Rufus H. Fitzgerald, 1955

1955

Order Reproduction
Title
Rufus H. Fitzgerald, 1955
Creator
Dickinson, Sidney E.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
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
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Administration
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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