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Salk Family History & Genealogy
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Early Salks
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William Salk of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on April 2, 1876, and died at age 91 years old in February 1968.
Ida Salk of Providence, Providence County, RI was born on June 15, 1881, and died at age 101 years old in June 1982.
Morris Salk of Seal Beach, Orange County, California was born on September 12, 1881, and died at age 85 years old in November 1966.
Lydia Salk of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota was born on May 23, 1881, and died at age 88 years old in December 1969.
Dora Salk of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on May 15, 1882, and died at age 94 years old in January 1977.
Samuel Salk of Cranston, Providence County, RI was born on September 25, 1884, and died at age 92 years old in January 1977.
Grace Salk of Huntington Beach, Orange County, California was born on August 24, 1886, and died at age 86 years old in February 1973.
Emma Salk of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on July 17, 1886, and died at age 80 years old in March 1967.
Ludmillia Salk of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on September 6, 1888, and died at age 80 years old in December 1968.
Toba Salk of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida was born on July 21, 1888, and died at age 86 years old in October 1974.
Benjamin Salk of North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on September 25, 1889, and died at age 87 years old in August 1977.
Salk Family Members
Abraham Salk (Apr 15, 1892 - Oct 1969)
Albert Salk
Alvin Salk
Angeline Salk (Mar 14, 1912 - Mar 15, 1994)
Anna Salk (Jul 9, 1919 - Jul 23, 2007)
Arthur Salk
Belle Salk (Apr 6, 1902 - Oct 31, 2003)
Benjamin Salk (Sep 25, 1889 - Aug 1977)
Blanche Salk (Oct 16, 1893 - Jun 1975)
Burton Salk (Sep 19, 1929 - Jun 18, 1998)
Charles Salk
Charlotte Salk
Christina Salk (Nov 11, 1980 - Aug 23, 2005)
Claire Salk (May 10, 1922 - Jan 1, 2003)
David Salk
Donna Salk (Feb 3, 1917 - May 15, 2002)
Dora Salk (May 15, 1882 - Jan 1977)
Dorothy Salk
Edith Salk (Jul 5, 1904 - Sep 9, 1987)
Edna Salk (May 10, 1912 - Jul 1990)
Edward Salk
Edythe Salk (May 16, 1932 - May 13, 2003)
Eli Salk (Dec 15, 1899 - Sep 1983)
Ella Salk (Nov 27, 1892 - Mar 1982)
Elma Salk (Apr 12, 1897 - Jan 2, 1992)
Emil Salk
Emma Salk
Erwin Salk (Jun 24, 1918 - Jul 7, 2000)
Esther Salk
Eva Salk (Nov 16, 1909 - Nov 18, 1994)
Fern Salk (Feb 27, 1919 - Dec 21, 1993)
Frances Salk
Frank Salk (Dec 8, 1901 - Mar 1971)
Gabriel Salk (Jul 14, 1901 - Dec 1972)
Gabriela Salk (Oct 29, 1915 - Jul 18, 1997)
George Salk (Jun 28, 1912 - Apr 1979)
Gerald Salk
Gertrude Salk
Glen Salk (Aug 6, 1955 - Oct 1983)
Goldie Salk (Apr 15, 1896 - Jun 1977)
Grace Salk (Aug 24, 1886 - Feb 1973)
Harold Salk (Mar 19, 1905 - Aug 1977)
Harriet Salk (Oct 3, 1937 - Aug 27, 2010)
Harry Salk
Harvey Salk (Aug 22, 1921 - Sep 7, 1997)
Helen Salk (Oct 6, 1921 - Jan 1991)
Herman Salk (Dec 9, 1919 - Feb 23, 1992)
Hy Salk (Jul 30, 1902 - Nov 23, 2002)
Hyman Salk (Apr 8, 1907 - Nov 7, 1997)
Ida Salk (Jun 15, 1881 - Jun 1982)
Irene Salk (Feb 27, 1919 - Jun 1, 1999)
Irwin Salk (Nov 9, 1930 - Apr 3, 1993)
Janet Salk
Jeanette Salk (Jan 10, 1911 - Nov 1983)
Jerome Salk (Mar 26, 1940 - Aug 16, 2003)
Jerry Salk (Nov 18, 1911 - Feb 14, 1993)
John Salk
Jonas Salk (Oct 28, 1914 - Jun 23, 1995)
Joseph Salk (Apr 7, 1914 - Dec 1957)
Joyce Salk
Kate Salk (Jun 3, 1906 - Nov 8, 1996)
Katherine Salk (Jan 27, 1920 - Apr 20, 2001)
Kenneth Salk (Dec 7, 1931 - Jan 4, 1997)
Lawrence Salk
Lee Salk (Dec 27, 1926 - May 2, 1992)
Lenore Salk (Dec 11, 1906 - May 4, 1992)
Lewis Salk
Libbie Salk (Feb 2, 1912 - Jan 21, 2002)
Lillian Salk (Jun 20, 1894 - Feb 1981)
Lorraine Salk (Aug 8, 1923 - Nov 25, 2010)
Louis Salk (Apr 14, 1898 - Nov 1979)
Louise Salk (Jan 5, 1912 - May 17, 1990)
Ludmillia Salk (Sep 6, 1888 - Dec 1968)
Lydia Salk (May 23, 1881 - Dec 1969)
Lynn Salk (Mar 26, 1907 - Jun 8, 1996)
Margaret Salk (Mar 4, 1920 - Jul 11, 2011)
Marie Salk
Mary Salk
Max Salk
Melvin Salk (Jul 30, 1916 - Jul 10, 1998)
Milton Salk (Jan 19, 1913 - Jun 26, 1988)
Mollie Salk (Dec 25, 1900 - Dec 1974)
Morris Salk (Sep 12, 1881 - Nov 1966)
Murray Salk (Dec 25, 1897 - Sep 1974)
Natalie Salk (Mar 23, 1899 - Mar 1980)
Norton Salk (Sep 27, 1927 - Aug 3, 2007)
Oscar Salk (Apr 18, 1904 - Dec 1974)
Otto Salk (Mar 11, 1924 - Feb 1967)
Pagie Salk (Feb 5, 1892 - Jun 1982)
Paul Salk (Mar 25, 1950 - Jan 1983)
Pearl Salk
Philip Salk (Aug 19, 1917 - Nov 24, 1995)
Phillip Salk (Apr 26, 1922 - Jun 29, 2010)
Phyllis Salk (Dec 20, 1931 - May 24, 1990)
Ray Salk (Mar 12, 1915 - Mar 20, 1993)
Reinhold Salk (May 31, 1927 - Mar 26, 1994)
Reuben Salk (Jul 5, 1904 - Feb 5, 2001)
Reva Salk (Feb 18, 1905 - Mar 1978)
Richard Salk (Jan 22, 1919 - Jul 1987)
Rita Salk (Jun 25, 1930 - Mar 26, 2007)
Robert Salk (Jul 23, 1916 - Jul 1972)
Roberta Salk (Oct 2, 1914 - May 1990)
Rosamond Salk (Mar 5, 1924 - May 19, 2005)
Rose Salk (Mar 10, 1902 - Jun 1986)
Ruth Salk
Samuel Salk
Selma Salk (Sep 16, 1899 - Aug 17, 1995)
Shirley Salk (Oct 17, 1899 - Jan 1981)
Stella Salk (Nov 1, 1907 - Dec 8, 1989)
Susan Salk (Apr 23, 1945 - Jul 20, 2009)
Sylvan Salk (Oct 6, 1920 - Nov 22, 2003)
Theresa Salk (Aug 31, 1907 - Dec 3, 1989)
Toba Salk (Jul 21, 1888 - Oct 1974)
Toby Salk (Oct 26, 1948 - May 21, 2010)
Veronica Salk
Victoria Salk (Mar 30, 1988 - Dec 20, 1995)
William Salk
Zelda Salk (Nov 20, 1923 - Jun 13, 1996)
Surnames: Saliz - Salladay
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Updated Salk Biographies
Norton E Salk of East Providence, Providence County, RI was born on September 27, 1927, and died at age 79 years old on August 3, 2007.
Harvey M Salk of Warwick, Kent County, RI was born on August 22, 1921, and died at age 76 years old on September 7, 1997.
David Salk of New Bedford, Bristol County, MA was born on July 29, 1915, and died at age 86 years old on January 12, 2002.
Lee Salk of New York, New York County, NY was born on December 27, 1926, and died at age 65 years old on May 2, 1992.
Jonas Edward Salk was born October 28, 1914 in New York City, the eldest of three sons to Russian-Jewish immigrants Daniel and Dora Salk. The first member of his family to attend college, he earned his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in 1939 and became a scientist physician at Mount Sinai Hospital.
In 1942, Salk went to the University of Michigan on a research fellowship to develop an influenza vaccine. He soon advanced to the position of assistant professor of epidemiology. He also reconnected with his NYU friend and mentor, Thomas Francis, Jr., head of the epidemiology department at Michigan’s new School of Public Health, who taught him the methodology of vaccine development.
In 1947, Salk was appointed director of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. With funding from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis—now known as the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation—he began to develop the techniques that would lead to a vaccine to wipe out the most frightening scourge of the time: paralytic poliomyelitis.
Contrary to the era’s prevailing scientific opinion, Salk believed his vaccine, composed of “killed” polio virus, could immunize without risk of infecting the patient. Salk administered the vaccine to volunteers who had not had polio, including himself, his lab scientist, his wife and their children. All developed anti-polio antibodies and experienced no negative reactions to the vaccine.
In 1954, national testing began on one million children, ages six to nine, who became known as the Polio Pioneers. On April 12, 1955, the results were announced: the vaccine was safe and effective. In the two years before the vaccine was widely available, the average number of polio cases in the U.S. was more than 45,000. By 1962, that number had dropped to 910. Hailed as a miracle worker, Salk never patented the vaccine or earned any money from his discovery, preferring it be distributed as widely as possible.
Founding the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla in 1963 was Salk’s second triumph. He was aided with a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation and support from the March of Dimes.
Salk spent his last years searching for a vaccine against AIDS. He died on June 23, 1995 at the age of 80 in La Jolla, California. His life’s philosophy is memorialized at the Institute with his now famous quote: “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
Jerome B Salk of Garden Grove, Orange County, CA was born on March 26, 1940, and died at age 63 years old on August 16, 2003. Jerome Salk was buried at Riverside National Cemetery
Section BA Row E Site 33 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside.
Edward C Salk of Farmington, Dakota County, MN was born on September 24, 1919, and died at age 69 years old on August 26, 1989. Edward Salk was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Section V Site 9895 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Milton A Salk of Elk River, Sherburne County, MN was born on January 19, 1913, and died at age 75 years old on June 26, 1988. Milton Salk was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Section X Site 3260 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Rosamond P Salk of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on March 5, 1924, and died at age 81 years old on May 19, 2005. Rosamond Salk was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Section V Site 9895 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Fern Alfield Salk of Elk River, Sherburne County, MN was born on February 27, 1919, and died at age 74 years old on December 21, 1993. Fern Salk was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Section X Site 3260 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Joyce A Salk was born on October 1, 1939, and died at age 56 years old on December 15, 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joyce A Salk.
Lawrence M Salk of Tarzana, Los Angeles County, CA was born on April 27, 1936, and died at age 68 years old on August 4, 2004.
Ray W Salk of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on March 12, 1915, and died at age 78 years old on March 20, 1993.
Lewis F Salk of Warwick, Kent County, RI was born on September 9, 1931, and died at age 76 years old on February 22, 2008.
Ella Salk of Pomona, Los Angeles County, California was born on November 27, 1892, and died at age 89 years old in March 1982.
Grace Salk of Huntington Beach, Orange County, California was born on August 24, 1886, and died at age 86 years old in February 1973.
Pagie Salk of Carthage, Panola County, Texas was born on February 5, 1892, and died at age 90 years old in June 1982.
Elma C Salk of Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, CA was born on April 12, 1897, and died at age 94 years old on January 2, 1992.
Pearl Salk of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona was born on December 25, 1895, and died at age 84 years old in January 1980.
Popular Salk Biographies
Jonas Edward Salk was born October 28, 1914 in New York City, the eldest of three sons to Russian-Jewish immigrants Daniel and Dora Salk. The first member of his family to attend college, he earned his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in 1939 and became a scientist physician at Mount Sinai Hospital.
In 1942, Salk went to the University of Michigan on a research fellowship to develop an influenza vaccine. He soon advanced to the position of assistant professor of epidemiology. He also reconnected with his NYU friend and mentor, Thomas Francis, Jr., head of the epidemiology department at Michigan’s new School of Public Health, who taught him the methodology of vaccine development.
In 1947, Salk was appointed director of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. With funding from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis—now known as the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation—he began to develop the techniques that would lead to a vaccine to wipe out the most frightening scourge of the time: paralytic poliomyelitis.
Contrary to the era’s prevailing scientific opinion, Salk believed his vaccine, composed of “killed” polio virus, could immunize without risk of infecting the patient. Salk administered the vaccine to volunteers who had not had polio, including himself, his lab scientist, his wife and their children. All developed anti-polio antibodies and experienced no negative reactions to the vaccine.
In 1954, national testing began on one million children, ages six to nine, who became known as the Polio Pioneers. On April 12, 1955, the results were announced: the vaccine was safe and effective. In the two years before the vaccine was widely available, the average number of polio cases in the U.S. was more than 45,000. By 1962, that number had dropped to 910. Hailed as a miracle worker, Salk never patented the vaccine or earned any money from his discovery, preferring it be distributed as widely as possible.
Founding the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla in 1963 was Salk’s second triumph. He was aided with a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation and support from the March of Dimes.
Salk spent his last years searching for a vaccine against AIDS. He died on June 23, 1995 at the age of 80 in La Jolla, California. His life’s philosophy is memorialized at the Institute with his now famous quote: “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
Reinhold E Salk of Orlando, Orange County, FL was born on May 31, 1927, and died at age 66 years old on March 26, 1994.
Murray Salk of Brighton, Suffolk County, MA was born on December 25, 1897, and died at age 76 years old in September 1974.
Hy Salk of Auburn, Androscoggin County, ME was born on July 30, 1902, and died at age 100 years old on November 23, 2002.
Dorothy Salk of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME was born on September 11, 1906, and died at age 77 years old in January 1984.
Frances Salk of Rego Park, Queens County, NY was born on July 10, 1899, and died at age 80 years old in October 1979.
Toby I Salk of California was born on October 26, 1948, and died at age 61 years old on May 21, 2010.
Rose Salk of Framingham, Middlesex County, MA was born on March 10, 1902, and died at age 84 years old in June 1986.
Max Salk of Hull, Plymouth County, MA was born on November 10, 1901, and died at age 77 years old in November 1978.
Esther Salk of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL was born on April 5, 1917, and died at age 90 years old on February 18, 2008.
Dorothy Salk of New Bedford, Bristol County, MA was born on June 30, 1916, and died at age 90 years old on August 2, 2006.
Samuel Salk of Cranston, Providence County, RI was born on September 25, 1884, and died at age 92 years old in January 1977.
Herman M Salk of Palm Springs, Riverside County, CA was born on December 9, 1919, and died at age 72 years old on February 23, 1992.
Robert Salk was born on July 23, 1916, and died at age 56 years old in July 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Salk.
Joyce R Salk of Auburn, Androscoggin County, ME was born on February 14, 1928, and died at age 81 years old on February 13, 2010.
Frank Salk of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA was born on December 8, 1901, and died at age 69 years old in March 1971.
Gabriel Salk of Providence, Providence County, RI was born on July 14, 1901, and died at age 71 years old in December 1972.
Eva Salk of Warwick, Kent County, RI was born on November 16, 1909, and died at age 85 years old on November 18, 1994.
Hyman Salk of Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FL was born on April 8, 1907, and died at age 90 years old on November 7, 1997.
Salk Death Records & Life Expectancy
The average age of a Salk family member is 77.0 years old according to our database of 157 people with the last name Salk that have a birth and death date listed.
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Oldest Salks
These are the longest-lived members of the Salk family on AncientFaces.
Ida Salk of Providence, Providence County, RI was born on June 15, 1881, and died at age 101 years old in June 1982.
Belle B Salk of Providence, Providence County, RI was born on April 6, 1902, and died at age 101 years old on October 31, 2003.
Hy Salk of Auburn, Androscoggin County, ME was born on July 30, 1902, and died at age 100 years old on November 23, 2002.
Reuben Salk of Haverhill, Essex County, MA was born on July 5, 1904, and died at age 96 years old on February 5, 2001.
Selma H Salk of Pompano Beach, Broward County, FL was born on September 16, 1899, and died at age 95 years old on August 17, 1995.
Dora Salk of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on May 15, 1882, and died at age 94 years old in January 1977.
Elma C Salk of Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, CA was born on April 12, 1897, and died at age 94 years old on January 2, 1992.
Albert Salk of Hebron, Tolland County, CT was born on October 30, 1916, and died at age 93 years old on March 30, 2010.
Samuel Salk of Cranston, Providence County, RI was born on September 25, 1884, and died at age 92 years old in January 1977.
Gertrude Salk of New York, New York County, NY was born on December 13, 1902, and died at age 92 years old on November 6, 1995.
William Salk of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on April 2, 1876, and died at age 91 years old in February 1968.
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