Albert B. Sabin

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Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993)

United States DoctorsLived 1906 to 1993 · aged 86

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Albert Bruce Sabin was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969-1972, he served as the president of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

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Sabin (right) with Robert C. Gallo, M.D., circa 1985

Leaders in the effort against polio were honored at the opening of the Polio Hall of Fame on January 2, 1958. From left: Thomas M. Rivers, Charles Armstrong, John R. Paul, Thomas Francis Jr., Albert Sabin, Joseph L. Melnick, Isabel Morgan, Howard A. Howe, David Bodian, Jonas Salk, Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor.[21]

The CARE/Crawley Building houses the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Awards 12

2006Distinguished Americans series

1986Presidential Medal of Freedom

1974John Howland Award

1970National Medal of Science

1968Mangia d'Oro

1965Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

1962Robert Koch Prize

1959Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize

1941E. Mead Johnson Award

Bavarian Order of Merit

Medal of Liberty

honorary doctor of the University of Brasília

Connected to Albert 6

Irving BerlinAlso won Medal of Liberty

Margaret Chase SmithAlso won Distinguished Americans series

Raúl AlfonsínAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Brasília

Gregg L. SemenzaAlso won E. Mead Johnson Award

Alessandro NanniniAlso won Mangia d'Oro

Maurice HillemanAlso won Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize

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