Fun (and not so fun) Facts
- President Franklin had polio.
- Salk began finding a vaccine for AIDS but then he died from congestive heart failure.
- People think that Andy from toy story’s father had polio in his childhood and later in life died from it.
Birth and death
Birth: October 28,1914.
Death: June 23, 1995.
He died when he was 81.
Accomplishments
- On March 26th, 1953 he announced that he had a successful polio vaccine that he sold for free which was an accomplishment on its own.
- The Salk institute was established in 1960.