Dr. Julian M. Earls is Executive in Residence at the Nance College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Also, he served as Co-Chair of the Science and Mathematics Education Policy Advisory Council (SAMEPAC) for the State of Ohio. The SAMEPAC developed findings and made policy recommendations for improvements in mathematics and science education in Ohio. In January 2006, he retired from the position of Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland.  As Director of GRC he managed a budget in excess of $600 million and a workforce of over 3000 employees. 

He holds nine university degrees.  He earned the Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia; the Master’s Degree in Radiation Biology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York, and the Doctorate Degree in Radiation Physics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He completed the equivalent of the Master’s Degree in Environmental Health at the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.  He was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree by the Vaughn College of Aeronautics in New York and Howard University in DC, the Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy Degree by Nova Southeastern University in Florida, and Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degrees by North Carolina A&T State University, Norfolk State University, and Wilberforce University in Ohio. Dr. Earls was inducted into the inaugural class of the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame with such distinguished individuals as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. 

Dr. Earls is the author of 31 publications and has been a Distinguished Honors Visiting Professor at numerous universities.  As a NASA executive he received NASA medals for outstanding leadership, exceptional achievement, and distinguished service.  He received the Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award from President Clinton in 1999 and from President Bush in 2004. He was appointed to serve as a panelist for President Clinton’s Initiative on Race at the 150th Anniversary Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

Dr. Earls co-founded an organization (The Development Fund for Black Students) that provides college scholarships to black students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities and major in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. As a mentor, he has guided many students though college and the professions. Recognized internationally for his oratorical skills, Dr. Earls is a Jennings Foundation Distinguished Scholar Lecturer.  In addition to his many scholarly and work-related accomplishments, Dr, Earls is an athlete.  He has completed 27 marathons, including the Boston Marathon, and was honored to carry the Olympic Torch on its route through Cleveland for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.  He is a member of Tau Boule of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity and holds life memberships in Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the NAACP.  

Dr. Earls is married to Zenobia, a former teacher with the Cleveland City Schools who is a graduate of Norfolk State University and John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.  They have two sons.  Julian Jr. is a neurologist who graduated from Howard University and the Case Western Reserve University Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio.  Gregory is a filmmaker who graduated from Norfolk State University and the American Film Institute in Hollywood California. Julian, Jr. is married to Pamela, an optometrist who graduated from Howard University and the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.