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House Calendar No. 4 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 34 
[Report No. 110–4] 
Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic 
chemistry research and development and the first and only African Amer-
ican chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2007 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 
KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. HOLT, and Ms. MATSUI) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science and Technology 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Additional sponsor: Mr. FATTAH 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring 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 in-
ducted into the National Academy of Sciences. 
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•HCON 34 RH 
Whereas Percy Julian was born on April 11, 1899, in Mont-
gomery, 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 treat-
ment 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 Acad-
emy of Sciences. 
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House Calendar No. 4 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 34 
[Report No. 110–4] 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer 
in the field of organic chemistry research and de-
velopment and the first and only African Amer-
ican chemist to be inducted into the National 
Academy of Sciences. 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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