Earls to Speak at A&T's Spring Commencement

GREENSBORO - Dr. Julian M. Earls, center deputy director for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), will be the keynote speaker at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Annual Spring Commencement. The ceremony will be held Saturday, May 10, in the Greensboro Coliseum. The lineup will begin at 9 a.m., the processional at 9:30 a.m. and the ceremony at 10 a.m. Approximately 1000 students will receive degrees.

Earls shares with the center director the responsibility of accomplishing the missions assigned to the Center. GRC is engaged in research, technology

and systems development programs in aeronautical propulsion; space propulsion, space power, space communications, and microgravity sciences.

Earls earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Norfolk State University, his master’s degree in radiation biology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and his doctorate degree in radiation physics from the University of Michigan. He also earned the equivalent of a second master’s degree in environmental health from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s prestigious

program for management development. In addition, he was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree by the College of Aeronautics in New York and the Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy Degree from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.

Dr. Earls has written 28 publications for technical and educational journals. He wrote the first health physics guides used at NASA.
Earls and his wife, Zenobia, reside in Beachwood, Ohio. They have two children.