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DePauw University, Percy L. Julian Centennial Celebration
April 23, 1999

 Booklet commemorating Percy L. Julian's 1935 synthesis of the glaucoma drug physostigmine as a National Historic Chemical Landmark. The designation was conferred by the American Chemical Society, a not-for-profit scientific research and educational organization of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. A plaque marking the event was presented to DePauw University on April 23, 1999, during the university's celebration of the centennial anniversary of Percy Julian's birth.

This booklet was produced by the American Chemical Society Office of Communications.
Copyright 1999 American Chemical Society.

Program from the Percy L. Julian Centennial Celebration held at DePauw University on Friday, April 23, 1999

21st Percy L. Julian Memorial Lecture
"Headlong Into the Same Abyss"
by Billy Joe Evans, Rauner Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan

"Is There No Balm in Gilead?"
Memories of Percy Lavon Julian by Dr. Donald J. Cook

The DePauw, April 20, 1999
Tribute celebrates life of DePauw Scientist