Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk

male, deceased (1995)
New York University School of Medicine alumni, poliomyelitis, Russian-American Jew, American, Biologist, Jewish American
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28 1914 - June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher best known for the development of the first successful...
Albert Sabin

Albert Sabin

male, deceased (1993)
New York University School of Medicine alumni, from Białystok, Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati, poliomyelitis, pole, dengue fever
<b>Albert Bruce Sabin</b> (August 26, 1906 - March 3, 1993) was a renowned American medical researcher of Jewish and Polish ancestry who is...
Hilary Koprowski

Hilary Koprowski

male, 92 years old
poliomyelitis, Polish-American, AIDS origin hypotheses, Warsaw Conservatory, Warsaw University, Virologist
Hilary Koprowski (b. December 5, 1916 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish virologist and immunologist. Koprowski is a graduate of the Faculty of...
John Franklin Enders

John Franklin Enders

male, deceased (1985)
delta kappa epsilon, Ph.D., Harvard University alumni, united states air force, scientist, Nobel Laureate…poliomyelitis
John Franklin Enders (February 10 1897 - September 8 1985) was an American medical scientist and Nobel laureate. Enders was born in West Hartford,...
Elizabeth Kenny

Elizabeth Kenny

female, deceased (1952)
Non-fiction writer, Irish Australian, Nurse, Australian, poliomyelitis
Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 september 1880 - 30 November 1952) was an Australian bush nurse famous for her innovative treatment of Poliomyelitis...

Basil O'Connor

male, deceased (1972)
philanthropist, lawyer, Red Cross, American, American Red Cross, poliomyelitis
Basil O'Connor (January 8, 1892 Taunton, Massachusetts - March 8, 1972) was an American lawyer. In co-operation with US-President Franklin D....
Frederick Chapman Robbins

Frederick Chapman Robbins

male, deceased (2003)
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, poliomyelitis, polio, Virologist, vaccines, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Frederick Chapman Robbins (August 25, 1916 - August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Thomas Huckle Weller

Thomas Huckle Weller

male, 94 years old
University of Michigan alumni, poliomyelitis, harvard medical school, Harvard Medical School alumni, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Thomas Huckle Weller (born June 15, 1915) is an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel...
Jakob Heine

Jakob Heine

male, deceased (1879)
Heine-Medin disease, privy counselor, Court Counselor, Württemberg, black forest, jakob…poliomyelitis
Jakob (or Jacob) Heine (April 16, 1800, Lauterbach (Black Forest, Germany) – November 12, 1879, Cannstatt, Germany) was a German orthopaedist. He is...
Philip Drinker

Philip Drinker

male, deceased (1972)
Princeton University, Lehigh University, World War II, David L. Edsall, Biographer, Cecil K. Drinker…poliomyelitis
Philip Drinker (December 12, 1894 in Haverford, Pennsylvania –October 19, 1972 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire) was an industrial hygienist who in...