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Do We Need Julian Today? Resources

"The Seventh Fold" (complete)
by J. Donald Adams

Deep in the intricate country of the mind
I took a twisting path that led me,
Stumbling, to a wind-wracked hill.
Those thickets I had passed through,
Tangled, briery, tough to break,
And swampy, sometimes, underfoot—
Were well behind now, lost to sight,
And at the moment, lost to mind.
The hill I'd reached was high enough
To look on distances that dropped away,
Fold upon fold,
Melting, far to westward, into a dim horizon.
They beckoned,
And my feet, so heavy as I had begun
To climb the hill,
Were now uplifted to a lighter pace.
What land is this, I asked in taking breath?
What lies behind that seventh fold?
Take heart, I told myself; go farther on.

Note: The poem above and the Percy Julian quote at the beginning of "Do We Need Julian Today?" are quoted in Bernard Witkop's memoir of Percy Julian

Data sources for "Do We Need Julian Today?"

Donna J. Nelson, "FY2001 Table showing faculty of the 'top 50' chemistry departments by rank, gender, and race/ethnicity." Nelson Diversity Surveys, University of Oklahoma. 2002.
cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/diversity/top50.html

Donna J. Nelson, "A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities," University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. January, 2005.
cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/diversity/briefings/15Jan04Briefings.html

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2004, NSF 06-308, Project Officer, Susan T. Hill (Arlington, VA 2006).
www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/tables.htm

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Ph.D.s 1985-94, Selected Data on Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 1995, NSF 96-303, Arlington, VA, 1996.
www.nsf.gov/statistics/s4095/

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Ph.D.s 1983-93, Science and Engineering Doctorates Awarded, by Citizenship Status, Sex, Racial/Ethnic Group, and Major Field of Study of Recipients: 1993, NSF 94-318, (Arlington, VA, 1994).
[not available online]

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1992-2001, NSF 04-318, Project Officers, Susan T. Hill and Jean M. Johnson (Arlington, VA 2004). Physical sciences include chemistry, physics, astronomy as well as Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf04318/htmstart.htm

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: Undergraduate Degrees. Table C-6. Bachelor's degrees, by field, citizenship, and race/ethnicity: 1995-2004. Arlington,VA, 2006. Physical sciences include chemistry, physics, astronomy as well as Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/underdeg.htm

WebCASPAR Database System, accessed January 6, 2007. Physical sciences include chemistry, physics, astronomy as well as Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
caspar.nsf.gov/webcaspar/

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, 2000 Census Data, accessed January 6, 2007.
www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race.html

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, 1980 and 1990 Census Data, accessed January 6, 2007.
www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Census estimates for individual years, accessed January 6, 2007.
www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

Author's acknowledgment

The author gratefully acknowledges support from the Sloan Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. She is also grateful to Christopher Brammer for deciphering census data files, establishing consistency between webCASPAR and NSF data, and for assistance with tables and graphs.

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