Percy Lavon Julian - Legacy

Legacy

• In 1950, the Chicago Sun-Times named Percy Julian the Chicagoan of the Year.
• From 1975, the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers has presented the Percy L. Julian Award for Pure and Applied Research in Science and Engineering.
• In 1975, Percy L. Julian High School was opened on the south side of Chicago, Illinois as a Chicago Public High School.
• In 1985, Hawthorne School in Oak Park was renamed Percy Julian Middle School in his honor.
• In 1980, the science and mathematics building on the DePauw University campus was rededicated as the Percy L. Julian Mathematics and Science Center. In Greencastle, Indiana, where DePauw is located, a street was named after Julian.
• Illinois State University, where Julian served on the board of trustees, named a hall after him.
• In 1990, he was inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame.
• In 1993 Julian was honored on a stamp issued by the United States Postal Service.
• In 1999, the American Chemical Society recognized Julian's synthesis of physostigmine as one of the top 25 achievements in the history of American chemistry.
• In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Percy Lavon Julian on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.
• In 2011, the Qualifying Exam preparation committee at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine was named for Percy Julian