| Jonas Salk  AKA Jonas Edward Salk
Born: 28-Oct-1914
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 23-Jun-1995
Location of death: Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Discoverer of the polio vaccine Father: Edward B. Salk
Mother: Dora Press
Wife: Donna Lindsay (m. 8-Jun-1939, div. 1968, three sons)
Son: Peter
Son: Darrell
Son: Jonathan
Wife: Françoise Gilot (m. 1970)
Medical School: New York University (1939)
Scholar: Virus Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh (1947-)
Academy of Achievement (1976)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
amfAR National Council
Association of American Physicians
American Public Health Association
American Epidemiological Society
Society of American Bacteriologists
American Association of Immunologists
American Society for Clinical Research
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Congressional Gold Medal
Humanist of the Year 1976
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1977
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #3426 (63 cents, issued 8-Mar-2006)
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