Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Pioneer. Percy L. Julian (1899-1975), Research Chemist

On the day that Percy L. Julian graduated at the top of his class at DePauw University, his great-grandmother bared her shoulders and, for the first time, showed him the deep scars that remained from a beating she had received as a slave during the last days of the Civil War. She then clutched his Phi Beta Kappa key in her hand and said, “This is worth all the scars.”

By FELICIA R. LEE, Published: February 6, 2007

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