Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Jonas Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995) is the discoverer/inventor of the eponymous Salk vaccine (see polio vaccine). This was one of the first successful attempts at immunization against a virus, specifically the Poliomyelitis virus. The vaccine provides the recipient with immunity against Polio, and was seminal in the near eradication of a once widely-feared disease. Salk was born in New York City. He spent his career as a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. The Salk Institute in La Jolla, California was named in Jonas Salk's honor. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.