Jonas Salk
Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914-1995) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 80
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.
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2007California Hall of FameAward2006Distinguished Americans seriesAward1995Died23 June 19951981Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1977Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1976Humanist of the YearAward1975Congressional Gold MedalAwardJawaharlal Nehru Award for International UnderstandingAward1962Robert Koch PrizeAward1957Howard Taylor Ricketts PrizeAwardJohn Scott AwardAward1956Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1955Meritorious Civilian Service AwardAward1914Born28 October 1914
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Lived 1914 to 1995 · aged 80
