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    Percy Julian Biography

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    1975. Recognition in 1973, Julian was the first black chemist chosen to the National Academy of the Sciences. In 1990 he was chosen to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and in 1999 his making of physostigmine was notice by the American Chemical Society as “one of the top 25 achievements in the history of American chemistry.” Personal Life Julian met Anna Roselle at Harvard University. Julian married Anna Roselle, in 1935 and had two children.

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    Secret Societies

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    Today in the US secret societies are becoming a fascinating topic, and the US seems to be threatened by them. Major Political figures and now even Musical entertainers are being rumored to be in some of these secret societies. But what are they all really about? What is their history? What are their purposes and goals, and achievements? Do they have any deeper meaning to what is revealed? Many would like to know just how these are run, and soon bring it all to light. Strange allegories about death

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    Fraternities and sororities have existed for centuries throughout the world, although more prominent in the United States. They are a social organization, appealing to students attending colleges and universities. The first fraternity established was Phi Beta Kappa at the College of William and Mary in 1775. In 1867, the first women’s fraternity was founded at Monmouth College. Approximately nine million people in the U.S. are Greek. Greek communities share common ethics and strive to bring success to its

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    Awards & Honors: Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing Spring 2016 – Present; Golden Key International Honor Society Fall 2015 – Present; Dean’s Honors List Fall 2015 – Present. Queensborough Community College GPA: 3.77 The City University of New York, Bayside, NY Associate in Applied Science, Nursing, 1/15 Awards & Honors: Psi Beta Honor Society, Fall 2012 – Present; Dean’s Honors List, Fall 2011 – Present; Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, Fall 2011 – Present; Nursing Mentor,

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    in 1960, Betsey Johnson attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. After one year of attending Pratt Institute, she transferred to Syracuse University where she later graduated magna cum laude. Before graduating, she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa society in 1964. Betsey Johnson began her fashion industry career when she entered and won a fashion designing contest which gave her a job with a New York Art Department. Betsey Johnson accepted a job with Paraphernalia Clothing Boutique. In 1970

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    Wanting for dreams to come true don’t do that themselves, it depends on what choices we do and don’t make that help us strive towards our longings. Unless, we are all controlled by fate, playing out the part in our lives that had been pre-organized for us. The unit selections Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, a biographical novel, and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, a drama, both focus on things we can and can 't control in our lives, but Into the Wild does a better job answering the question in the

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    She was the first women to be elected president of the American Chemical Society in 1978. In 1989, with colleague, Edwin Weaver, she wrote Chemistry: a Search to Understand. Which was a textbook she described is for students who are “intellectually curious but not professionally driven”. She also won many honors and awards. Some of them being: Frank Forest Award of the American Ceramic Society (1949), the Citation of Merit of the University of Missouri College of art and Science (1960)

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    John C. Calhoun was an American politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. His ideas about states’ rights and limited government led the state and region towards session from the union infighting the civil war. John Caldwell Calhoun was born March 18th 1782 in the Abbeville district which is now known as McCormick County. Calhoun was the fourth child to Patrick Calhoun and his wife Martha Caldwell. At the age of seventeen when Calhoun’s father

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    receiving his draft notice, indicating that he will be conscripted to fight in Vietnam. To the narrator, being drafted to the war is the worst possible scenario. Recently graduated from College, he has “the world dicked”—he graduated “Phi Beta Kappa” (an exclusive honor society tied with college grade point average), “summa cum laude” (honor awarded to students with a grade point average higher than 3.90), is “president of the student body”, and receives “a full-ride scholarship for grad studies at Harvard

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    Sonia Sotomayor

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    Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 27, 1954 in The Bronx, New York. Her parents Juan Sotomayor and Celina Baez were both natives of Puerto Rico; they worked as a manual worker and a nurse respectively. She was raised in the Bronxdale Houses; a city owned housing projects. When Sonia was nine her father passed away, due to his early death her mother was forced to work extra days to get her children in a good school, which she did. Her mother's hard work payed off when she managed to send her children

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