Dr. Percy Lavon Julian with his family, Illinois, 1950s

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Percy Lavon Julian with his family, Illinois, 1950s

Alternative title

Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, chemist, and family.

Date Created

[1950s]

Date

1950/1960

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Group portrait of the Percy Lavon Julian family: Anna Roselle Julian (wife, seated); standing (L to R): unidentified young man, Percy Lavon Julian, Faith Roselle Julian (daughter) and Percy Lavon Julian, Jr.
Percy Lavon Julian was an organic chemist. He earned his BS from DePauw University, his MS from Harvard University and his PhD from the University of Vienna. He taught and later worked for the Glidden Company as a Research Director. He founded Julian Associates, and Julian Research Institute in 1964. Anna Roselle Julian was the first African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology (1937) by the University of Pennsylvania, a civic activist, and fourth national president of Delta Sigma Theta. Percy Lavon Julian, Jr. became a noted civil rights lawyer in Madison, Wisconsin.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Julian, Percy Lavon, Jr., 1940-2008
Julian, Faith Roselle
Julian, Anna Roselle, 1903-1994
Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American chemists
African American sociologists