in 2005. Personal life Julius Taylor married Patricia Spauling in 1937. They had met while in high school, and had married on Patricia's condition that he attend college and earn a degree. Patricia Spauling worked as an executive assistant to multiple presidents at Morgan State University, and died in 1997. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter. Award and honors Lincoln University and Grambling State University (2004) granted him honorary degrees in science for his contributions to education Lincoln University Alumnus of the Year, 1963 Distinguished Service Citation from the American Association of Physics Teachers, 1976 Maryland Governor's Citation, 1986 Technical Achiever Award from the National Technical Association, 2011 (received posthumously) Select publications "Pressure Dependence of Resistance of Germanium," Physics Review, 1950 "Establishing Physics Programs in Black Colleges," Physics Today, 1976 - with Robert Dixon References External links Photos of Julius Taylor in the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics Julius H. Taylor Papers, Morgan State University Morris A. Soper Library and Information Technology Center "The Negro in Science," edited by Julius Taylor, 1955 1914 births 2011 deaths Morgan State University faculty American physicists Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni Middle Township High School alumni People from Cape May, New Jersey African-American physicists African-American academics African-American scientists Scientists from New Jersey University of Pennsylvania alumni African-American golfers