A videographer for the PBS program NOVA is on the DePauw University campus today, collecting footage for an upcoming two-hour documentary on the legendary chemist and 1920 DePauw University graduate ...

Percy Lavon Julian was fascinated by plants from an early age; he became America’s soybean expert. Grandson of slaves who became only second black elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Born the grandson of Alabama slaves, and growing up during segregation, Percy Lavon Julian faced a lifetime of personal and professional challenges. He nevertheless went on to become one of the ...

Just before the turn of the century, Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a bright student, but at that time the city provided no public education for black students after ...

The challenger was Percy Lavon Julian, a young, Black chemist at DePauw University in Indiana. Born in 1899 in Alabama as the grandson of former slaves, Julian grew up under Jim Crow laws. He’d been ...

Percy Lavon Julian, born in Montgomery, Alabama, was a renowned research chemist with over 130 patents. His groundbreaking work included synthesizing steroids from plants, improving paint formulas ...

March 25, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - "Percy Lavon Julian of Montgomery, Alabama, was the grandson of a former slave, and son of a former postal employee. He worked his way through DePauw University ...