In 1929, while an instructor at Howard University, Julian received a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to continue his graduate work at the University of Vienna,
where he earned his Ph.D. in 1931.
He studied under Ernst Späth
and was considered an impressive student.
In Europe, he found freedom
from the racial prejudices that had stifled him in the States.
He freely
participated in intellectual social gatherings, went to the opera and
found greater acceptance among his peers.
Julian was one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry, after St. Elmo Brady and Dr. Edward M.A. Chandler.[
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