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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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