Percy Lavon Julian (1899 - 1975)

Born 11 Apr 1899 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Roselle (Johnson) Julian — married 24 Dec 1935 in Owen, Indiana, United States

Died 19 Apr 1975 at age 76 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Percy Julian is Notable.

Percy Julian was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Percy Lavon Julian was born in Alabama, son of James Sumner Julian and Elizabeth (Adams) Julian.

Percy Lavon Julian was the first African-American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Scientists. He created medicinal uses for soybeans and achieved a low-cost synthesis of cortisone. A Chicago high school and an Oak Park junior high school were named for him and a U.S. postage stamp was issued with his likeness on it.

A number of educational scholarships and lectures series are named after him. ^[1]

A PBS documentary about him, "Forgotten Genius," aired in on February 6, 2007 as part of season 34 of the NOVA series. ^[2]

Education

• DePauw University (B.A)
• Harvard University (M.S)
• University of Vienna (PhD)

Sources

1. ↑ Seeman, Jeffrey I, "Early Champions of Research in Chemistry with Undergraduates: From William Albert Noyes to Percy Lavon Julian," ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 10, 8911–8924 Publication Date: February 23, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c07639
2. ↑ Air date: February 6, 2007, Season number: 34, Episode number: 8, via: https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-forgotten-genius/

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DV-YMD : accessed 5 February 2018), Perey L Julian in household of James Julian, Montgomery city Ward 2, Montgomery, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 16A, family 401, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,033.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7R-4W1 : accessed 19 August 2020), Percy Julian in household of J S Julian, Montgomery Ward 2, Montgomery, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 33B, family 933, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 28; FHL microfilm 1,374,041.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2R-4D3 : 25 August 2019), Percy Lavon Julian, 1917-1918.
• "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCQ-6WLY : 11 September 2019), Percy Layon Julian, 1 Oct 1918; citing Military Service, Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States, Alabama Department of History and Archives, Montgomery.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4B4-JFS : accessed 19 August 2020), Percy L Julian in household of James S Julian, Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 11A, line 42, family 319, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 623; FHL microfilm 2,340,358.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXNT-S9B : 10 December 2017), Percy L Julian and Anna R Johnson, 24 Dec 1935; citing Owen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,939,840.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW4D-MPM : 19 November 2019), Percy L Julian, Maywood, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-428, sheet 13A, line 35, family 247, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 787.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J21J-2YC : 22 July 2020), Percy Julian, Apr 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6460402

See also:

• Wikipedia: Percy Lavon Julian
• Wikidata: Item Q705852, en:Wikipedia
• Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century, Oryx Press, 1996. Pages 197-200.