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Francis Leo Lawrence (August 25, 1937 – April 16, 2013) was an American educator and scholar specializing in French literature and university administrator. A graduate of Saint Louis University and Tulane University, Lawrence taught at Tulane for over 30 years and held posts as academic vice president, provost, and dean of the graduate school before being appointed as the 18th president of ...
- August 25, 1937, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
- Richard Levis McCormick
Apr 17, 2013 · Francis L. Lawrence, who served nearly 12 years as the 18th president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, died yesterday at his home in Mount Laurel, N.J. Lawrence, who came to Rutgers in October 1990 from Tulane University, New Orleans, where he was chief academic officer, was 75 years old.
Rutgers President, 1990 to 2002. Francis L. Lawrence, the 18th president of Rutgers, served the university during a period of remarkable change. In 1990, when he began his tenure, the internet was used primarily by scientists, rather than students, and the nation was poised for the economic growth of the 1990s; when he left office, the internet ...
Apr 18, 2013 · MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Francis L. Lawrence, who was president of Rutgers University for 12 years and worked to raise its national profile, died on Tuesday at his home here.
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Apr 18, 2013 · Francis L. Lawrence, whose Tulane University career spanned 31 years from graduate student to provost before departing in 1990 to become president of Rutgers University, died on Tuesday (April 16) at his home in Mount Laurel, N.J. He was 75 years old.
Apr 17, 2013 · A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 28, at 9 a.m. in Kirkpatrick Chapel on the university's College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick. Francis L. Lawrence, 75, who served as president of Rutgers University from 1990 to 2002, died Tuesday, April 16, in his Mount Laurel home, the university said Wednesday. A cause of death was not disclosed.
