Hans Bohr, Ann Bohr, Else Bohr, Jonas Salk, Margrethe Bohr, Basil O’ Connor and Niels Bohr.
| Nummer | B1198 |
| Type | Billeder |
| Beskrivelse | Hans Bohr, Ann Bohr, Else Bohr, Jonas Salk, Margrethe Bohr, Basil O’ Connor and Niels Bohr at Bohr's summer house, Tisvilde, North Zealand, Denmark. |
| Bemærkning | Hans Henrik Bohr (1918 - 2010) was the second son of Niels Bohr. Hans qualified as a doctor in Sweden whilst in exile in Sweden in 1944. He specialised in surgery and orthopaedics becoming Head Physician at Refsnæs hospital and Rigshospitalet.
Ann Bohr (1921 - 1994) was the wife of Niels Bohr's son Hans. Else Bohr (née Richter) was the wife of Ernest Bohr. Jonas Salk was one of the leading scientists of the twentieth century and the creator of the first polio vaccine. In 1942 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Salk became part of a group that was working to develop a vaccine against the flu. In 1947, he became head of the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pittsburgh he began research on polio. On April 12, 1955, the vaccine was released for use in the United States. He established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 1963. Basil O' Connor (1892 - 1972) graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar to practice law in 1915. In 1919 O'Connor founded his own law firm in New York City, where he met Franklin D. Roosevelt and became his legal advisor. In 1924 the two men joined forces to establish their own law firm. From 1944 to 1949 O'Connor was Chairman and President of the American Red Cross and from 1945 to 1950 he was Chairman of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In 1958 O'Connor received the Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service in recognition of his efforts in the fight against polio. |
| Årstal | 1960 |
| Dateringsnote | O' Connor and Salk were attending the 1960 International Polio Conference in Copenhagen. |
| Fotograf | Ukendt |
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| Arkiv | Niels Bohr Archive |
