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Dedication: May 30, 1985 Officially renamed: June 1, 1985
From the June 5, 1985 edition of The
Wednesday Journal
Excerpt from article by Gail Moss....
Percy
Julian's life in research often made use of soybean
products and led to discoveries in the manufacture
of drugs, hormones, vitamins, amino acids, paint and
paper, Percy Julian's research also yielded over 100
patents, including a synthetic cortisone called Compound
S, a glaucoma treatment and the means of producing
two synthetic hormones, testosterone and progesterone.
Percy Julian also isolated a protein which became the
basis for a fire-fighting solution used by the Navy
in World War II, among other scientific accomplishments.
Percy Julian also became a symbol
for integration in Oak Park. When the Julian family
first moved to Oak Park in 1951, their East Avenue
home was fire-bombed twice. A community group rose
up in defense of the Julians' rights as the first
blacks to live in Oak Park. The community also offered
support to the family, which stayed in Oak Park.
Anna Julian and her daughter still occupy the original
Julian house on East Avenue.
In addition to his numerous chemical
discoveries, Dr. Julian was the holder of 19 honorary
degrees and 18 academic and civic citations. He was
written about in Fortune Magazine, Ebony Magazine,
Coronet, Reader's Digest and the Chicago Tribune, among
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A.B., DePauw University, 1920 (Phi Beta Kappa; highest
ranking student in class) |
A.M., Harvard University, 1923 (Austin Fellow) |
Ph.D., University of Vienna, Austria, 1931 |
Instructor in Chemistry, Fisk University, 1920-22 |
Harvard Fellowships for Studies in Biophysics and
Organic Chemistry, 1923-26 |
Professor of Chemistry, West Virginia State College,1926-27 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Head, Depart
of Chemistry, Howard University, 1927-31; Professor,
1931-32 |
Research Fellow in Organic Chemistry, DePauw University,
1923-36 |
Director of Research, Soya Products Division, Vegetable
Oil and Foods Division, and Manager of Fine Chemicals,
The Glidden company, 1936-53 |
Founder-President, The Julian Laboratories, Inc. and
Laboratories Julian de Mexico, S.A., Mexico City (Both
Subsidiaries, since March, 1961 of Smith Kline and French
Laboratories, Philadelphia), 1954-1964; Founder-President
of Empresa Argo-Quimica Guatamalteca, S. A., Guatemala,
completely owned by the Upjohn Company since 1961. |
Retired on April 30, 1964 as President of Julian Laboratories,
Inc. and Laboratories Julian de Mexico, S. A. |
Director, Julian Research Institute and President,
Julian Associated, Inc., 9352-58 West Grand Avenue, Franklin
Park, Illinois, 60131, 1964 to death. |
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National Academy of Sciences, 1973
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973
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Sigma Xi, Northwestern University, 1945
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Phi Beta Kappa, DePauw University, 1920
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D.Sc., DePauw University, 1947
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D.Sc., Fisk University, November, 1947
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D.Sc., West Virginia State College 1948
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D.Sc., Northeastern University, Boston, October, 1948
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D.Sc., Morgan State College, Baltimore, June, 1950
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D.Sc., Howard University, Washington, D.C., June, 1951
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D.Sc., Northwestern University, Evanston, June, 1951
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D.Sc., Lincoln University, Philadelphia, April, 1954
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D.Sc., Roosevelt University, Chicago, September, 1961
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D.Sc., Virginia State College, Petersburg, May, 1962
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D.Sc., Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, May, 1962
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D.Sc., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, June, 1964
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LL.D., Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, September,
1968
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L.H.D., MacMurray Collage Jacksonville, Illinois, June,
1969
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D.Sc., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June,
1969
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D.Sc., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,
June, 1972
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LL.D., Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, May, 1973
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LL.D., Illinois State University, Normal-Bloomington, Illinois,
May 1974
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D.Sc., Lincoln University of Missouri, Jefferson City,
May 10, 1975 (posthumously)
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Spingarn Medal Award, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), June 27, 1947 |
Distinguished Service Award, The Chicago Sun-Times and
Junior Chamber of Commerce, January, 1950 |
The Coveted "Old Gold Goblet" Award, DePauw
University, 1951 (For Distinguished Service as an Alumnus,
given to only one Alumnus annually) |
Centennial Distinguished Citizen Award, Centennial
Convocation, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois,
December 2, 1951 |
Distinguished Merit Award for 1950, Decalogue Society
of Lawyers, Chicago, March 3, 1951 |
Social action Churchmanship Award of the Congregational
Christian Churches of New Haven Conference, 1954 |
Jesuit Centennial Award as One of One Hundred Outstanding
Chicagoans, December 12, 1957 |
Layman of the Year Award, Church federation of Greater
Chicago, April 23, 1964 |
Annual Silver Plaque Award, National Conference of
Christians and Jews, Chicago, May 27, 1965 |
Founder's Day Award, Loyola University, Chicago, October
31, 1967 |
Merit Award of the Chicago Technical Societies Council,
Chicago, November 14, 1967 |
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists,
Atlanta, May 11, 1968 |
Citation from the Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington,
Illinois for Outstanding Contributions and Services to
Mankind, January 24, 1970 |
Elected as a Laureate in the Lincoln Academy, Springfield,
Illinois, May 20, 1972 |
MacMurray Collede's Chemistry Building named the Percy
Lavon Julian Hall of Chemistry, May 13, 1972 (Jacksonville,
Illinois) |
Coppin State College's Percy L. Julian Science Classroom
Building dedicated May 3, 1968 (Baltimore, Maryland) |
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois--Percy
Julian Hall, dedicated October 26, 1975 |
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Fellow, American Institute of Chemists
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Fellow, Chemical Society of London
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Fellow, New York Academy of Science
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Member, American Chemical Society
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Laureate, Lincoln Academy, Springfield, Illinois, May 20,
1972
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Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Honorary Member, Illinois State Academy of Sciences (elected
4/19/75)
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Member, Board of Trustees, DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana |
Member, Board of Trustees, Roosevelt University, Chicago,
Illinois |
Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Theological Seminary |
Member, Board of Trustees, Southern Union College,
Wadley, Alabama |
Member, Board of Governor, International House (University
of Chicago) |
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Associates |
Member, Board of Directors, NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund |
Vice President, Business Advisory Council of the Chicago
Urban League |
Chairman, Commonwealth Edison Environmental Advisory
Council |
Co-Chairman, National Negro Business and Professional
Committee of the Legal Defense and Educational Fund |
Emeritus Member, Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees, Howard University, Washington, D.C. |
Emeritus Member, Board of Trustees, Fisk University,
Nashville, Tennessee |
Past Member, Board of Regents, State of Illinois Colleges
and Universities |
Past Consultant, National Institute of Arthritis and
Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Maryland |
Past Member, Board of Directors, Fund for the Republic
- Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions |
Retired Member, Executive Board, Chicago Chapter,
National Conference of Christians and Jews |
Past President, Phi Beta Kappa[a Association of
Greater Chicago |
Past Director, Mental Health Association of Greater
Chicago |
Past Member, Illinois Advisory Committee, Commission
on Civil Rights |
Past Chairman of the Council for Social Action, Congregational
Christian Churches of America (Now United Church of Christ) |
Retired Deacon and Retired Trustee, First Congregational
Church of Oak Park |
Past President, Rotary Club of Franklin Park, Illinois |
Past Member, Board of Public Welfare Commissioners
of the State of Illinois |
Past Director, Provident Hospital, Chicago |
Past Director, The Mandel Clinic, Chicago |
Past Director, The Chicago Urban League |
Past Secretary, Troop 8 Boy Scouts of America, Oak
Park |
Past Member, Midwest Regional Advisory Committee of
the Institute of International Education |
Century Member, Thatcher Woods Council, Boy Scouts
of America |
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