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  • Bibliography A - C
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  • Bibliography J - L
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Bibliography J - L
Jones, Hugh H.
  • "Inventor Here Aids Wheels of Progress" Birmingham News 11 April 1954: A-10.
Julian, Percy Lavon
  • b. 11 Apr 1899 - Montgomery, AL; d. 19 Apr 1975 - Waukegan, IL; buried: Elm Lawn Cemetery (Elmhurst, IL)
  • Jarrett, Vernon. "Dr. Percy Julian: A Man to Remember" Birmingham News 23 Apr 1978: 12-A.
  • "Joe Louis, Percy Julian to be Honored Next Week" Montgomery Advertiser 21 March 1958: 3-A.
  • Morrison, Walter. "State Native Found Fame, Treasure in Soy Proteins" Birmingham News 20 April 1975: 1-B, 2-B.
  • Parks, Dave. "Forgotten Genius: PBS Special Remembers State Chemist's Astounding Career, Marked by Equal Parts Persistence, Intellect" Birmingham News 5 Feb 2007: 1-D, 3D.
Kabase, Frank
  • b. Beirut, Syria; d. 31 March 1954 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Frank Kabase Earns Michigan School Degree" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1947: 2. (MS in Engineering)
  • "Frank Kabase, Merchant and Inventor, Dies" Birmingham Post Herald 1 Apr 1954: 15.
  • "Frank Kabase" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 April 1954: 50
Kasten, John B.
  • b. 27 March 1900 - Nyack, NY; died 7 Apr 1954 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Greenwood Cemetery
  • "John B. Kasten" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 April 1954: 28
Kidd, Thomas Jasper
  • b. 30 October 1879 - Shelby Co., AL; d. 21 June 1951 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Thomas J. Kidd, Widely-known Industrialist, Succumbs Here" Birmingham News 22 June 1951: 42.
Klugh, Bethune Glass
  • b. 13 March 1880 - SC; died 28 Dec 1951- Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Bethlehem Cemetery (Greenwood, SC)
  • "Bethune Glass Klugh" (article/obituary) Birmingham News 29 Dec 1951: 3.
  • "Bethune Glass Klugh" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Dec 1951: A-3.
Kosolapoff, Gennady Michael
  • b. 2 September 1909 - Kirov, Russia; d. 1 January 1976 - Alabama; buried: Garden hill Cemetery (Auburn, AL)
  • "G. M. Kosolapoff Dies: AU Professor, Chemist" Birmingham News 2 Jan 1976: 27.
Lay, William Patrick
  • b. 1853 d. 21 November 1940 - Etowah Co., AL
  • Dalrymple, Dolly. "That Commodity Called a Man" Birmingham News-Age-Herald 17 Nov 1929: 10
  • "TVA was 50 Years Too Late: Lay Reveals Dream on Coosa River" Birmingham Post 31 May 1937: 3.
LeMay, Ernest Douglass
  • b. 13 January 1886 - AL; d. 8 September 1970 - Sarasota Co., FL
  • "LeMay, 40 Years with TCI to Retire" Birmingham News 19 Dec 1951: 20
Lloyd, Stewart Joseph
  • b. 12 Sep 1881- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 5 Aug 1959 - Tuscaloosa, AL
  • "Dr. Stewart J. Lloyd, UA Leader, Dies at 77" Birmingham News 6 Aug 1959: 6.
  • "Dr. Stewart Lloyd, Services Saturday" Birmingham News 7 Aug 1959: 35.
  • "Herty Medal Awarded to UA Educator" Birmingham News 11 Apr 1952.
  • "Tribute to an Alabama Scientist" Mobile Press 15 April 1952.
Lusser, Robert
  • b. 1900 - Germany; d. 1969
  • "Ex-German's Missiles Aid Patented" Birmingham Post-Herald 18 Oct 1957: 37.
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