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.
Salk in 1959
President Franklin D. Roosevelt meeting with Basil O'Connor
Salk in 1955 at the University of Pittsburgh
Magazine photo of Salk to O'Neill, "the most elaborate program of its kind in history, involving 20,000 physicians and public health officers, 64,000 school personnel, and 220,000 volunteers," with over 1.8 million school children participating in the trial. A 1954 Gallup poll showed that more Americans knew about the polio field trials than could give the full name of the President.
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University (NYU), a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the University, the other being the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Both are part of NYU Langone Health,an academic medical center named after Kenneth Langone, the investment banker and financial backer of The Home Depot.
Smilow Research building
