Anna Roselle Johnson Julian
Personal Information
Born: 1903 (or 1901)
Died: 1994
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
University of Pennsylvania BS Education 1923, MS Sociology 1925, PhD Sociology 1937
Professional Life
Field of Study: Sociology; civil rights activist
Institution/Corporation: University of the Dictrict of Columbia; Julian Laboritories
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: DePauw (1987); Rosary College (1993);MacMurray College (1994); Member: Delta Sigma Theta (President 1929-1931), Phi Beta Kappa, National Conference of Christians & Jews, Links Inc, Chicago Urban League, NAACP, Illinois Governor's Commission on Birth Control (1963), Board Member Rosary College (now Dominican University), YWCA, Women's Board of the University of Chicago, Board of Trustees MacMurray College & Erikson Institute of Early Childhood Education, American Sociological Society (now American Sociological Association), American Association of University Women, Board of Oak Park Education Foundation
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1934, Bloomfield Moore Fellowship in Sociology; Rita Johnson Humanitarian Award, Family Services & Mental Health Center of Oak Park & River Forest; 1973, cited by Chicago Chapter of NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund for Contributions to Justice (with Husband Percy Lavon Julian); 2006, Exhibition "From Dreams to Determination: The Legacy of Drs Percy & Anna Julian" DuSable Museum of African-American History; Brotherhood Award, National Conference of Christian & Jews
Achievements: Home in Oak Park, Illinois was fire-bombed 3 times & family received death threats after moving into all-white neighborhood of Oak Park, IL; with husband, founded Julian Laboritories in 1953-specialized in synthesizing hormones in bulk; Illinois delegate to the 1970 White House Conference on Children