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I noticed this link, picked up by the news area of the site:
http://www.chicagotribune...&cset=true
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MAURICE HILLEMAN, 85
Vaccine researcher saved `millions of lives'
Associated Press
Published April 12, 2005
TRENTON, N.J. -- Maurice Hilleman, a pioneer in vaccine research who helped develop vaccines for mumps, measles, chickenpox and other childhood scourges, died Monday of cancer. He was 85.
Mr. Hilleman died at a hospital in Philadelphia. A longtime resident of the area, he held doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago and Montana State University.
Mr. Hilleman worked for Merck & Co. Inc. for nearly 30 years before retiring in 1984 as senior vice president, the pharmaceutical giant said.
A native of Miles City, Mont., he led or began the development of vaccines against diseases that once killed or hospitalized millions, including measles, German measles, meningitis, pneumonia and hepatitis A and B. He began work on the mumps vaccine after his daughter developed the illness at age 5 in 1963.
"Maurice Hilleman will be historically remembered as the vaccinologist of the 20th Century," said Dr. Robert Gallo, director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland.
"His work has saved literally millions of lives," said Dr. Adel Mahmoud, president of Merck Vaccines.
Mr. Hilleman was a longtime adviser to the World Health Organization, the U.S. National Vaccine Program and the National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research Program Evaluation.
Survivors include his wife and two daughters.
Copyright c 2005, Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune...&cset=true
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MAURICE HILLEMAN, 85
Vaccine researcher saved `millions of lives'
Associated Press
Published April 12, 2005
TRENTON, N.J. -- Maurice Hilleman, a pioneer in vaccine research who helped develop vaccines for mumps, measles, chickenpox and other childhood scourges, died Monday of cancer. He was 85.
Mr. Hilleman died at a hospital in Philadelphia. A longtime resident of the area, he held doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago and Montana State University.
Mr. Hilleman worked for Merck & Co. Inc. for nearly 30 years before retiring in 1984 as senior vice president, the pharmaceutical giant said.
A native of Miles City, Mont., he led or began the development of vaccines against diseases that once killed or hospitalized millions, including measles, German measles, meningitis, pneumonia and hepatitis A and B. He began work on the mumps vaccine after his daughter developed the illness at age 5 in 1963.
"Maurice Hilleman will be historically remembered as the vaccinologist of the 20th Century," said Dr. Robert Gallo, director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland.
"His work has saved literally millions of lives," said Dr. Adel Mahmoud, president of Merck Vaccines.
Mr. Hilleman was a longtime adviser to the World Health Organization, the U.S. National Vaccine Program and the National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research Program Evaluation.
Survivors include his wife and two daughters.
Copyright c 2005, Chicago Tribune