[Magdalen] Jonas Salk happy birthday

[Jay Weigel]

I have heard that as well, Jim. My brother went to school with his son at
Exeter (along with sons and grandsons of a number of other famous folks)
and reported that Peter was okay but his dad was indeed a major HA.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:20 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Jonas Salk was a good researcher but he was a major horse’s ass as a
> person.  I had the misfortune to have to deal with him once when I was
> working on my MPH degree at San Diego State University.
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> Thinking one can behave their way into heaven is an insult to the very
> foundation of salvation.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
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> > On Oct 28, 2014, at 1:19 AM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Today would be Jonas Salk's one-hundredth birthday.
> >
> > We in Pittsburgh area remember all the kids lining up at the Cathedral of
> > Learning to get their polio shots.  In time, it would be supplanted by
> the
> > oral Sabine vaccine, but at the time, he was the guy who made it possible
> > for kids to go back to swimming pools without fear.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer
> > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
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