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Biography of Percy Lavon Julian
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Percy Julian is best known for formulating a drug to treat glaucoma and for synthesizing sex hormones and cortisone. A native of Montgomery, Alabama and the grandson of former slaves, Julian was born first of six children on April 11, 1899. His mother,...
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Biography of Percy Lavon Julian
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Percy Julian is best known for formulating a drug to treat glaucoma and for synthesizing sex hormones and cortisone. A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Julian, grandson of former slaves, was born first of six children on April 11, 1899. His mother,...
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Biography of Percy Lavon Julian
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As the inventor of synthetic cortisone, fire-extinguishing Aero-Foam, and drugs to treat glaucoma, Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) made life-enhancing and life-saving products more affordable. Despite facing racial prejudice and segregation at nearly...


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Percy Lavon Julian Information
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Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine; and was an American...


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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Percy Lavon Julian 1899-1975
01/31/2003: 497 words, approx. 2 pages
Millions of people worldwide use synthetic cortisone to relieve pain from rheumatoid arthritis. Yet few who benefit from this valuable drug know that the chemical process which relieves their suffering was discovered by a black man, Percy Lavon Julian. Percy Julian was born...
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The Black Collegian
Black pioneers in mainstream corporate America. (Percy Lavon Julian; Joe Black; Jean Roland Esquerre; Harvey Russell; James O. Plinton)
04/01/1996: 1,617 words, approx. 5 pages
Profiles of pioneering African-American corporate executives are presented. Percy Lavon Julian, known for his chemical inventions, was chosen director of research at Glidden Paint Co. Joe Black served as vice president of Greyhound Bus Lines for more than 18 years. Other Black corporate achievers...
 


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