Memorial Page for Jonas Salk
Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine
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Jonas Salk
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Jonas Salk (* October 28, 1914 in New York City; † June 23, 1995 in La Jolla) was a jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine. He was 80 years old. He was married to Françoise Gilot. His education included University of Michigan, City College of New York, New York University, Grossman School of Medicine and Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School. He received 9 awards, including Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Presidential Medal of Freedom. His cause of death was heart failure. He was buried at Los Angeles.
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12 EventsBorn in New York City, New York
1914Meritorious Civilian Service Award
1955Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
1956Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize
1957Robert Koch Prize
1962Married Françoise Gilot
1970until 1995
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
1975Congressional Gold Medal
1975Humanist of the Year
1976Presidential Medal of Freedom
1977Died in La Jolla, San Diego County (heart failure)
1995California Hall of Fame
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Jonas Salk. Forever remembered.