https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm Percy Lavon Julian en-us 2021-11-24 03:20:39 UTC 2026-03-25 01:53:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f468-1f52c.png 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909823472 Percy Lavon Julian was one of many famous scientists who made a significant contribution to the advancement of science. 

]]> 2021-11-24 04:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909823472 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909830473 Percy Lavon Julian was born on April 11, 1899, in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. and died on April 19, 1975, in Waukegan, Illinois. ]]> 2021-11-24 04:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909830473 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909832302 He attended school through the eighth grade but there were no high schools open to Black students. ]]> 2021-11-24 04:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909832302 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909833454 He applied to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he had to take high school-level classes in the evening to get him up to the academic level of his peers. In spite of this challenging beginning, he graduated first in his class, with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

]]> 2021-11-24 04:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909833454 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909834204 After college, Julian accepted a position as a chemistry instructor at Fisk University.]]> 2021-11-24 04:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909834204 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909835644 Julian met his wife, Anna Roselle, while employed at Howard University, and the two were accused of having an affair while she was married to one of his colleagues.

]]> 2021-11-24 04:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909835644 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909837537 Julian left Glidden in 1953 and established his own laboratory, Julian Laboratories, in 1954. He sold the company in 1961, becoming one of the first Black millionaires, before founding Julian Research Institute, a nonprofit organization that he ran for the rest of his life.

]]> 2021-11-24 04:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909837537 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909838655 Percy Earned a master's degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1923. 

]]> 2021-11-24 04:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909838655 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909840215 Julian’s life was the subject of a documentary film made for PBS’s Nova series, entitled Forgotten Genius.]]> 2021-11-24 04:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909840215 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909841563 African American chemist Percy Julian was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs such as cortisone, steroids, and birth control pills to help discover new things.]]> 2021-11-24 04:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909841563 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909844317 Julian continued his biomedical work as well and discovered how to extract sterols from soybean oil and synthesize the hormones progesterone and testosterone. ]]> 2021-11-24 04:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909844317 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909845686 https://www.biography.com/scientist/percy-julian

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]]> 2021-11-24 04:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909845686 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909848111 While with his biomedical work he also invented Aero-Foam, a product that uses soy protein to put out oil and gas fires and was widely used in World War II, as well as other soybean-based inventions.]]> 2021-11-24 04:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909848111 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909849084 His research at academic and corporate institutions led to the chemical synthesis of drugs to treat glaucoma and arthritis.]]> 2021-11-24 04:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909849084 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909850606 Percy Julian overcame racial discrimination to emerge as one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.]]> 2021-11-24 04:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909850606 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909855166 One such paper appeared in the April 1935 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. This paper, entitled "Studies in the Indole Series V. The Complete Synthesis of Physostigmine (Eserine)."]]> 2021-11-24 04:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909855166 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909856411 In 1990, he was elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame and in 1999 his synthesis of physostigmine was recognized by the American Chemical Society as “one of the top 25 achievements in the history of American chemistry.”

]]> 2021-11-24 04:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909856411 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909856609 In 1973, Julian became the first Black chemist elected to the National Academy of the Sciences. ]]> 2021-11-24 04:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909856609 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909867252 Dr. Julian involved himself in the movement for civic and social equality, receiving the NAACP's Springarn Medal in 1947. 

]]> 2021-11-24 05:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909867252 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909869229 Julian specialized in synthetic chemistry, the creation of natural and new substances from the most basic chemicals. ]]> 2021-11-24 05:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909869229 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909874699 Dr. Percy Lavon Julian was an African American chemist who is most well known for extracting medicinal drugs from plants.]]> 2021-11-24 05:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909874699 25agarciaocelotl https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909879706 In the 1930s chemists recognized the structural similarity of a large group of natural substances—the steroids.]]> 2021-11-24 05:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/25agarciaocelotl/z7ddqhj2t7ktmhqm/wish/1909879706