Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

ORGANIZATION

Nonprofit bioscience research facility near San Diego, California.

"In 1959, Salk and architect Louis Kahn began a unique partnership to design a truly distinguished research facility. The March of Dimes, which has generously continued to support the Salk Institute over its history, provided the seed money. The San Diego City Council gifted the land where the facility is built -- a decision that was overwhelmingly approved and affirmed by the people of San Diego in a special referendum."

Campus architecture designed by Louis Kahn.

Official Website:
http://www.salk.edu/

Location:
La Jolla, CA

Founding Date:
1959

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Rand V. Araskog Business 30-Oct-1931 CEO of ITT, 1979-98

David Baltimore Biologist 7-Mar-1938 Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase

Paul Berg Chemist 30-Jun-1926 Pioneer in recombinant DNA

J. Michael Bishop Scientist 22-Feb-1936 Genetic causes of cancer

Andrew Brimmer Economist 13-Sep-1926 7-Oct-2012 Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74

William R. Brody Educator 4-Jan-1944 President, Salk Institute

Francis Crick Scientist 8-Jun-1916 28-Jul-2004 Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA

Gerald M. Edelman Scientist 1-Jul-1929 17-May-2014 Chemical structure of antibodies

Joseph L. Goldstein Scientist 18-Apr-1940 Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism

Robert W. Holley Scientist 28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis

Salvador Luria Biologist 13-Aug-1912 6-Feb-1991 Natural selection in bacteria

John J. McCloy Military 31-Mar-1895 11-Mar-1989 World Bank, Warren Commission

Howard H. Newman Business c. 1947 Former Partner, Warburg Pincus

Gerald Parsky Attorney c. 1942 UC Regent, 1996-2008

Jonas Salk Scientist 28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine

Leo Szilard Physicist 11-Feb-1898 30-May-1964 Nuclear chain reaction

Rosemary Tomich Business c. 1937 Hope Cattle Company

Susumu Tonegawa Scientist 6-Sep-1939 Antibody production and diversity

Wylie Vale, Jr. Doctor 3-Jul-1941 3-Jan-2012 Endocrinologist at Salk Institute

Ted Waitt Business 18-Jan-1963 Co-Founder of Gateway

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