[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 34 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.34
                                              Agreed to February 5, 2007

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America




          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas Percy Julian was born on April 11, 1899, in Montgomery, 
  Alabama, the son of a railway clerk and the first member of his 
  family to attend college, graduating from DePauw University in 1920, 
  receiving a M.S. degree from Harvard University in 1923 and a Ph.D. 
  from the University of Vienna in 1931;

Whereas in 1935 Dr. Julian became the first to discover a process to 
  synthesize physostigmine, the drug used in the treatment of glaucoma;

Whereas Dr. Julian later pioneered a commercial process to synthesize 
  cortisone from soy beans and yams, enabling the widespread use of 
  cortisone as an affordable treatment of arthritis;

Whereas Dr. Julian was the first African American chemist elected to 
  the National Academy of Sciences in 1973 for his lifetime of 
  scientific accomplishments, held over 130 patents at the time of his 
  death in 1975, and dedicated much of his life to the advancement of 
  African Americans in the sciences; and

Whereas Dr. Julian's life story has been documented in the PBS NOVA 
  film ``Forgotten Genius'': Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That the Congress honors the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in 
the field of organic chemistry research and development and the first 
and only African American chemist to be inducted into the National 
Academy of Sciences.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.