Jonas Salk
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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
Salk in 1959
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.
A March of Dimes poster, c. 1957
Françoise Gilot
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Françoise Gaime Gilot was a French painter. Gilot first made her mark in the post-war milieu of artists who redefined the European artistic landscape. With a career that spanned more than seven decade
Jonas Salk
…psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. They divorced in 1968, and Salk married French painter Françoise Gilot (formerly the mistress of Pablo Picasso) two years later. On June 23, 1995, Salk died from heart failure at age 80 in La Jolla. He was buried at El…
Gilot in 2013
Gilot and Pablo Picasso,1952
A plaque for Rue Françoise Gilot in Paris