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Julian M. Earls, Deputy Director of NASA Glenn Research Center, Earls’ distinguished career began at NASA when he joined the agency to lead the GRC health physics program. Since that time, he has served in numerous capacities to include chief of health, safety and security, director of the Office of Health Services, assistant deputy director for Glenn’s business resources development, director of administration and computer services, deputy director of operations and GRC deputy center director. As the new director of GRC, Earls is responsible for the GRC’s research, technology and systems development programs in aeronautical propulsion, space propulsion, space power, space communications and microgravity sciences. He wrote the first health physics guides used at NASA and has written nearly 30 publications for technical and education journals. He has been awarded NASA medals for exceptional achievement and outstanding leadership. Other honors include his induction into the inaugural class of the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, receiving the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive and serving as a distinguished honors visiting professor at numerous universities throughout the nation. Earls is the co-founder of an organization whose members make contributions for scholarships to black students who attend historically black colleges and universities. He has served on many university boards of trustees and the advisory board for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also an avid runner, who has run more than 10,000 miles in the past five years, and successfully completed 25 marathons, including the Boston Marathon. He was a torchbearer for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games, where he carried the Olympic Flame for a segment of the Olympic Torch Run through Cleveland. A native of Portsmouth, Earls holds lifetime memberships in the NAACP and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. His degrees include a bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State University, a master’s degree in radiation biology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York, and a doctorate in radiation physics from the University of Michigan. In addition, he was awarded honorary doctorates in science, pedagogy, and humane letters. Earls currently resides in Ohio with his wife, Zenobia. They have two sons and one granddaughter. |
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