Salk Institute

Author: Ezra Stoller
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: When Mr. Jonas Salk founded the biology research center named after his surname in 1960, he had already become a hero in the United States for inventing the polio vaccine. He dedicated himself to combating this disease with the spirit of a humanitarian and a monk-like scientist. He found a kindred spirit in the architect Louis Kahn, and together they created a great work in modern architecture—as Salk put it, "artwork that serves the work of science."