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Rufus H. Fitzgerald, 1955

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Rufus H. Fitzgerald, 1955
  • Title
  • Rufus H. Fitzgerald, 1955
  • Creator
  • Dickinson, Sidney E.
  • Date
  • 1955
  • Identifier
  • 20130814-hpicasc-0008
  • Description
  • Chancellor, 1945-1955. During Rufus H. Fitzgerald’s 1945 to 1955 tenure as chancellor, construction started on 10 new buildings on the Oakland campus. During this time, Jonas Salk’s team at the University’s Virus Research Lab, along with Julius Youngner as senior scientist, developed the polio vaccine that was declared in April 1955 to be “safe, effective, and potent.”
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • paintings (visual works)
    oil paintings (visual works)
    portraits
  • Subject
  • College presidents
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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