Links & Books
Links
The Life and Science of Percy Julian
www.chemheritage.org/scialive/julian/history/1.html
The Chemical Heritage Foundation provides this detailed Web site on the life and work of Percy Julian, including photographs, supplemental readings, and lab activities you can try at home.
Percy Lavon Julian: 1899-1975
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/pjulian.pdf
Download and read a biographical memoir of Percy Julian written by his friend, the chemist Bernhard Witkop, and published by the National Academy of Sciences. Adobe Acrobat required.
Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism
www.depauw.edu/library/archives/
dpuinventories/julian_percy_lavon_family.htm
The archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism offer this Web site of documents collected during Percy Julian's lifetime. Find newspaper articles, photographs, personal papers, streaming audio, and links to other Web resources.
Medical Miracles
acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/medical4.html
On this Web site from the American Chemical Society, learn about Percy Julian's innovative work on the synthesis of physostigmine, hydrocortisone, and other medicinal substances.
Dr. Percy Lavon Julian
www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/howarcorJulian1.htm
Find a brief biography of Percy Julian on this Web page from the archives of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
The Organic Chemistry Portal
www.organic-chemistry.org
Having trouble creating your own cortisone? Find links to dozens of organic chemistry-related resources on this Web portal.
General Chemistry Online!
antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Frostburg State University in Maryland offers this helpful resource for students of general chemistry. Find a searchable library of common compounds, lab notes, tutorials, simulations, and much more.
Books
Beyond Small Numbers: Voices of African American PhD Chemists
by Willie Pearson, Jr. Elsevier, 2005.
Principles of Biochemistry
by
David L. Nelson and Michael M. Cox. W. H. Freeman, 2004.
Chemistry: Concepts and Problems: A Self-Teaching Guide
by Clifford Houk and Richard Post. Wiley Press, 1996.
Articles
"Studies of the Indole Series. V. The Complete Synthesis of Physostigmine
(Eserine)." by P. L. Julian and J. Pikl. Journal of the American Chemical Society,
April 1935.
"Percy Lavon Julian" by W. Montague Cobb. Journal of the National Medical Association, March
1971.
"The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up" by Paul DeKruif. Reader's Digest, August 1946.
