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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