Links

  NOVA Program Related Information

• American Chemical Society
• College Campus News
• EurekAlert
• Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
• Purchase the PBS Video

  Significant Resources of Percy Julian '20

• DePauw Archives
• Chemical Heritage Foundation, Science Alive, Percy Julian
• DuSable Museum in Chicago
  • Article, "Oak Park Pioneers honored: Julian's brilliance, determination featured at DuSable Museum",
    Chicago SUN-TIMES
• American Chemical Society
  • The American Chemical Society, "Percy Julian and the Calabar Bean"
  • Dr. Percy L. Julian, The American Chemical Society (ACS), and The Film, “Forgotten Genius”
  • American Chemical Society, Invitation to
    "Forgotten Genius," September 11, 2006 (PDF)
• Howard University's Chemistry Department History, including Percy Julian
  • Note:  From the buttons on the left, select "Department", and then from the list that appears beneath, select "History."  The history is a series of 15 slides, which can be advanced by a button at the bottom.  The slide on Dr. Julian is #14 of 15.  There is a link to the Journal of Chemical Education story about Julian.

  Other Organizations

• Black Inventor Online Museum:  Percy Lavon Julian
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Project NOVA Data Bank of Scientists:  Percy Lavon Julian
• Chemical and Engineering News
• Glaucoma Research Foundation
• Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
• Illinois State University
• Indiana Historical Society
• Temple University
• Lemelson-MIT Awards Program, Inventor of the Week in Archives:  Percy Lavon Julian
• National Academies
• National Inventors Hall of Fame:  Percy Lavon Julian
• Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois
• National Historic Chemical Landmarks
• Science Spectrum Online
• University of Houston:  Engines of Our Ingenuity

  General Links

About Inventors Black History Pages Encyclopedia Britannica Fact Monster Information Please invent.org

National Academies Press article by Bernhard Witkop Percy Julian High School, Chicago, Illinois Percy Julian Middle School, Oak Park, Illinois Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) WGBH, Boston Wikipedia

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References

• Altman, S. Percy Lavon Julian. In Extraordinary Black Americans, From Colonial to Contemporary Times;Childrens Press: Chicago, 1989; pp 167-168.
• The African-American Almanac; Estell, K., Ed.; Gale Research: Detroit, MI, 1994; p 1236.
• Witkop, B. Black Achievers in Science, Teacher's Guide; Museum of Science and Industry: Chicago, 1988.
• Witkop, B. Percy Lavon Julian, April 11, 1899-April 19, 1975. In Biographical Memoirs; National Academy Press: Washington, DC, 1980; Vol. 52, pp 223-265. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/pjulian.html