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 | | Jonas Edward Salk, developer of the first successful vaccine for polio, was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City. |
 | | In 1942, Salk went to the University of Michigan on a research fellowship and soon advanced to the position of assistant professor of epidemiology, or, the study of the causes and control of epidemics. |
 | | Salk's former mentor Thomas Francis, Jr., directed the vaccination of nearly two million schoolchildren, and the results proved Salk's polio vaccine to be safe and effective. |
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