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Stamp Of Approval Starring Roles For Women Scientists Sold! To The Fittest Bidder Gone Fishin' Cosmic Collaboration Mice At Risk Although it isn't receiving as much publicity as the Elvis Presley stamp to be issued January 1, a stamp honoring a noted African American scientist will be available next month. Percy Lavon Julian, who pioneered the chemical synthesis of drugs, is to be featured on a 29-cent stamp as part of the U.S. Postal Service's commemorative Black Heritage Series. Julia

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Stamp Of Approval

Starring Roles For Women Scientists

Sold! To The Fittest Bidder

Gone Fishin'

Cosmic Collaboration

Mice At Risk

Although it isn't receiving as much publicity as the Elvis Presley stamp to be issued January 1, a stamp honoring a noted African American scientist will be available next month. Percy Lavon Julian, who pioneered the chemical synthesis of drugs, is to be featured on a 29-cent stamp as part of the U.S. Postal Service's commemorative Black Heritage Series. Julian, who lived from 1899 to 1975, was one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry and to open his own chemical manufacturing operation. He received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1923 and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1931. He taught at Howard University and several other institutions before founding Julian Laboratories Inc. in 1953. In 1935, Julian synthesized physostigmine, a ...

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