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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Albert B. Sabin

Title:

President

Affiliation:

Weizmann Institute of Science

Rehovoth,   Israel

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1993

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1970

Citation:

"For numerous fundamental contributions to the understanding of viruses and viral diseases, culminating in the development of the vaccine which has eliminated poliomyelitis as a major threat to human health."

Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on May 21, 1971.

 

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