Jonas Salk Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$3,000,000

Jonas Salk, an American virologist and medical researcher, had a net worth of $3 million at the time of his death. Despite being famous for developing one of the first successful polio vaccines and being known as the ‘father of bio-philosophy’, Salk chose not to patent his work and forfeited a potential fortune of around $10 billion.

Key facts:

Jonas Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher.

He is best known for developing one of the first successful polio vaccines.

Salk's polio vaccine field trial was the most elaborate program of its kind in history.

He founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.

Later in his career, Salk focused on searching for a vaccine against HIV.

Basic Information About Jonas Salk

Category	Celebrities › Authors
Professions	Physician, Scientist, Virologist, Medical researcher
Net worth	$3,000,000
Date of birth	1914-10-28
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death	1995-06-23 (aged 80)
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Jonas Salk's photos

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1/ Filename: roosevelt-oconnor-N4AUtt61.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:06:58)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roosevelt_OConnor.jpg
Original Source: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; in book: Smith, Jane S. (1990). Patenting the Sun: Polio and The Salk Vaccine. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 0688094945.
Author: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Date taken: circa 1944date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

2/ Filename: salkatpitt-R0War343.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:06:59)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SalkatPitt.jpg
Original Source: University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives. This photo was previously published in 1957 Owl student yearbook of the University of Pittsburgh, pg.14-15.
Author: The Owl.
Date taken: 1957

3/ Filename: salk-child-karsh-z85m95eU.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:07:00)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salk-child-Karsh.jpg

4/ Filename: salk-march-of-dimes-poster-3874cpwu.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:07:01)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salk_March_of_Dimes_poster.jpg
Original Source: March of Dimes Foundation
Author: March of Dimes Foundation
Date taken: 1957

5/ Filename: ben-gurion-jonas-salk-jerusalem-1959-cy9JZeaM.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:07:02)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Gurion_-_Jonas_Salk_-_Jerusalem_1959.jpg

Original Source:

This is available from National Photo Collection of Israel, Photography dept. Goverment Press Office (link), under the digital ID D525-010.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.

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Author:

Fritz Cohen (1913–1981)
Alternative names	Fritz Cohn
Description	Israeli photographer Served as the Chief Photographer of the Israeli Government Press Office.
Date of birth/death	1913	1981
Location of birth/death	Berlin	Israel
Authority file	: Q45269077 VIAF: 308268366 J9U: 987007519169205171

Date taken: 1 May 1959

6/ Filename: salk-institute1-q13Q0CM5.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:07:03)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salk_Institute1.jpg
Original Source:
Own work by the original uploader

Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author: Jim Harper
Date taken: 9 February 2004

7/ Filename: jonas-salk-1988-I33n3d0q.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 01:07:04)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jonas_Salk_1988.jpg
Original Source: CDC Public Health Image Library, photo ID # 7356
http://phil.cdc.gov/ (search for "7356")
Author: CDC
Date taken: Creation Date:1988

8/ Filename: salkws-R3dfBlo4.jpg