White House Press Release With the Text of Citations Given by the President to Dr. Jonas E. Salk and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
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OCR Page 1 of 2IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 1955
James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President
THE WHITE HOUSE
Following are the Citations given today by
the President to Dr. Jonas E. Salk and the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
The Citation for Dr. Salk is as follows:
Because of a signal and historic contribution to human welfare by
Dr. Jonas E. Salk in his development of a vaccine to prevent
paralytic poliomyelitis, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of
the United States, on behalf of the people of the United States,
present to him this citation for his extraordinary achievement,
The work of Dr. Salk is in the highest tradition of selfless and
dedicated medical research, He has provided a means for the
control of a dread disease. By helping scientists in other
countries with technical information; by offering to them the strains
of seed virus and proféssional aid so that the production of vaccine
can be started by them everywhere; by welcoming them to his
laboratory that they may gain a fuller knowledge, Dr. Salk is a
benefactor of mankind,
His achievement, a credit to our entire scientific community,
does honor to all the people of the United States,
The Citation for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is as follows:
I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, present
this special citation to the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis for its unswerving devotion to the eradication of poliomyelitis,
The American people recognize a debt of gratitude to the Foundation
and to its founder, the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose
personal courage in overcoming the handicap of poliomyelitis stands
as a symbol of the fight against this disease.
Without the support and encouragement of the Foundation, the work
of Dr. Jonas E. Salk and of many others who contributed to the
development of a preventive vaccine could not have gone for ward so
rapidly. The Foundation displayed remarkable faith in sponsoring
and determination in fostering their valiant effort for the health of
all mankind,
The generous voluntary support of the Foundation by the American
people has been dramatically justified. In their name, I am privileged
to make this award to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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