| LC control no. | n 50017557 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995 |
| Variant(s) | Salk, Jonas Edward, 1914- |
| See also | Founded corporate body: Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| Birth date | 1914-10-28 |
| Death date | 1995-06-23 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Poliomyelitis vaccine |
| Affiliation | University of Pittsburgh Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| Profession or occupation | Medical research personnel Scientists |
| Found in | Rowland, J. The polio man, 1961, c1960 Splendid solution, 2004: CIP t.p. (Jonas Salk) info. from pub. (died 1995) Biography.com, November 15, 2013 (Jonas Salk; Doctor, Scientist.; born in New York City on October 28, 1914, Jonas Salk was one of the leading scientists of the twentieth century and the creator of the first polio vaccine; he earned a bachelor's degree in science from the City College of New York, and his M.D. from New York University in 1939; he interned at Mount Sinai Hospital for two years and then earned a fellowship to the University of Michigan, where he studied flu viruses with Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr.; in 1947, Salk took a position at the University of Pittsburgh, where he began conducting research on polio, also known as infantile paralysis; Salk's polio vaccine was approved for general use in 1955; he launched his own research organization known as the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 1963 where he and other scientists focused their efforts on such diseases as multiple sclerosis and cancer; Salk served as the center's director until 1975, and he then became its founding director; continuing to research, Salk studied AIDS and HIV later in his career; he died of heart failure on June 23, 1995 at his home in La Jolla, California; in addition to his research, Salk also wrote several books on philosophical topics, including Man Unfolding (1972) and The Survival of the Wisest (1973), which he co-wrote with son Jonathan) |
| Associated language | eng |
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