Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.
Background
- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- New York UniversityUniversity of MichiganCity College of New YorkGrossman School of MedicineFanny Edel Falk Laboratory School
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Thomas Francis, Jr.
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Robert Lanza
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"I look upon ourselves as partners in all of this, and that each of us contributes and does what he can do best. And so I see not a top rung and a bottom rung — I see all this horizontally — and I see …"
"Know what is the purpose of life that you are inclined to serve, that you are drawn to. Do what makes your heart leap rather than simply follow some style or fashion. Not everyone can or should be a s…"
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Timeline
1914
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Birth1995
Died
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