jonas salk

     

In 1960 this polio vaccine pioneer founded his Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California

Trivia about jonas salk

  • In 1977 Jimmy Carter awarded this polio vaccine pioneer the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a lab.) I'm at a University of Pittsburgh campus building named for this doctor--it's where he did the research that led to the polio vaccine
  • Originally from New York City, this microbiologist developed the first vaccine against polio
  • In 1955 he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for "great achievement in field of medicine"