshock Everything2]</ref > His other activities included waiting tables, doing commercials and performing in [[stagecraft | theater productions]].<ref name="Google book">[http://books.google.ca/books?id=pQIDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT97&lpg=PT97&dq=robert+leeshock&source=bl&ots=WLkCaODHlb&sig=w8C4Y9B8r745ceqJpoyPg2PDXCk&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=Z3-7UvCLJqecyQH1k4GwDg&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAzg8#v=onepage&q=robert%20leeshock&f=false Google book]</ref > |
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He performed with several theater companies, including '''The Complex''', [[West Bank Cafe]] (where he also created original characters), [[SoHo Repertory]], [[Theatre Row (New York City) | The (Samuel) Beckett Theatre]] and '''The Actors Factory'''.<ref name="Tripod"/> He wrote the screenplay '''Yo Yo Boy''' and created characters for stand up comedies in New York and Los Angeles.<ref name="sharetv"/> |
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He lived in L.A. for three years, from 1993 to 1996, where he pursued acting in theatre (at The Complex) and wrote a one-man show.<ref name="everything2"/> |
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After ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'', he left L.A. for Mexico where he stayed seven months.<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> It was for the filming of the TV series ''Empire'' (the American version of the [[telenovella]] ''[[Imperio de Cristal]]''), which never aired. Then he returned to L.A. where he started writing a semi-autobiographical one-man show about life experiences.<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> |
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Robert Leeshock first onscreen acting role was in the [[soap opera | daytime drama]] ''[[Loving (TV series) | Loving]]''. He has appeared in over 30 [[television advertisement | commercials]]<ref name="Google book"/> (such as [[omeprazole | Zegerid OTC]] and [[dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate | Colace]])<ref name="Manta">[http://www.manta.com/c/mx791bd/robert-leeshock-photography Manta]</ref >, in the [[prime time]] drama series ''Beverly Hills 90210'', in soap operas (including ''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'', and ''[[Another World (TV series) | Another World]]''), in ''Empire'' and in the independent film ''Elysian Fields''. |
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While writing a one-man show he auditioned in Los Angeles with [[Lisa Howard]]<ref name="xpose27"/> for Jonas McCord (executive producer and writer), then met Paul Gertz (also executive producer writer).<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> They were both pleased with his performance. He joined the cast of [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' in the second season (1998) as Liam Kincaid (a human-[[Kimera]] [[hybrid]])<ref>[http://www.visimag.com/xpvisimag12ose/xs12display.htm Visimag12]</ref >, replacing [[Kevin Kilner]] as the lead actor.<ref name="everything2"/> Kevin Kilner portrayed police Captain William Boone, a double agent who spied on the Taelonsand worked with the Resistance searching for the truth behind his wife death, asked to be released from his contract in order to pursue other theatrical work.<ref name="xpose27"/> |
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Liam Kincaid is two-thirds human and one-third alien.<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> His father is Ha’gel, an ancient enemy of the Taelons who inhabited Ronald Sandoval’s (Von Flores) body at the time, and his mother is Siobhan Beckett (Kari Matchet).<ref name="thealienwebhero"/><ref>[http://www.visimag.com/xpose/x27_index.htm Visimag27]</ref ><ref name="scifiandtvtalkpast">[http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2011/02/sci-fi-blast-from-the-past-robert-leeshock-earth-final-conflict.html SciFi and TV Talk Past ]</ref > He becomes the Companion protector to Da’an, but he's also the [[resistance movement | Resistance]] ([[Liberation group]]) leader.<ref name="scifiandtvtalkpast"/> |
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After two seasons in the series, Robert Leeshock was comfortable in his role<ref name="thealienwebhero"/> but found playing a lead character exhaustive and a huge responsibility.<ref name="angelfire"/> He was released from the series for economic reasons, it was a business decisions made to minimize the production costs.<ref name="Google book"/> He left after the fourth season to return for the series finale in season 5.<ref name="everything2"/> The executive producer of ''Earth: Final Conflict'', Paul Gertz, called him to make the announcement. He was dismissed partially because of his American citizenship and the filming location, Toronto in Canada (film and television producers pay less tax when they use Canadian actors).<ref>[http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/208/leeshock-confirms.html Airlock Alpha]</ref > |
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Playing Liam Kincaid on ''Earth: Final Conflict'' is the role for which he is most famous for.<ref name="Visimag10"/> After ''Earth: Final Conflict'', he appeared in other soap operas (''[[As the World Turns]]'' and ''[[One Life to Live]]'').<ref name="Google book"/> |
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His first work as a producer was with the short film ''Godmachine''.<ref name="ClareRevell"/> The head writer who came up with the idea is Richard Cranor.<ref name="ClareRevell"/><ref name="SciFiPulseRadio">[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/scifipulse/2013/03/17/scifipulse-radio-special-actorproducer-robert-leeshock SciFiPulse Radio]</ref > They have a mutual friend who suggested that Leeshock read the first draft of the script.<ref name="ClareRevell"/><ref name="SciFiPulseRadio"/> He and his friend Scott Gunderson (actor and writer) worked over the script.<ref name="SciFiPulseRadio"/><ref name="SciFiPulse"> [http://scifipulse.net/2013/03/interview-robert-leeshock-gives-insight-about-godmachine/ SciFiPulse]</ref > Then he gathered other members for his team. They produced a short version of the film and want to make a movie from it.<ref name="ClareRevell"/><ref name="SciFiPulseRadio"/><ref name="SciFiPulse"/> |
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With Richard Cranor, he founded Titan Sky Entertainment in March 2012.<ref name=" LinkedIn">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/leeshock-robert/2b/831/6b5 LinkedIn]</ref > Robert Leeshock (executive producer and writer), Richard Cranor (writer, producer and director) and Kiki Yeung (actress and producer) attended The [[American Film Market | American Film Market (AFM)]] in November 2013.<ref>[http://titanskyentertainment.com/ Titan Sky Entertainment]</ref > They presented ''GodMachine'' and other projects. |
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Besides being an actor, a writer and a producer,<ref name="scifiandtvtalk">[http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2011/03/earth-final-conflicts-robert-leeshock-goes-behind-the-camera.html SciFi and TV Talk]</ref > Leeshock works as a professional photographer from his studio<ref name="scifiandtvtalk"/> (Robert Leeshock Photography, established in June 2009)<ref name=" LinkedIn"/> in New York and New Jersey<ref name="RobertLeeshockArchive">[http://archive.robertleeshock.com/about/ Robert Leeshock Archive]</ref > creating projects for film and television.<ref name="sharetv"/> He specializes in family portraits, weddings, events, actors' headshots and commercial print.<ref name="Manta"/><ref name="RobertLeeshockArchive"/> |
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He's also an excellent athlete (he played [[lacrosse]] for Cornell)<ref name="Visimag10"/>, salsa dancer<ref name="Visimag10"/><ref name="thealienwebbobio"/> and singer.<ref name="thealienwebbobio"/> He currently lives in New York,<ref name="thealienwebbobio"/> has two brothers and two younger twin sisters<ref name="thealienwebbobio"/>. He often travels to New Jersey to visit his parents and siblings.<ref name="everything2"/> Living part time in a beach community he is involved in many local beach clean up projects around Clifton.<ref name="Manta"/> His grilfriend is Jacquelyn Mavrookas.<ref name="SciFiPulseRadio"/><ref>[http://hobokengirl.com/hoboken-girl-of-the-week-jacquelyn-of-eventfully-jacquelyn-event-planner/ Hobokengirl]</ref > They met in 2010 and have one child.<ref>[http://instagram.com/eventfullyjacquelyn# Instagram Eventfully Jacquelyn]</ref > |
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== Associations == |
== Associations == |
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Revision as of 00:08, 6 January 2014
Robert Leeshock | |
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| Born | Robert Michael Leeshock December 13, 1961 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, producer, professional photographer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Partner(s) | Jacquelyn Mavrookas (2010-present) |
| Children | 1 |
Robert Michael Leeshock (born December 13, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci-fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict.
Early life
Robert Leeshock was born in Clifton, New Jersey. He attended Cornell University as an Arts and Science major, then graduated with a degree in Materials Science Engineering. After earning his degree, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career.
Career
Robert Leeshock is best known in television for portraying the role of Liam Kincaid on the sci-fi drama series Earth: Final Conflict from 1998 to 2001. In 2005, he joined the cast of the long-running ABC daytime drama One Life to Live as Bruce Bartlett, the business partner of Nash Brennan (played by Forbes March).
He trained as an actor with Wynn Handman, director of the The American Place Theater. He has penned the screenplay Yo Yo Boy as well as characters for stand up venues in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to acting, he works as a professional photographer from his studio in NYC and produces projects for both film and television. In 2010, Leeshock appeared on United States television in commercials for Zegerid OTC. In early 2012, he both executive produced and starred in the short film GodMachine, which also features his former Earth: Final Conflict co-star Von Flores.
Biography
A native from New Jersey[1], Robert Leeshock's ethnic background is a mix of Polish, Czech, English, Irish and Italian.[2] He moved to New York in the early 1980s[1] after his high school studies.[3]
He first enrolled as an Arts and Science major at Cornell University.[4] He transferred to engineering[5] before the second semester of Junior year, even though his adviser urged him not to do so.[6] But it didn't take long for him to find himself struggling in that field.[5] Yet he managed to complete his degree in materials science engineering[4] and electrical engineering[1] (in semiconductor[7] electronics and the electrical properties of materials in silicon wafers) but decided not to work as an engineer.[8]
Robert Leeshock was left undecided about what profession to chose.[5] He didn't know yet that acting was a profession.[5] One of his friend from college was a liberal arts major and taking acting class. That fascinated him. Theater was unknown to him and becoming a movie star wasn't his goal.[8] To learn more about acting as a profession, he got a job at a restaurant to study actors and comprehend them.[5] He viewed this as the beginning of his training. Hoping to regain both his Arts and Sciences sensibilities he became an actor after theater training in New York.[6] He thought this could be a nice way to learn about himself.[8] It took him two and half years to realize he was an actor, rather then a personality.[5]
In New York, Leeshock took training classes in scene study with Wynn Handman, director of The American Place Theater.[4] He also trained in the Meisner technique, in comedy improvisation and in voice.[1][9] His other activities included waiting tables, doing commercials and performing in theater productions.[10]
He performed with several theater companies, including The Complex, West Bank Cafe (where he also created original characters), SoHo Repertory, The (Samuel) Beckett Theatre and The Actors Factory.[1] He wrote the screenplay Yo Yo Boy and created characters for stand up comedies in New York and Los Angeles.[4] He lived in L.A. for three years, from 1993 to 1996, where he pursued acting in theatre (at The Complex) and wrote a one-man show.[9]
After Beverly Hills 90210, he left L.A. for Mexico where he stayed seven months.[8] It was for the filming of the TV series Empire (the American version of the telenovella Imperio de Cristal), which never aired. Then he returned to L.A. where he started writing a semi-autobiographical one-man show about life experiences.[8]
Robert Leeshock first onscreen acting role was in the daytime drama Loving. He has appeared in over 30 commercials[10] (such as Zegerid OTC and Colace)[11], in the prime time drama series Beverly Hills 90210, in soap operas (including All My Children, Guiding Light, and Another World), in Empire and in the independent film Elysian Fields.
While writing a one-man show he auditioned in Los Angeles with Lisa Howard[2] for Jonas McCord (executive producer and writer), then met Paul Gertz (also executive producer writer).[8] They were both pleased with his performance. He joined the cast of Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict in the second season (1998) as Liam Kincaid (a human-Kimera hybrid)[12], replacing Kevin Kilner as the lead actor.[9] Kevin Kilner portrayed police Captain William Boone, a double agent who spied on the Taelonsand worked with the Resistance searching for the truth behind his wife death, asked to be released from his contract in order to pursue other theatrical work.[2]
Liam Kincaid is two-thirds human and one-third alien.[8] His father is Ha’gel, an ancient enemy of the Taelons who inhabited Ronald Sandoval’s (Von Flores) body at the time, and his mother is Siobhan Beckett (Kari Matchet).[8][13][14] He becomes the Companion protector to Da’an, but he's also the Resistance (Liberation group) leader.[14]
After two seasons in the series, Robert Leeshock was comfortable in his role[8] but found playing a lead character exhaustive and a huge responsibility.[5] He was released from the series for economic reasons, it was a business decisions made to minimize the production costs.[10] He left after the fourth season to return for the series finale in season 5.[9] The executive producer of Earth: Final Conflict, Paul Gertz, called him to make the announcement. He was dismissed partially because of his American citizenship and the filming location, Toronto in Canada (film and television producers pay less tax when they use Canadian actors).[15]
Playing Liam Kincaid on Earth: Final Conflict is the role for which he is most famous for.[3] After Earth: Final Conflict, he appeared in other soap operas (As the World Turns and One Life to Live).[10]
His first work as a producer was with the short film Godmachine.[6] The head writer who came up with the idea is Richard Cranor.[6][16] They have a mutual friend who suggested that Leeshock read the first draft of the script.[6][16] He and his friend Scott Gunderson (actor and writer) worked over the script.[16][17] Then he gathered other members for his team. They produced a short version of the film and want to make a movie from it.[6][16][17]
With Richard Cranor, he founded Titan Sky Entertainment in March 2012.[18] Robert Leeshock (executive producer and writer), Richard Cranor (writer, producer and director) and Kiki Yeung (actress and producer) attended The American Film Market (AFM) in November 2013.[19] They presented GodMachine and other projects.
Besides being an actor, a writer and a producer,[20] Leeshock works as a professional photographer from his studio[20] (Robert Leeshock Photography, established in June 2009)[18] in New York and New Jersey[21] creating projects for film and television.[4] He specializes in family portraits, weddings, events, actors' headshots and commercial print.[11][21]
He's also an excellent athlete (he played lacrosse for Cornell)[3], salsa dancer[3][7] and singer.[7] He currently lives in New York,[7] has two brothers and two younger twin sisters[7]. He often travels to New Jersey to visit his parents and siblings.[9] Living part time in a beach community he is involved in many local beach clean up projects around Clifton.[11] His grilfriend is Jacquelyn Mavrookas.[16][22] They met in 2010 and have one child.[23]
Associations
Leeshock joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.[24]
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes | |
| 2014 | Surrender | Clay | ||
| 2013 | Scavenger Killers | Phil Chaney | ||
| 2012 | Come As You Are (short) | Coach Randle | ||
| GodMachine (short) | Sgt. John Lee | |||
| The Dead Reckoning | Seth Granger | |||
| 2011 | 3 Weeks to Daytona | Buddy | ||
| 2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kip McGonagle | Episode: "All In" | |
| 2004–2006 | One Life to Live | Bruce Bartlett | 5 episodes | |
| 2004 | As the World Turns | Alan Drake | ||
| Walk Away | Tim Johnson | |||
| Dead End Road | Larry LeShockre | |||
| 1998–2002 | Earth: Final Conflict | Liam Kincaid | ||
| 1998 | Guiding Light | Eddie Banks | ||
| 1997 | Life's Work | Jeff | Episode: "Dates" | |
| 1995 | Empire (TV movie) | James Lambert | ||
| 1993–1994 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Keith Christopher | 8 episodes | |
| 1993 | Me and Veronica | as Jimmy | ||
| Elysian Fields (short) | as Albert Turner | |||
| 1992 | All My Children | Jay | ||
| 1983 | Loving | as Monty | ||
References
- ^ a b c d e Tripod
- ^ a b c Xpose27
- ^ a b c d Visimag10
- ^ a b c d e f g Angelfire
- ^ a b c d e f Clare Revell
- ^ a b c d e The Alien Web Bio
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Alien Web Hero
- ^ a b c d e Everything2
- ^ a b c d Google book
- ^ a b c Manta
- ^ Visimag12
- ^ Visimag27
- ^ a b SciFi and TV Talk Past
- ^ Airlock Alpha
- ^ a b c d e SciFiPulse Radio
- ^ a b SciFiPulse
- ^ a b LinkedIn
- ^ Titan Sky Entertainment
- ^ a b SciFi and TV Talk
- ^ a b Robert Leeshock Archive
- ^ Hobokengirl
- ^ Instagram Eventfully Jacquelyn
- ^ Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966, Schedule I, Appendix A (May 3, 1966)(see sixth page of document noting the relationship between Phi Kappa Psi and the Irving Literary Society)); see also’’, List of Phi Kappa Psi/Irving Literary Society Members (Aug. 18, 2011).
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