The following biographical sketches of the presidents of Rutgers University were prepared to commemorate the inauguration of Francis L. Lawrence as the eighteenth president in 1991, appearing in a special issue of The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries, LIII, No. 1 (June 1991).  The essays were authored by Thomas J. Frusciano, University Archivist.

As of September 2012, the biographical sketches of the presidents of Rutgers University have been moved to : Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: Past Presidents