[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 5 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 5

  Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of 
organic chemistry and the first and only African-American chemist to be 
            inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2007

Mr. Obama (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Lieberman, 
and Mr. Bayh) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of 
organic chemistry and the first and only African-American chemist to be 
            inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.

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;
Whereas Percy Julian graduated from DePauw University in 1920 and received an 
        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, enabling the widespread use of cortisone as an 
        affordable treatment for 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 Public Broadcasting 
        Service NOVA film ``Forgotten Genius'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the Congress honors the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in 
the field of organic chemistry and the first and only African-American 
chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
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